rustytherabbit
New Member
Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forum and joined because my rabbit has been having such awful health issues. He is an almost 4-year-old Hollands Lop named Rusty. He was neutered at 9 months old and has been a very healthy rabbit.
About 3 months ago he got an ear infection and had an extremely bad head tilt. After some antibiotics and a couple weeks of syringe feeding he was back to normal. Then a couple weeks after he was better his back leg seemed to stop working. He was just all flopped over on his side and he began urinating on himself. I took him to the vet immediately but we've spent the last month and a half trying to figure out what it wrong with him. We've settled on encephalitozoon cuniculi and he is being treated with anti-inflamitories, panacur (dewormer), and anti-biotics to be safe. However, he is still urinating all over himself. I blow dry his fur several times a day but it just won't stay dry. He's also pulling the hair out on his legs. One is completely bald and so he's started on the other. He also smells really bad. Of course this is to be expected since he is peeing on himself but its a horrible smell.
Does anyone have any experience with this? The vet was telling me to put him to sleep and then I found info about E. Cuniculi online and wanted to try the treatment for that because it described all of his symptoms. I just want him to get better. Has anyone had a situation like this before?
Thank you so much!
I'm new to the forum and joined because my rabbit has been having such awful health issues. He is an almost 4-year-old Hollands Lop named Rusty. He was neutered at 9 months old and has been a very healthy rabbit.
About 3 months ago he got an ear infection and had an extremely bad head tilt. After some antibiotics and a couple weeks of syringe feeding he was back to normal. Then a couple weeks after he was better his back leg seemed to stop working. He was just all flopped over on his side and he began urinating on himself. I took him to the vet immediately but we've spent the last month and a half trying to figure out what it wrong with him. We've settled on encephalitozoon cuniculi and he is being treated with anti-inflamitories, panacur (dewormer), and anti-biotics to be safe. However, he is still urinating all over himself. I blow dry his fur several times a day but it just won't stay dry. He's also pulling the hair out on his legs. One is completely bald and so he's started on the other. He also smells really bad. Of course this is to be expected since he is peeing on himself but its a horrible smell.
Does anyone have any experience with this? The vet was telling me to put him to sleep and then I found info about E. Cuniculi online and wanted to try the treatment for that because it described all of his symptoms. I just want him to get better. Has anyone had a situation like this before?
Thank you so much!