Good News! Boof may not have to have the operation. He has been improving a little on the antibiotics, and in two weeks we have to take him back to the specialist and learn how to give him penicillin injections. He will have to have one injection a week for the rest of his life. The injections are so much cheaper than what he is on now. it is $30-$40 for a bottle, and that lasts 12- 16 monthes. Thanks again everyone, the specialist thought he would really need the operation, but when we brought him in yesterday, she was really surprised by his improvement. Your prayers must be helping. Boof has even learnt how to use his half numb tongue so that he doesn't chew on it any more. The vet wasn't expecting that. I am so happy!!!
Thanks Cinzia for the concern, and for reminding me to post the news in here. i totally forgot. I did post it of pet talk though. (Another website for animals)
ok well the specialist said even though the abcess is draining, it will just keep coming back. boof is having an operation to remove it on tuesday. Scary! While he is under he is gonna have his teeth filed as well as the vet checking his jaw. he is also getting 5 xrays and just had a blood test yesterday. rabbit veins are very fine, so it is difficult to find one to take blood from. They had to shave around one of the back legs, then the other cause they couldn't get a vein from the first one. he had to wear banages on his legs until night time. Poor boofy is so miserable.
i was just cleaning a bit of puss out of boof's ear about 5 minutes ago and my hand touched the abcess spot. More puss started coming out of his ear, so i pressed harder and got as much as i could out. now the big lump is gone!!! it is only tiny though, but i dont wanna push it too hard cause it might hurt him. i think the fact that his abcess just drained is a good thing. it has been there for over a year cause our other vet said it was just a fat lump. the stuff that came out was disgusting, and smelt really bad, but hopefully now boof will feel a bit better.
Boof is going to the specialist again tomorrow, so we will find out how he is doing then. My mum pulled out a big clump of dried puss stuf from his ear today, hopefully it means the abcess is draining. What i am really worried about at the moment is his teeth. because he only chews on one side of his mouth now, his teeth are going weird. The front ones can be filed, but i have a feeling he may need the back teeth pulled out from that one side because to file the back teeth, you have to put the rabbit under, and doing that on a regular basis would be really dangerous, not to mention stressful for poor little boofy. Again, i just have to see what the vet says tomorrow.
OK this is the last update for about 2 weeks. I am going camping.
We took Boof to the rabbit specialist and she was great! She really knew her stuff. It took an hour to drive there, but it was worth it. Our usual vet said Boof looked fine to him, but if we thought he was acting strange to go to this lady. I am so glad we did.
Apparentely the supposed fat lump it actually an abscess!!! :O The lady said when rabbits have abscesses, the pus is so thick that nothing comes out when you try suck out anything with an injection. That is why the other vet thought it was a fat lump.
Even though the other vet checked Boof's ears, this lady did, and then shoved her finger down his left ear and pulled out a massive long hard cone of wax. poor little boof. it was about the size of birthday cake candles. It was from the abscess.
Apparentely the drooling and weird eating is because the abscess is pressing against his facial nerves and the left side of his tongue, eye and mouth are numb. The rabbit specialist said the abscess will hopefully go down. If it doesn't he might have to get it cut out. The feeling in the left side of boof's face may or may not come back. If it doesn't, he will have to get his teeth constantly filed down because he will mainly chew with the right side. So can you guys please pray for the feeling to come back.
The abscess has caused a middle ear infection and that is why he gets so dizzy and falls over when scratching or begging.
Anyway, boof has to talk an antibiotic (that smells like coconut) and an anti-inflammatory.
Also, the dry skin boof has between the shoulder blades that the other vet said was a skin condition is actually caused by some kind of mites in the hay. The other vet had given us quartazone for. This lady said never give rabbits quartazone as it lowers their immune system. She gave us revolution for him.
My mum also mentioned before gets diarrhea every now and then, and she said Boof was a little overweight, and gets too much pellets. She said pellets cause diarrhea in rabbits. we have to wean him off it and replace it with plain hay. Boof is not gonna like it, he loves the pellets.
We also bought a slicker brush for boof's fur because it gets a little matted near his butt. The vet said he needs to be brushed everyday, especially when he is shedding. We used to have a problem with the other brushes we used, but this slicker brush is great.
In summary, boof should start to perk up in about 3 days. We will have to deal with any complications after that. He is going back to the rabbit specialist in 2 weeks.
Thanks for your continued support. If you have a similar problem, and would like to know the names of the antibiotic and anti inflammatory, just message me.
I thought you might like an update even though he hasn't seen the specialist yet. Boof is having a bit of trouble eating, but it doesn't stop him trying. Last night my mum was panicing. She came to get me, she had fed boof a cherry from our christmas food, but didn't expect boof to eat the seed, which he did. It must have got stuck in his back molars, cause we could hear it crunching, but he couldn't get it out. mum had been giving him choc drops, he ate them, but the pip was still in there. i had the idea to give him grass, because the only foods that use the back molars to eat is hay and grass, for any other foods rabbits mainly use there front teeth. anyway, it worked, about 5 minutes later it came out, and i grabbed it quickly and threw it out. phew.. that was a scary christmas night.
boof is pooping alright, but he is starting to have a little trouble eating. he cant pick things up in his mouth properly. like his fa choc drops. if we put them on the floor he cant pick them up. we have to hold them for him while he eats them. he is still acting chirpy though, which is good.
Well we found a rabbit specialist place that we are taking Boof to on Saturday. They said to just watch him for the next week, and if anything major happens we can bring him in earlier. Boof is still in good spirits though.
well i just came back from the vet. they shoved a thermometer up his butt . poor little guy. his temp was good so no infection. he put this dye in his eye that changes from orange to green if something is wrong, but that was fine, it also drained out his nose, so his tear ducts are not blocked. he doesn't think it is the teeth cause he didn't seem to be in pain. boof has a fat lump next to his ear that may be pushing on the nerve that controls blinking. he referred us to a rabbit specialist. he also stuck a needle in the fat lump to see if it was an abcess or something, but no fluid came out. anywayz it doesn't seem to serious just yet, hopefully the other vet will be able to give us some answers. i will keep you updated.
Boof has been acting weird the paste couple of days. he cant blink his left eye, he drools and just yesterday he has started having trouble eating. we have to put eye drops in his eye every couple of hours so he doesnt do any damage to the cornea. he has an appointment with the vet today in about 3 hours. i am worried for him. i looked it up on the net and i think he has a problem with his molars. that can also cause the eye problems. he will probably need an x ray today and then get his teeth filed down. he would have to go under a general anesthetic. hopefully we have caught it early, otherwise there could be an infection caused by the problem teeth and that brings a who lot more problems!!!
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