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It could be the chloramphenicol. Some rabbits can have a bad reaction to a certain antibiotic, with it causing some stomach upset and nausea. You could ask your vet to try a different antibiotic if you think it could be this.

Penicillin g procaine/benzathine injections are often used for head abscesses successfully. But like I mentioned previously, I had really good success with oral azithromycin, though be aware that some rabbits do have severe negative reactions to it, but mine didn't. At most there was some initial stomach cramping for a few hours after administering, But after that they were fine and resumed eating. If his not eating isn't due to the antibiotic causing nausea, but is instead from mouth pain from the infection, azithromycin does have good tissue penetration and so acts more quickly than some antibiotics, but you do have to weigh it's use with the risk of possible stomach upset. But at this point it might be worth the risk for you. But if instead you want to try something more mild, usually the safest antibiotics with rabbits are baytril or smz/tmp, though just usually not as effective, or as quickly.

If it were me, I would at least want to try a different antibiotic before the final decision was made. But these are things only you can properly evaluate and decide with your vet. I'm so sorry you're faced with this decision. It's a difficult and gut wrenching one.
 
Great news and many thanks to all who responded. Eating hay and pellets back to normal!

After starting the chloropalm Alf showed a small interest in eating hay which increased over three days. But still his poops were very tiny and hard in spite of my force feeding of Sherwood recovery. We noticed that, around the eleventh hour after his twice daily chloropalm (every 12 hrs) he began to eat on his own. In other words the chloropalm not the infection was keeping him from eating (thanks jbun) After stopping the Chloropalm he began to eat everything!
I spoke to his new/interim vet. She had her colleagues look at the X-rays, they didn’t find any sign of abscesses. He has elongated roots but we knew that. She suggested that he come back in for a injection of penicillin. Stop the chloropalm right away. We are going in today.
She also said that they would take care of Alfie, no matter what the circumstances until I returned next week. It was so kind and generous even though we made plans to board there, they have no overnight staff and not really able to “nurse” Alf if he were really sick. But they wanted to help out and make sue he would be okay. So very kind. I wish I could use them all the time but they are too far away for the winter months.
Now Alf will just be boarded, no nursing or extra feeding as he is back to his old self. Molar trim in 4 weeks and never never go over 8 weeks like we did last time.
That was at the suggestion of his usual vet and I don’t know why. It lead to very bad over growth, spikes and points and ultimately infection (from the spikes cutting his mouth) that nearly killed him. Not as important but never the less cost me a great deal of stress and about $1k in extra vet costs.
Thanks to everyone who helped, it is enormously helpful to sound things out with other rabbit people and get help.
 
Great news and many thanks to all who responded. Eating hay and pellets back to normal!

After starting the chloropalm Alf showed a small interest in eating hay which increased over three days. But still his poops were very tiny and hard in spite of my force feeding of Sherwood recovery. We noticed that, around the eleventh hour after his twice daily chloropalm (every 12 hrs) he began to eat on his own. In other words the chloropalm not the infection was keeping him from eating (thanks jbun) After stopping the Chloropalm he began to eat everything!
I spoke to his new/interim vet. She had her colleagues look at the X-rays, they didn’t find any sign of abscesses. He has elongated roots but we knew that. She suggested that he come back in for a injection of penicillin. Stop the chloropalm right away. We are going in today.
She also said that they would take care of Alfie, no matter what the circumstances until I returned next week. It was so kind and generous even though we made plans to board there, they have no overnight staff and not really able to “nurse” Alf if he were really sick. But they wanted to help out and make sue he would be okay. So very kind. I wish I could use them all the time but they are too far away for the winter months.
Now Alf will just be boarded, no nursing or extra feeding as he is back to his old self. Molar trim in 4 weeks and never never go over 8 weeks like we did last time.
That was at the suggestion of his usual vet and I don’t know why. It lead to very bad over growth, spikes and points and ultimately infection (from the spikes cutting his mouth) that nearly killed him. Not as important but never the less cost me a great deal of stress and about $1k in extra vet costs.
Thanks to everyone who helped, it is enormously helpful to sound things out with other rabbit people and get help.
So glad things worked out for Alf 🥰
 
Yay!!!!! I was so glad to read this! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Thank goodness for this vet. They sound wonderful! Even if you won't be able to go to them all of the time, at least you have them now. And you know they're there in the winter, for consult if nothing else. Fingers crossed the next 4 weeks are uneventful for your bun, and I hope your well deserved vacation can be a relaxing one now.
 

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