FlopsnWills
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I'm not sure if anyone here remembers me, as I haven't posted in a very long time. I had 2 boys named Charlie and William.
Both were completely healthy up until last month when William had some eye discharge. They went to the vet to get de-wormed and I thought that was all that was wrong. She put William on Baytril and sent us home. A few days later his left eye started to look really bad, so I brought him back in. She gave me gentamicin drops and kept him on Baytril. The drops seemed to be working after a few days, but then I realized that they weren't working, so I picked up some neomycin. Nothing was working, so we set a date to put him under and flush his eye out. Not only did she do that, but she also removed the ulcer on his eye. She said it didn't seem blocked, but one of his molars had spurs on it and she tried her hardest to file it down to the best of her ability. She said it was kind of tricky because he's such a tiny rabbit and his mouth was almost impossible to open wide enough. She seemed to be very optimistic and wanted to keep him on penicillin injections for the next two months. His surgery was exactly one week ago from today. I thought everything was fine because his appetite was great and he seemed happy. I then noticed that his balance was off and he seemed to be acting neurologically damaged. When I woke up this morning, I gave him a bit of apple and he was very uninterested. He had to go in today for his injection anyway, so I didn't bother with an appointment and I rushed him in. I had to leave him there since his vet was in the middle of a surgery and was told to call back at around 4. I did and the receptionist told me she would have the vet call me back. The vet called me back to tell me that his infection had spread to his brain and that she didn't think she could fix this. She thought it would be best to euthanize him, so I agreed and we hung up. I quickly called back to ask if I could say goodbye and the receptionist told me that when they took him out of his cage, he went into cardiac arrest and that she was very sorry.
I don't understand what happened. I'm trying to find information on eye infections spreading to the brain. I don't understand why the Baytril and other antibiotics had no affect at all. He was on the Baytril for a good month. I feel very disappointed and lost. I don't know why he died, he was only five. He was definitely my heart bunny and I feel like I could never find another bunny as nice as him.
I just wanted to vent to people that care. I added some pics so you guys can see just how adorable he was.
Both were completely healthy up until last month when William had some eye discharge. They went to the vet to get de-wormed and I thought that was all that was wrong. She put William on Baytril and sent us home. A few days later his left eye started to look really bad, so I brought him back in. She gave me gentamicin drops and kept him on Baytril. The drops seemed to be working after a few days, but then I realized that they weren't working, so I picked up some neomycin. Nothing was working, so we set a date to put him under and flush his eye out. Not only did she do that, but she also removed the ulcer on his eye. She said it didn't seem blocked, but one of his molars had spurs on it and she tried her hardest to file it down to the best of her ability. She said it was kind of tricky because he's such a tiny rabbit and his mouth was almost impossible to open wide enough. She seemed to be very optimistic and wanted to keep him on penicillin injections for the next two months. His surgery was exactly one week ago from today. I thought everything was fine because his appetite was great and he seemed happy. I then noticed that his balance was off and he seemed to be acting neurologically damaged. When I woke up this morning, I gave him a bit of apple and he was very uninterested. He had to go in today for his injection anyway, so I didn't bother with an appointment and I rushed him in. I had to leave him there since his vet was in the middle of a surgery and was told to call back at around 4. I did and the receptionist told me she would have the vet call me back. The vet called me back to tell me that his infection had spread to his brain and that she didn't think she could fix this. She thought it would be best to euthanize him, so I agreed and we hung up. I quickly called back to ask if I could say goodbye and the receptionist told me that when they took him out of his cage, he went into cardiac arrest and that she was very sorry.
I don't understand what happened. I'm trying to find information on eye infections spreading to the brain. I don't understand why the Baytril and other antibiotics had no affect at all. He was on the Baytril for a good month. I feel very disappointed and lost. I don't know why he died, he was only five. He was definitely my heart bunny and I feel like I could never find another bunny as nice as him.
I just wanted to vent to people that care. I added some pics so you guys can see just how adorable he was.
