honeybunnylovesthumper
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Hi everyone,
Im really hoping you can help! Im from Wokingham, UK and came across your site a few months ago when my rabbit was showing signs of infection again after a round of penicillin. She's now had3 courses of the drug, seemginly clearing up after each then a week to two weeks later after the last injection, her nose and vent start developing the now familiar crusts. Im at a loss and just have no more money for injections, my parents are currently footing the bill and im dreading telling them i need another £100 (about 150$ i think). I am welcoming any knowledge on persistant cases of syphilis please
- female blue miniature lop (honey)
- 2 years 8 months
- spayed
-Poops fine, but pee is slightly red (understandably)
using litterbox as normal (same as other rabbit)
seems perky enough as always, although over the last few months she has been spending more and more time in her sleeping compartment throughout the day (they have a very very large hutch with a very large (x4) grassy pen with tunnels and mounds
which shewould usually boundaround in the mornings )
NOTE: she lives with a male (thumper) who does not show hardly any signs of infection until the last visit when the vet found a teeny legion on his bits. The vet is assuming that thumper might be a silent carrier and reinfecting honey
-she has beenseeing the vet on and offsince she was about 1. Mainly it was because she used to get eye infections because of her facial structure. I would need to get her tear ducts flushed approx every 6 months as she would have running eyes and a slightly running nose (not enough for snuffles). She was therefore givenantibiotics in liquid and cream form for when these symptoms would flare up.
About a year ago honey started showing symptoms of crusts on her nose with little tufs of fur matted onto them. When taken to the vet she said that it was possibly syphilis, but given her previous medical issues, more likely just to be sore from her runny nose - at which point we scheduled another flush with antibiotics which cleared things up for a short while. A month or so later she was getting persistant eye infections (not so much of the nose running now tho) and eventually after more antibiotics before christmas last year honey took a turn for the worst.
Seemingly overnight she would not move from her hutch she contracted mites, looked scrawny and her nose was a mess. her vent was very swollen and she had been tearing at the fur in the surrounding area because of the mites. This was over the course of the weekend. When the vets were open (it was christmas) i managed to get her an appointment with the same vet that suggested it may be syphilis before. We started the first round of penicillin that week. The vet suggested that as thumper was not showing any signs of disease, it would be very very rare that he was infected so we treated honey only. First round was 3 shots (1 a week) and topical cream for the nose and spot on for mites (both rabbits). that cleared things up, until 2 weeks later when symptoms showed again - another round of penecillin 4 shots (1 a week). Cleared for a month, then symptoms again.
This time we treated both thumper and honey as a teeny legion had been found on his genitals. Honey did one week on her own, then both had 1 injection for the next 3 weeks.
Everything seemed to again be cleared up, her eye was a little weepy on the last injection and the vet said the penecillin would clear it up (and i also used an eye cream daily).
Its two weeks later and i noticed a small legion forming on her nose, checked her vent and sure enough - infection again. Slightly swolen, red and puss starting to come out.
Im at a loss! The injections are so expensive over here - even though i get a nurse to do it for free (i just pay for the penecillin) - especially as i need to give it to two animals. Please help! any suggestions would be so very helpful.
Other info:
- Diet - SuperRabbit excel dwarf pellets, plently of hay (with dandilions and herbs), cale or cabbage in evening and small amounts of either apple, carrot or pear. Lots of grass from their 'pen'.homegrown mint or parsely as another little treatduring the day sometimes
Appetite is absolutely fine.
- movement - no problems with movement.
-Possibly leaves from honeysuckle that would make her sick, but very unlikely she can get to them
- She is kept outdoors with Thumper in a very large pen running down the side of our garden. The hutch has a cover for the open section which is put down everynight.
Im really hoping you can help! Im from Wokingham, UK and came across your site a few months ago when my rabbit was showing signs of infection again after a round of penicillin. She's now had3 courses of the drug, seemginly clearing up after each then a week to two weeks later after the last injection, her nose and vent start developing the now familiar crusts. Im at a loss and just have no more money for injections, my parents are currently footing the bill and im dreading telling them i need another £100 (about 150$ i think). I am welcoming any knowledge on persistant cases of syphilis please
- female blue miniature lop (honey)
- 2 years 8 months
- spayed
-Poops fine, but pee is slightly red (understandably)
using litterbox as normal (same as other rabbit)
seems perky enough as always, although over the last few months she has been spending more and more time in her sleeping compartment throughout the day (they have a very very large hutch with a very large (x4) grassy pen with tunnels and mounds
which shewould usually boundaround in the mornings )NOTE: she lives with a male (thumper) who does not show hardly any signs of infection until the last visit when the vet found a teeny legion on his bits. The vet is assuming that thumper might be a silent carrier and reinfecting honey
-she has beenseeing the vet on and offsince she was about 1. Mainly it was because she used to get eye infections because of her facial structure. I would need to get her tear ducts flushed approx every 6 months as she would have running eyes and a slightly running nose (not enough for snuffles). She was therefore givenantibiotics in liquid and cream form for when these symptoms would flare up.
About a year ago honey started showing symptoms of crusts on her nose with little tufs of fur matted onto them. When taken to the vet she said that it was possibly syphilis, but given her previous medical issues, more likely just to be sore from her runny nose - at which point we scheduled another flush with antibiotics which cleared things up for a short while. A month or so later she was getting persistant eye infections (not so much of the nose running now tho) and eventually after more antibiotics before christmas last year honey took a turn for the worst.
Seemingly overnight she would not move from her hutch she contracted mites, looked scrawny and her nose was a mess. her vent was very swollen and she had been tearing at the fur in the surrounding area because of the mites. This was over the course of the weekend. When the vets were open (it was christmas) i managed to get her an appointment with the same vet that suggested it may be syphilis before. We started the first round of penicillin that week. The vet suggested that as thumper was not showing any signs of disease, it would be very very rare that he was infected so we treated honey only. First round was 3 shots (1 a week) and topical cream for the nose and spot on for mites (both rabbits). that cleared things up, until 2 weeks later when symptoms showed again - another round of penecillin 4 shots (1 a week). Cleared for a month, then symptoms again.
This time we treated both thumper and honey as a teeny legion had been found on his genitals. Honey did one week on her own, then both had 1 injection for the next 3 weeks.
Everything seemed to again be cleared up, her eye was a little weepy on the last injection and the vet said the penecillin would clear it up (and i also used an eye cream daily).
Its two weeks later and i noticed a small legion forming on her nose, checked her vent and sure enough - infection again. Slightly swolen, red and puss starting to come out.
Im at a loss! The injections are so expensive over here - even though i get a nurse to do it for free (i just pay for the penecillin) - especially as i need to give it to two animals. Please help! any suggestions would be so very helpful.
Other info:
- Diet - SuperRabbit excel dwarf pellets, plently of hay (with dandilions and herbs), cale or cabbage in evening and small amounts of either apple, carrot or pear. Lots of grass from their 'pen'.homegrown mint or parsely as another little treatduring the day sometimes
Appetite is absolutely fine.
- movement - no problems with movement.
-Possibly leaves from honeysuckle that would make her sick, but very unlikely she can get to them
- She is kept outdoors with Thumper in a very large pen running down the side of our garden. The hutch has a cover for the open section which is put down everynight.
