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Hi there, Others may have already said the same thing but I did rabbit rescue for a number of years and had up to 13 rabbits at a time so I needed to keep my costs down. I bought my hay by the bale from a feed store but I'm sure you don't need that much! However, you can buy your hay in larger...

Hoping you have found out what it is. It looks like an abcess to me. I had a couple of rabbit who got abcesses on their ankles....and one who had one on his foot. It felt like flesh...but made a lump. One of the rabbits had pasturella and suffered from abcesses for much of his life, but the...

Hi Ellen, No, Nora didn't shake her head and scratch, but if your rabbit is doing that and has lumps, it could indicate ear mites, or infection and I would take her in to the vet. I found that Nora had impacted ear wax inside each ear canal which probably contributed to her infection, which led...

AngelnSnuffy wrote: Thanks for the encouragement! My vet says that he hasn't had any clients that spend as much energy and time on nursing their sick or aged bunnies...but I do the best I can. I figure that, as long as the bunn is feeling well enough to interact and eat/drink etc, then I'll...

tonyshuman wrote: Yes, I know what you mean. My vet showed me how to apply it by pulling the lower lid out and squeezing a tiny strip right into the pocket made by the lower lid. Then I let go of the lid and gently move the closed lids around to distribute the ointment. The trick is to pull...

james waller wrote: No, not Susan Brown (although I have read a lot of wonderful articles by her). It is Marliss Geissler DVM) from the Bay Area in Northern California. She is retired but manages two Pet Food stores that have weekend clinics. I am going to be trying to contact her to ask about...

james waller wrote: Have used Terramycin because the ointment stays in the eye better than drops for y rabbits. I mostly use it though, because my vets always prescribe it to start! It seems to work well so I haven't asked about anything else but it's interesting to see what others use. My...

james waller wrote: Not sure, but it has been prescribed by two vets that use...one of whom contributed to the writing of the House Rabbit Handbook...so she's familiar with rabbits.

To Katmais Mommy: Have you taken Katmais to the vet yet? Do you know if the diagnosis is pasturella?? Please let us know how your bunny is doing and what the vet says! It's always so worrisome when our furry babies are sick.

Thanks! I found that link earlier and checked it out after I posted my question. And yes, it was hard to shave off that little bit of ibuprofen from a 200 mg tablet! I found myself looking up lbs/ vs kgs, and doing the multiplication (something I haven't had to do in years). Although the...

tonyshuman wrote: Is Ibuprofen safe for rabbits? What would be the dosage? Same as aspirin? Nora's wounds aren't bleeding at all and aren't really even scabbing. I was surprised at how little bleeding there was actually! A little bit of blood, mixed with fluid last night, but totally clean...

Thanks so much for the links! I have done injections before so that won't be a problem. I have given Bayril through injection and have also done subcutaneous fluids so injections don't bother me at all. I have one vet who has allowed me to do injections at home so if the oral Baytril doesn't...

ra7751 wrote: Yes, I read about that and I do know the terrible effect antibiotics can have on the GI tract. I have given injectable Baytril at home to several rabbits (including the one who had the long term ear infection) but never anything else. I know that my vet was scared to death to use...

SnowyShiloh wrote: Yes, I will keep you updated. I am so thankful for the internet and the ability to learn from other's experiences. When I first got rabbits, over 20 years ago, very little information was available and vets didn't seem to have any experience with them. Almost all the...

AngelnSnuffy wrote: Yes, I've had a lot of lops and this was the first time I saw this. Usually an abcess wouldn't appear on both sides of the body, in exactly the same spots! I'm hoping the Baytril gets rid of this and that I don't have to move to another antibiotic as well.

When I read the article about using Bicillin for abcesses it stressed that the Bicillin can only be given as an injectable, and never orally. Have you found this to be the case for you as well? If the Baytril doesn't take care of the abcess, I will be asking about other means to treat but I'm...

The crazy thing is that I have had probably over 30 rabbits over the years (when I did rabbit rescue) and I had never seen this happen before. The fact that they were on both sides, in the same spots threw me!

Hi Claire, I just wanted to let you know that I took my rabbit, Nora, to the vet today to find out what those lumps were under her ears and it turns out that they were abcesses. The vet opened the abcesses up and cleaned then, and Nora is now on Baytril. I asked her about bicillin (from the...

Follow-up to Lumps under Lop Ears: I took Nora to the vet today and, at first, the vet had no idea what the lumps were either. The fact that there were two of them, each in the same spot on each side of her head threw her (as they did me). She was thinking that they were fat pads, but then I...

Thanks for the article link. I will check it out! The rabbit with the abcesses had them on his throat and mouth area, which is why the vet wanted to remove them. He was worried they would compromise breathing and eating. As this was about 7 years ago, Baytril was about the only thing people were...