Rabbit with a wound

Re: Rabbit with a wound

ginny — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:19:35 GMT

Sorry forgot to add - analgesia. We use metacam (+zantac sometimes if fat rabbit and esp if not eating 100%) and/or tramadol/vetergesic depending on wound.

Re: Rabbit with a wound

ginny — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:15:43 GMT

We don't tend to flush rabbit wounds but remove the pus bid with cotton buds moistened with warm water or v dilute pevidine. We don't use baytril often either. We use pen/strep (off license) sometimes but all cases are different. We instil genticin (again off licence) and manuka honey. Might be worth having a read of Frances Harcourt-Brown textbook of rabbit medicine and surgery. Might be worth checking how far wound goes, whether pus tracking anywhere else.

If eating less will need syringe feeding - we use oxbow with tiny bit heinz powdered baby food added (fruit ones - banana porridge or fruits of forest are liked). Monitor faecal output - may need something like domperidone if not eating and faeces abnormal. Hope this helps. (You can PM me if not and i will see what else we can suggest).

Re: Rabbit with a wound

A Little TLC — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:21:22 GMT

Are you able to get a culture done? We do one for all our rotten wounds. To be honest, more often than not, we find Baytril to be very low on the outcome, might be worth swapping to something like Synulox. We use honey a lot for these too, so keep up with that. You could try a pinch of Avipro on the food to keep her gut going :)