Luca and Valentina
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I've had a mini lop, Luca for about 18 months and he's fine, he was neutered a few weeks ago and the vet says he's perfectly healthy.
Just over a week ago I went to a rescue shelter and got a white rex that's just over 5 months old to bond with him, she's called Vaneltina. I took her to the vets the next day to give her a check over before I started bonding them as I didn't want her to pass anything on to him that she might have caught at the shelter, as she was in a big pen with loads of other bunnies.
This morning I was hoovering next to the hutch (they're indoor bunnies) and she freaked out, she was running in circles up and down the hutch stairs and round all the levels (it's three tiers) and she's never reacted to hoovering before at all.
I stopped hoovering and knelt down, and she had lay down stretched out fitting. I was terrified so I picked her up and she was lethargic, so I popped her on the carpet to see how she was, and her front leg didn't seem to work. I picked her up and her head was tilting to the side as I was gently swaying her, so I took her straight to the vet.
The vet has diagnosed e.cuniculi and gave me 9 days of Panacur for both but I'm terrified. I spoke to the shelter this morning and he said when he picked her up as a baby with the rest of the litter, one of the white ones was fitting but there were four and he didn't know which, and the vet had put it down to not having enough milk from her mum.
I've googled it but there doesn't seem to be much info around. Once I've completed the 9 days of Panacur will I need to keep giving them both a 9 day course every few months? I read on one post that I should get a 28 day dose initially.
I'm completely heartbroken for her and for the relationship she'd been developing with Luca. Will she be ok???
Just over a week ago I went to a rescue shelter and got a white rex that's just over 5 months old to bond with him, she's called Vaneltina. I took her to the vets the next day to give her a check over before I started bonding them as I didn't want her to pass anything on to him that she might have caught at the shelter, as she was in a big pen with loads of other bunnies.
This morning I was hoovering next to the hutch (they're indoor bunnies) and she freaked out, she was running in circles up and down the hutch stairs and round all the levels (it's three tiers) and she's never reacted to hoovering before at all.
I stopped hoovering and knelt down, and she had lay down stretched out fitting. I was terrified so I picked her up and she was lethargic, so I popped her on the carpet to see how she was, and her front leg didn't seem to work. I picked her up and her head was tilting to the side as I was gently swaying her, so I took her straight to the vet.
The vet has diagnosed e.cuniculi and gave me 9 days of Panacur for both but I'm terrified. I spoke to the shelter this morning and he said when he picked her up as a baby with the rest of the litter, one of the white ones was fitting but there were four and he didn't know which, and the vet had put it down to not having enough milk from her mum.
I've googled it but there doesn't seem to be much info around. Once I've completed the 9 days of Panacur will I need to keep giving them both a 9 day course every few months? I read on one post that I should get a 28 day dose initially.
I'm completely heartbroken for her and for the relationship she'd been developing with Luca. Will she be ok???
Do I need to bleach their hutches out too?
