I was given a rabbit that turned out to have a major abcess/lump type thing. My vet was out of town when I discovered it and I talked to another breeder who had been breeding for years and sent her photos of it. It was in the dewlap area.
I was told to take a string or elastic band and tie it around the abcess as tight as possible - and to keep tightening it as the abcess would shrink. It took about a month but the abcess fell completely off - I think we adjusted the string 3 times during that month - making it tighter each time.
In this case - it was obviously an older abcess type thing and it was barely attached to the dewlap at all. It was about golf ball size.
I was also treating the rabbit with antibiotics (just in case). When I talked to the vet and told her what I'd done - she said she'd never heard of the trick but to keep an eye on it and let her know what happened. She is a great vet but she also said that sometimes older breeders know tricks like these and to save the rabbit the stress of a trip in the hot car during the summer months (no air conditioning) she felt like I could keep an eye on this and treat it with the meds. I called her again when it fell off and described what it looked like and she said it sounded fine and to just watch for it in case it developed again - which it never did.
I'm not saying everyone should do this - in fact, I always recommend going to see the vet for stuff like this if you can. But in this case - the trick seemed to work and I was told it was an 'old trick breeders have used for years'.....
Anyway - the doe does seem fine. I think that a lot of the reason it worked is that this was just barely attached to her though...
Peg
Am I the only one that sees this as insane and some of the worst advice I've ever seen in my life? Are you all so afraid of offending someone that you won't even speak out about things you know darn well are wrong?
People new to rabbits and this forum are going to see this post and think hey what the hell I am going to save money on a vet visit and do this myself. You will have those rabbits pain and possible deaths on your heads.
How hard is it to research the net for information? Since when did you become a darn vet. So many times you say the vet is too far and would stress the rabbits. I hate to say it but sometimes I wonder if it's not just the fact you don't want to spend the money or drive that far. Abcesses are not to be taken lightly and to act as if they are is foolish.
Cutting it open with more or less a box cutter. I am physically ill just thinking about some novice attempting this at home to save a few bucks. How do you people sleep at night?
I can't believe no onehad the guts to stand up and say this is wrong. You are more or less saying you can treat abcesses at home. Oh sure you say seek a vet but why would they. They see that your barbaric methods work.
You all need to seriously consider what is being said and done. This forum used to be great. But if this is what this forum has been reduced to I can understand why so many left and are still leaving. Now I am ashamed to admit I ever even knew a forum called RO.
Are you all here to help or harm the rabbits? Ask yourself that every time you post or read a post such as this.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Opinions are deleted but gross misinformation is allowed to stay up unchallenged. I pity the rabbits I really do. With information this bad they have a sad future should they ever get an abcess.
I was told to take a string or elastic band and tie it around the abcess as tight as possible - and to keep tightening it as the abcess would shrink. It took about a month but the abcess fell completely off - I think we adjusted the string 3 times during that month - making it tighter each time.
In this case - it was obviously an older abcess type thing and it was barely attached to the dewlap at all. It was about golf ball size.
I was also treating the rabbit with antibiotics (just in case). When I talked to the vet and told her what I'd done - she said she'd never heard of the trick but to keep an eye on it and let her know what happened. She is a great vet but she also said that sometimes older breeders know tricks like these and to save the rabbit the stress of a trip in the hot car during the summer months (no air conditioning) she felt like I could keep an eye on this and treat it with the meds. I called her again when it fell off and described what it looked like and she said it sounded fine and to just watch for it in case it developed again - which it never did.
I'm not saying everyone should do this - in fact, I always recommend going to see the vet for stuff like this if you can. But in this case - the trick seemed to work and I was told it was an 'old trick breeders have used for years'.....
Anyway - the doe does seem fine. I think that a lot of the reason it worked is that this was just barely attached to her though...
Peg
Am I the only one that sees this as insane and some of the worst advice I've ever seen in my life? Are you all so afraid of offending someone that you won't even speak out about things you know darn well are wrong?
People new to rabbits and this forum are going to see this post and think hey what the hell I am going to save money on a vet visit and do this myself. You will have those rabbits pain and possible deaths on your heads.
How hard is it to research the net for information? Since when did you become a darn vet. So many times you say the vet is too far and would stress the rabbits. I hate to say it but sometimes I wonder if it's not just the fact you don't want to spend the money or drive that far. Abcesses are not to be taken lightly and to act as if they are is foolish.
Cutting it open with more or less a box cutter. I am physically ill just thinking about some novice attempting this at home to save a few bucks. How do you people sleep at night?
I can't believe no onehad the guts to stand up and say this is wrong. You are more or less saying you can treat abcesses at home. Oh sure you say seek a vet but why would they. They see that your barbaric methods work.
You all need to seriously consider what is being said and done. This forum used to be great. But if this is what this forum has been reduced to I can understand why so many left and are still leaving. Now I am ashamed to admit I ever even knew a forum called RO.
Are you all here to help or harm the rabbits? Ask yourself that every time you post or read a post such as this.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Opinions are deleted but gross misinformation is allowed to stay up unchallenged. I pity the rabbits I really do. With information this bad they have a sad future should they ever get an abcess.
