The vet just called. She called well after the clinic closed for the day an stayed on the phone for a good 20 minutes. She said the blood work hasn't come back yet, but the results of the urinalysis show that he does NOT have a UTI (thank goodness), but his urine is diluted some. She is leaving for California tomorrow but will have the clinic fax her the blood work results, then she will call me. She gave me a list of things to watch for in Skyler and to call the clinic ASAP if I see them so they can call her.
As for the runny nose, she agrees that it was likely the stress combined with the hay dust and doesn't think we need to medicate him for it right now.
As for the ponazuril (which I'm finally pronouncing correctly), she has decided not to give it to him at this time. She said she has done extensive research on it (which I believe), looking at studies and talking to rabbit gurus and posting on vet forums, and she doesn't think it would be a good choice. She said that ponazuril affects a different kind of parasite than E. cuniculi and that it would be a reasonable treatment for coccidia (which is incidentally what Tallulah died from, would have loved to have ponazuril a year and a half ago!), but that none of the research she did/people she talked to showed it really helping rabbits with EC. She doesn't want to prescribe something that could hurt him. She said she's pretty adamant about not using this drug on him. Randy, I gave her your e-mail address. She's going to talk to a couple more people about it when she's in California. She wants to continue with the Panacur and put him on fenbendazole instead. She said if he starts getting worse, she will consider trying the ponazuril on him, and if she finds any evidence that satisfies her that it could be could for him, she will prescribe it. I can't change her mind on something like this or force her to prescribe something.
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