Location- South Mississippi
- Description (Breed, color., weight) Mini- Lop? chinchilla gray, 5 lbs
- Age 5yrs
- spayed/neutered? no
- Notes on Fecal and Urinary Output
- are the bunny's poops and pees normal? poops back to normal except some are a littleelongated insteadof round.
- When did they last use their litterbox?A few minutes ago.
- Any unusual behavior? More loveable than usual. Hasn't been as active as she was.
- Medical History -- has s/he been to the vet or been sick before?Just took her to the vet yesterday. She has a medical history of allergies and she has a sludge problem.
- Diet - what does your bunny eat? Timothy Complete pellets and Timothy hay.
- when and what did s/he eat last?Timothy hay mostly with a little bit of Timothy complete pellets.
- movement - any unusual movements?No Is s/he hopping normally? yes
- are there any plants, chocolate or other substances within reach? No
- has the rabbit been outdoors? No, shes a house rabbit.
My question is about albon and should i use something like Benebac while she is on this or should i not give her the albon at all. Vet prescribed this for 21 days and at 1.25 mls a day.
I've not got a whole lot of time right now so i'll post what i can. I noticed that Honey had backed off of her feed. She had been getting mostly timothy complete pellets because i didn't know any better. I guess my thinking was that it is made from timothy hay so she could have all of it she wants. My fault, now i know better.
Anyways, she backed off of her feed and i started watching her close. Not as active as she was and then i realised she was constipated, maybe stasis, don't know for sure so i started the pumpkin, all hay,Mylicon for infants and gave pedialyte too just in case she needed that. Worked with her all day mondayand all night and her bowels started moving in the early tuesday morning. I could tell she felt alot better. Then she passed something watery and i paniced because i thought it was diarrhea and found a vet. The rabbit vet was off on vacation so i went to a regular vet that hasn't seen a whole lot of rabbits i think.
She thought Honey had been constipated too and that i had took care of that and that maybe the liquid that Honey passed was just from all that i had given her. Honey had pooped some in the carrier so that gave the vet some fresh samples and they seemed normal to her but when she looked at the sample under the scope, she found one coccidia egg. She was saying something about it found in cats so i don't know if she meant that it came from cats or not. We do have an outside cat and somebodys 2 kittens that won't go away. I don't know if maybe i petted those cats and brought it in or tracked it into the house. Don't know how Honey picked this up.
But the vet prescribed the albon for 21 days. A dosage of 1.25 mls a day. She said that she didn't think i would need anything like benebac but i could use it if i wanted too. From what i've read, i don't know whether to give her the albon or not. Should i give it to her along with some benebac or should i try and let her system beat it? What do you think?
Oh and thanks to the people in this forum, i knew about pumpkin but not about the mylicon and pedialyte and other things. You've been so helpful by the answers i have found in this forum.
- Description (Breed, color., weight) Mini- Lop? chinchilla gray, 5 lbs
- Age 5yrs
- spayed/neutered? no
- Notes on Fecal and Urinary Output
- are the bunny's poops and pees normal? poops back to normal except some are a littleelongated insteadof round.
- When did they last use their litterbox?A few minutes ago.
- Any unusual behavior? More loveable than usual. Hasn't been as active as she was.
- Medical History -- has s/he been to the vet or been sick before?Just took her to the vet yesterday. She has a medical history of allergies and she has a sludge problem.
- Diet - what does your bunny eat? Timothy Complete pellets and Timothy hay.
- when and what did s/he eat last?Timothy hay mostly with a little bit of Timothy complete pellets.
- movement - any unusual movements?No Is s/he hopping normally? yes
- are there any plants, chocolate or other substances within reach? No
- has the rabbit been outdoors? No, shes a house rabbit.
My question is about albon and should i use something like Benebac while she is on this or should i not give her the albon at all. Vet prescribed this for 21 days and at 1.25 mls a day.
I've not got a whole lot of time right now so i'll post what i can. I noticed that Honey had backed off of her feed. She had been getting mostly timothy complete pellets because i didn't know any better. I guess my thinking was that it is made from timothy hay so she could have all of it she wants. My fault, now i know better.
Anyways, she backed off of her feed and i started watching her close. Not as active as she was and then i realised she was constipated, maybe stasis, don't know for sure so i started the pumpkin, all hay,Mylicon for infants and gave pedialyte too just in case she needed that. Worked with her all day mondayand all night and her bowels started moving in the early tuesday morning. I could tell she felt alot better. Then she passed something watery and i paniced because i thought it was diarrhea and found a vet. The rabbit vet was off on vacation so i went to a regular vet that hasn't seen a whole lot of rabbits i think.
She thought Honey had been constipated too and that i had took care of that and that maybe the liquid that Honey passed was just from all that i had given her. Honey had pooped some in the carrier so that gave the vet some fresh samples and they seemed normal to her but when she looked at the sample under the scope, she found one coccidia egg. She was saying something about it found in cats so i don't know if she meant that it came from cats or not. We do have an outside cat and somebodys 2 kittens that won't go away. I don't know if maybe i petted those cats and brought it in or tracked it into the house. Don't know how Honey picked this up.
But the vet prescribed the albon for 21 days. A dosage of 1.25 mls a day. She said that she didn't think i would need anything like benebac but i could use it if i wanted too. From what i've read, i don't know whether to give her the albon or not. Should i give it to her along with some benebac or should i try and let her system beat it? What do you think?
Oh and thanks to the people in this forum, i knew about pumpkin but not about the mylicon and pedialyte and other things. You've been so helpful by the answers i have found in this forum.