OK..this story is so convoluted that I am not going to tell the whole thing but shorten it.
My new bunny Gabriel ,who was half starved and dehydrated, when I first got him has some abnormal lab values specifically a very high eosinophil count.
This is suggestive of a parasite (like cocciddia) and this bunny also has large misshapen poops but not diarrhea. The fecal test showed negative for coccidia but I have since learned that the fecals are not always accurate because of the life -scycle of the parasite.
The vet doesn't know what this is caused from but will redraw the blood in 2 weeks although I don' think that he plans to do another fecal.
I am keeping gabriel away from my other rabbits because I am afraid of contagion.
I was thinking this section of RO would be a good place to go with this dilemna because I assume that breeders have to treat the whole herd if one bunny gets sick.
I think the vets use Albon to treat a rabbit but I wonder what breeders use and , if my concerns linger on and the vet doesn't know I would be willing to treat the rabbit myself is I knew the treatment to be safe.,
The idea would be to assume that he may have it and treat it.
My new bunny Gabriel ,who was half starved and dehydrated, when I first got him has some abnormal lab values specifically a very high eosinophil count.
This is suggestive of a parasite (like cocciddia) and this bunny also has large misshapen poops but not diarrhea. The fecal test showed negative for coccidia but I have since learned that the fecals are not always accurate because of the life -scycle of the parasite.
The vet doesn't know what this is caused from but will redraw the blood in 2 weeks although I don' think that he plans to do another fecal.
I am keeping gabriel away from my other rabbits because I am afraid of contagion.
I was thinking this section of RO would be a good place to go with this dilemna because I assume that breeders have to treat the whole herd if one bunny gets sick.
I think the vets use Albon to treat a rabbit but I wonder what breeders use and , if my concerns linger on and the vet doesn't know I would be willing to treat the rabbit myself is I knew the treatment to be safe.,
The idea would be to assume that he may have it and treat it.