Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Rachel Jayne — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:08:34 GMT

Lol, this site it messing me about, cos I didn't see that you just said you already knew too!

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Rachel Jayne — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:07:59 GMT

I guess you'd just ring, probably their referrals dept, explain your situation & see what they say!

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

LaurenA — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:40:02 GMT

Whoops, I've just looked back and bouncyfi told me how to contact them. Ignore me!! It's been a very long day!! x

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

LaurenA — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:32:41 GMT

Hi Claire,

Thanks :) what's the best way of contacting them in the first instance? Do I just phone Dick Vet and ask for a form to be faxed to my practice?

Thanks!

Lauren x

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

claire Speight — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:36:45 GMT

At the Dick Vet there is Anne Meredith, Emma Keeble, Brigette Reusch and Kevin Eatwell - all excellent exotic vets....so there would be an excellent place to contact or to take your bunny too.

Claire

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Maisy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:56:01 GMT

Agree about use of gentamycin beads and manuka honey-both seem to be successful in controlling/acting on the abscess.

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Sal the 1st — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:40:35 GMT

any practices out there still using gentacin beads in abscesses (septopal) bit of a faff but have seen some really good results.

re vaccination - we used to vaccinate on the basis that they were more at risk of developing the disease (very high myx area traditionally - can remember euthing 14 bunnies in a day before!)

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Fiona Leathers — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:37:25 GMT

Yes you can fax them questions - give them a call and they'll send you a form to fill in.

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

LaurenA — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:34:40 GMT

Thanks Rachel,

Still in two minds about vaccinating!! ( I know, i know!!) Would feel awful if triggered his abscess off again as that was horrible, but then again would feel awful if he got Myxo or VHD... Diffcult as he is mainly house rabbit and is a big ponce and doesn't actually like going out that much :)

Heard there's now a bunny specialist at Dick Vet School in Edin ( closest vet school to me), do specialists like that ever answer questions from bun worriers?

Lauren xx

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Rachel Jayne — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:01:18 GMT

Referred a bunny with a similar abscess (bony involvement) to a specialist once who put him on Clam LA injections q2days. We used it again then on another rabbit with an abscess & it worked quite well.

You just have to be careful to make sure it all goes s/c & none goes on the fur for them to lick. Give them pre/pro biotics too for the gut, although the two we had didn't show any GI signs during treatment.

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Jo Hinde — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:55:41 GMT

As for the abcess....we use ultrapen injections every 2 days for bunnies and it works extreamly well. Glad he is doing ok after a year and hope the vacc's dont spark anything off again.

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

LaurenA — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:50:43 GMT

Thanks dinkyd :) interesting to know what has worked elsewhere, would feel a bit bad about touching it a year on. Locum at my work reckoned it may have stabilised and been encapsulated in some way? Spent a whole week in floods of tears about prognosis last year and he's proved them wrong! :) so wary about tipping the balance re vaccinating and touching it since he doesn't seem bothered by it.

Thanks for all of your help,

Lauren x

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

dinkyd — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:09:33 GMT

on the above note about using depo - we have also used manuka honey packed into the abcess bid.worked well to

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Nicola Smith — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:46:24 GMT

Can't help with the vaccination advice but when we get them that owners want to treat we resect out the abscess, curette the bone and remove the offending tooth. We then put them on depocillin injections every othr day as boss reckons tis is only thing that works for pus in rabbits. So far not seen any recur.

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Maisy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:28:50 GMT

No problem Lauren, hope he continues to do well

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

LaurenA — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:51:50 GMT

Hi Maisy,

Thankyou :) Is just difficult to know so nice to hear from someone with lots of tooth root abscess experience. Would hate to trigger off abscess again, as you say he's done so well :) He is also mainly a house bunny and has the occasional day in a low risk garden ( I understand there is still a risk whether he's inside or out). Think I probably will vaccinate him as would feel awful if he got Myxo or VHD, but will also feel awful if vaccination interacts with tra in anyway!!

Thanks again for your help :)

Lauren xx

Re: Bunny tooth root abscesses and vaccination

Maisy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:24:24 GMT

We would still vaccinate (have a lot of bunnies with tooth root abscesses) but are also in an area quite prevalent for myxo. Sounds like your rabbit has been doing pretty well as a year from one abscess especially where bone involvement is, is good going