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Maureen Las

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My best friend near Chicago has been to several vets there for her 5 yr old rabbit who developed head tilt last week. Even there the vets are lacking and the rabbit is on baytril (oral), meclizine and metacam and not doing well.
One of the vets she knows ( I know this vet also) who isNOT veryrabbit knowledgeable (except basics ) WANTS very much to talk with you re. dosing Convenia and /or any other suggestion re head tilt for treatment for this rabbit.

I know that you usually have vets call you, however was not sure where you would be and also wished to tell you about this situation.

The vet is waiting for your call if you are able to do this and will be in the office all week except Wed.

I would appreciate greatly if you would help them
The rabbit"sname is Scottie; the owner is Linda Vorac


Merrick Animal Hospital

Mary Anne Kaspar DVM

1-708-485-6500



The vet is also being given you name and the rescue number.
Thanks
Maureen

 
Hi Maureen.....Just talked with Linda. She is calling Dr. Kaspar and we are going to chat tonight after she leaves the clinic since it might take some time to explain what is going on and what to do. Will let you know how things go with our conversation.

Randy
 
Thanks Randy; you are so awesome
I am at the shelter and waiting for a surrender of 17 rabbits from an eviction
i'll catch up with this later
so glad that you connected
thank you so much

:thanks::thanks::thanks:




Maureen
 
O my goodness Maureen! I hope you can find space for all those guys! If not, we just had a lot of adoptions due to a bunny event at DCHS and they may be able to take some, I don't know. Sorry for the hijack.
 
Great news! I'm glad you can help, Randy!

Maureen, also ask them to call Sheboygan if they need space. Surprisingly we're not overcrowded with rabbits at the moment- I think it's only 4-5. I'd be willing to do transport, including week days since I'm not working. Chilton also often takes rabbits for us- they don't get many rabbit surrenders but get donations for them from the nearby Kaytee factory.
 
Believe it or not everyone seems to be short on rabbits in Mn and Wi :?

3of our previous rabbits were sent to Dane County last Thurs. afterI contacted George Flentke
Claire:


look for Smurf, Stanton and and alittle grey and white dutch female (can't recall her name)

We are doing an adoption event as we recevied alot of money and supplies donated by Petco for these new rabbits. they are set up in the shelter garage.

We probably will send the rabbits not adopted to St Paul and even the Mn house rabbit will pick up some . St Paul animal humane did not get many rabbits this summer either

The rabbits are harlequins, very pretty, thin but otherwise in good shape although about 5 females are pregnant and will be spayed this week.

Iwill most likely start a new thread on them.
 
Hi Maureen,

Glad you guys can help those rabbits in need. It's sad but it does give you personal satisfaction to know you have made a positive difference.

And I just had an extended conversation with the doctor. She seemed to be very interested. I think she was a bit shocked actually. We got to discuss some various treatments for head tilt. She is also a wildlife rehabber and we had a moment to discuss some wildlife stuff too. She is a very impressive doctor. I like her attitude....whatever is beneficial for the animal. We need more like her. She is also going to look up an article we just wrote for the NC Wildlife Rehabbers. I told her that I thought Linda was willing to do whatever to help Scottie....and she agreed. So I prepared her for a potential long term deal. I just hope it helps Scottie.

Randy
 
I just saw pics of those bunnies, Maureen. Stanton is up on the website (picture is terrible), I don't see Smurf though. Strangest of all, the gray dutch (picture is also horrible, so I'm not sure on color) appears to be named Lula, pretty similar to a very special gray dutch in Waukesha...
 
Smurf was from a hoarder case ; she had her ears chewed down probably from being caged with multiple rabbits.. It is possible that she was adopted or that she went to HRS rather than Dane county as she has traveled a lot. She was initally taken by Wi HRS then went to Washington county north of Milwaukee and then back to us in La Crosse.
Stanton has either glaucoma or a corneal ulcer or both . I am glad that he went to Dane county asI do not trust that the vets here with opthamology. he was being treated with steroid drops which I don't believe is correct at all but I could not interfere with it. I hope that he gets a proper medical evaluation there. he is a very sweet rabbit.

Lula needs to be spayed ; she is really cute but feisty and hormonal but i am sure that she will be fine after she is spayed.
 
I remember Stanton's glaucoma! He was so inquisitive and came up to the edge of the cage to see us, which was when we saw he had an eye problem. Poor guy, I hope they can treat it. I think I remember some volunteers struggling to hold Lula down when I was there. It's possible that they were keeping Smurf in a room out of view of the general public, or she was with HRS.
 
You know, I don't really know a lot about what vets they use, but they seem to usually know what they're doing. To be honest, he could probably even be adopted out as a special needs case if they don't find a way to fix his glaucoma. A three-legged bunny was just adopted here, and she went fast. There are a lot of people who want bunnies who need help, so it won't be an obstacle to his adoption even if they don't get him to the vet school, for instance. I bet they will take him to a specialist, probably at the vet school, but I can't be sure.
 
Linda had her rabbit Scottie PTS.

he was much worse today than yesterday...

to be honest Linda has had a terrible time handling this emotionally . It was so painful for her to see him rolling and flailing about that the vet didn't really think that she could handle the care.
Linda is so sensitive that she cannot even walk into a shelter ; it makes her break down.
I know Linda very well ; she is not heavilyinto the medical aspect of rabbit care likeI am but she would die for an animal ; she is a true animal lover.

She was taking a lot of tranquilizers to help her deal with Scottie rolling ; she just couldn't stand him being in so much discomfort.

I don't blame her becauseI know her well enough to know that she did as much as she possibly could for him.



BinkyFree little Scottie:(:pink iris:


The good part is that Dr Kaspar feels that she will be able to use her new knowledgeof meds with other rabbits and there is a possibility that she will keep in contact with Randy. He really liked her and since they both rehab they have that in common. She will be able to help other rabbits with the knowledge that she got from him.

So Scottie is gone but otherrabbits will benefit from her contact with Randy

ActuallyI think she cares for some of the rabbits at Catnap (What ever happened to the rescuer member Blue frog?I think of her when i think of Catnap)
 
tonyshuman wrote:
You know, I don't really know a lot about what vets they use, but they seem to usually know what they're doing. To be honest, he could probably even be adopted out as a special needs case if they don't find a way to fix his glaucoma. A three-legged bunny was just adopted here, and she went fast. There are a lot of people who want bunnies who need help, so it won't be an obstacle to his adoption even if they don't get him to the vet school, for instance. I bet they will take him to a specialist, probably at the vet school, but I can't be sure.
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That is good to hear :)
 
That's too bad. I hope she can recover emotionally soon. It's good that she has friends like you, Maureen, who help get people in contact and can give emotional support in this difficult time. You can tell her that people here who've never met her or Scottie offer her their sympathy.

It is great, though, that the vet has learned more and Randy was willing to help. I think it could be so helpful if vets just shared information a bit more, and not the wrong information, as sometimes seems to be found on the VIN, from what I understand.
 
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