Update on Paul. He had rather bad diarrhea over the weekend, and honestly, I wasn't sure if he would make it alive by Monday. Don't get me wrong, HE didn't look that bad but his diarrhea did. However, by Monday morning, instead of a dead rabbit I saw a rabbit that looked hungry. He ate some veggies (during this period, he has strong preference for parsley and sometimes kale). I thought it was too early to be thinking to put him down (yes I was considering this!) so I called the new vet I was going to try to see if they could see us earlier than 2pm.
The clinic located in upscale suburb and you can feel it every second. Seems like from the moment you walk in, they look at your jewelry, your outfit and so on (just exaggerating, folks)
The vet is the one I talked to thru FB just recently. I could see that she didn't like my accent, I am rather familiar with all rabbit health terminology, the way it looks, but not the way its pronounced.. she probably didn't like that I have been reading a lot about the matter and trying to talk like an expert. Let me tell you, we didn't do either Xray nor ultrasound. For unknown reason, Xray there is very expensive - $240 (what a nonsense), and for ultrasound ($127) she said it might happen that they don't see well his chest area. plus they would have to shave him, and he is rather exhausted right now... I said lets concentrate on his diarrhea... if he is to die, it won't matter what in his chest is. I decided we should stabilize his stool and then see about the rest.
She didn't think he needed AB. She prescribed opioid pain sub-q shots (will tell you later the name - the one you need to keep in the dark) , tablets for motility that need to be crushed and added to his critical care, and sub-q electrolytes. Actually she didn't do much of exam... didn't even take his temperature, didn't check his teeth or his ears... just told the tech - quickly put him back in the carrier and prepare room for the next patient. While they were preparing his meds, I asked the tech if the doc looked at his teeth, the tech asked if there was a concern, I said its ALWAYS a good idea with the rabbit so they took him back in to check the teeth... she said teeth looked fine.
At home, I think he starts having his regular stool back...
by the way, I asked why their xray so freaking expensive (usually it's another way around - ultrasound is more expensive,,) they said because its digital and requires special people with training to look at it. I think everybody now has digital xray, right? Anyway. I wonder if there are any real reasons why I should do Xray at this place, is it really this good? I called another place, they charge $90 + 40 for exam... its digital too.
Need your opinion regarding Bene-bac. what scheme should I do?
Also, he has some wax build -up in his ears, he is shaking his head and trying to reach but can't . What can I use to clean it?
