Sparky's Vet Visit

[Pet_Bunny]

I am bunnysitting a friends rabbit (Cocoa) and she has arthritis where she can't sit up to groom herself. There are many other issues she has so I took her in to see the vet. Her last vet visit was in October, but I wanted to take her in myself and see what is going on.
Now I haveCocoa taking Torbugesic twice a day. When the owners get home, I would suggest they take some X-rays ofher spline and some blood tests for her kidneys.
Bebe has never being to a Vet except for her spay. But she is just as old as Cocoa, and future (wellness) visits to the vet will be inorder.
We are all getting older from our ageing bunnies. ldman:

 

[slavetoabunny]

Back from the vet. She said Sparky is doing really well. We go back next Friday to have her staples out and she will also do a needle aspiration to make sure there is no pus in there. I asked about adequan, but Dr. Emerson said that she doesn't think Sparky's arthritis is severe enough to warrant it at this point.

Scooter had her wellness check. The vet said she is perfect and had beautiful teeth!

 

[SOOOSKA]

Patti, sorry I thought Sparky was Boy Bunny. DAH!, I can't read either. You said "she" more than once.

Susan:?:confused2::embarrassed:anic::disgust::dunno:foreheadsmack::headsmack

 

[MikeScone]

slavetoabunny wrote:

I asked about adequan, but Dr. Emerson said that she doesn't think Sparky's arthritis is severe enough to warrant it at this point.

She'd know best.

Adequan's just injectable glucosamine, so it's basically the same as the pills I take for my knees. If Sparky's arthritis slows her down enough, it would be worth asking again.

With Scone, I knew something was wrong when he was obviously not moving as much as he had. He'd stopped jumping up on my bed or on the couch for petting, and he visibly wasn't happy. Once they took the x-rays and diagnosed his spondylosis, within a week or ten days of starting the injections, Scone was jumping up on my bed again.

 

[LuvaBun]

slavetoabunny wrote:

Scooter had her wellness check. The vet said she is perfect and had beautiful teeth!

Sorry, but this brought an image to mind of Scooter giving Sparky a huge grin, showing off her beautiful teeth :biggrin:

Glad both are doing OK

Jan

 

[Bunny parents]

We'll keep your Sparky in our mind. ray: Happy to hear she's doing well. Yippee !

 

[slavetoabunny]

Way to go Sparky! She ate her Critical Care and meds so well tonight. I tell you, it's not easy to get 35 cc's of Critical Care into a bunny 3 times a day!

 

[LuvaBun]

It can get kind of messy! Glad she's still improving

Jan

 

[MiniLopHop]

I'm glad Sparky is doing better. What a frightning situation. I will be happy to have Becky's teeth checked out on Saturday.

 

[slavetoabunny]

Sparky is going back to the vet tomorrow. She has a hard lump in front of her staples. I'm hoping that the abscess has not reared its ugly head again. When I talked to my vet today she was onboard with doing zithromax/bicillin therapy if Sparky develope another abscess. Please keep my heart bunny in your thoughts.

 

[pumpkinandwhiskersmom]

So sorry to hear that she's having a hard time. She's in our thoughts and prayers! ray:

 

[MiniLopHop]

Praying for Sparky, hang in there.ray:

 

[myheart]

ray: Keep getting better Sparky. :hearts

 

[jujub793]

good luck Sparky!!ray:

 

[LuvaBun]

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that Sparky is having problems. I hope everything works out for her at the vet tomorrow!

Jan

 

[slavetoabunny]

Well, Sparky is back in the hospital. She got food packed into her jaw and there was some infection. The vet cleaned it out and is packing it with manuka honey and started her on zithromax and bicillin. She will probably be there until Saturday.

 

[LuvaBun]

I'm sorry, Patti. This must be so worrying for you . At least they will be able to keep a close watch on her - your vet sounds awesome. How is Scooter doing without her buddy?

Keeping Sparky in my prayers ray:

Jan

 

[slavetoabunny]

Scooter is actually doing fine. She was fine when Sparky was in the hospital last week for 5 days.

 

[slavetoabunny]

Just as further explanation, the manuka honey aids in healing the tissue and has anti-bacterial properties. The vet has to clean it out and repack it every day, hence her hospital stay. I'm so glad Dr. Emerson immediately agreed to zithromax/bicillin when I brought it up.

 

[MiniLopHop]

At least you have a good vet. I hope she gets better soon.