The vet - Dr. Munn is by far the best rabbit vet I've ever been to. She was amazing. That being said - she is NOT cheaper than my last vet.... lol.
She has bunnies of her own and sees a lot of rabbits. She took the time to explain every single detail of everything she said. The components of the bicillin and what she would use on him. Also was telling me about the two schools of thought on treating rabbits once and week and more than once a week with the antibiotics etc. She's done it both ways etc etc.
Then, she asked "Does oliver have active scabs on his face" and I said "Oh yes, lots, just flip him over..."
We flip him over and....
He totally pulled a fast one on us. No scabs. Anywhere. You can see the scars from where they were, but they're all gone. Totally. His skin is a little dry in the area, and his lip is still a little swollen, but all the scabs that were there three days ago... gone.
So uh... we didn't do anything more. I'm just going to watch and see if the two little ones on his cheek heal up. I'm putting betadine and an antibacterial cream on it to keep it clean, and we'll see - maybe they will just clear up like his lip. *shrug* If there is another flare up, I'll take him back into her.
So there is one thng she suggested that has me thinking. She said this could be something that has flared up because he's under some kind of stress. Some allergy or something that has taken on a life of his own because he's stressed somehow. So that got me thinking..
Oliver developed this a week and a half after I went back out to work and he was forced to spend his days in his cage (whereas since I've had him, he's spent the entire day with me hanging out on the sofa). Then, for the last 3 days, I've left him out of the cage and given him total free run of the main floor like the old days... and no scabs.
So I wonder if he's stressed to be in the cage all day and the change from having company to being alone.
*shrug*
We'll see how it goes. I've been leaving him out of his cage for the past few days to see if it continues to clear up. What a sneak if that's what this is - stress.:rollseyes
Nadia
