itsazoo
Well-Known Member
Some of youmay remember a couple of months ago our Peepers (Dwarf Hotot) had an awful RI that wasn't responding well to Baytril and improved only slowly with added chloramphenicol.But then shequit eating, drinking and pooping. We nearly lost her. Butour vetpulled herthrough.
So, fast forward to last week. Our main water line into the house blew, forcing Jenny to live temporarily on the main floor,Peepers' territory, much to Peepers' consternation. Stressful for all of us not having water for several days.
Late Saturday evening Peepers wasn't herself. Shestarted sneezing at first, and then shestarted having obvious trouble breathing. She scarcely moved or ate, and slowly deteriorated. Noticed she had a tiny cut on her bottom lip that was healing. We gave her some leftover chloramphenicol (realized after it wouldn't be good any more), hot water bottle, blankets, and steam (which she didn't care for).
So we planned to call vet Monday, but meanwhile I decided to do some research. I was not looking forward to the long slow process of antibiotic treatment and potential statis again.
So I learned a few things anddecided to try something different first. Monday morning I picked upa big bottle ofVetericyn and got a nebulizer from our pharmacist (at cost, he's awesome). Put a child's mask on the nebulizer,put it over Peepers' snotty nose as she breathed verynoisily. Couple of minutes later her nose cleared up completely and not a sound as she breathed. She decided the nebulizer wasn't so bad after all. A couplehours later, still clear and perking up.
I'm not silly enough to believe she's cured. She's starting to get a bit stuffy again now. But I am going to treat her with the Vetericyn and nebulizer for a while and see what happens. Not entirely sure what dose and how often, so will have to figure that out as we go along. I'm ready to call the vet the second we have any doubts about her progress. But seriously, so far, I'm amazed!
Oh, I did find in the toxicology information that Vetericyn VAPOUR irritated rabbit nostrils temporarily, but the droplets from the nebulizer are much smaller and seem to have no negative effects.
Before any of you freak out about this unconventional treatment, maybe weshould see what happens first.
So, fast forward to last week. Our main water line into the house blew, forcing Jenny to live temporarily on the main floor,Peepers' territory, much to Peepers' consternation. Stressful for all of us not having water for several days.
Late Saturday evening Peepers wasn't herself. Shestarted sneezing at first, and then shestarted having obvious trouble breathing. She scarcely moved or ate, and slowly deteriorated. Noticed she had a tiny cut on her bottom lip that was healing. We gave her some leftover chloramphenicol (realized after it wouldn't be good any more), hot water bottle, blankets, and steam (which she didn't care for).
So we planned to call vet Monday, but meanwhile I decided to do some research. I was not looking forward to the long slow process of antibiotic treatment and potential statis again.
So I learned a few things anddecided to try something different first. Monday morning I picked upa big bottle ofVetericyn and got a nebulizer from our pharmacist (at cost, he's awesome). Put a child's mask on the nebulizer,put it over Peepers' snotty nose as she breathed verynoisily. Couple of minutes later her nose cleared up completely and not a sound as she breathed. She decided the nebulizer wasn't so bad after all. A couplehours later, still clear and perking up.
I'm not silly enough to believe she's cured. She's starting to get a bit stuffy again now. But I am going to treat her with the Vetericyn and nebulizer for a while and see what happens. Not entirely sure what dose and how often, so will have to figure that out as we go along. I'm ready to call the vet the second we have any doubts about her progress. But seriously, so far, I'm amazed!
Oh, I did find in the toxicology information that Vetericyn VAPOUR irritated rabbit nostrils temporarily, but the droplets from the nebulizer are much smaller and seem to have no negative effects.
Before any of you freak out about this unconventional treatment, maybe weshould see what happens first.