Some vibes for Sparky please... u/d 27/05/12

Sparky wrote:
She's also heard of an op where they drill into the nasal cavity and clear the infection out at source, then treat the cavity itself with abx for a period of time before allowing it to heal over. I'm not sure I like the sound of that

You could have a nose ring then

I'm really sorry to hear sparky is poorly again I wish the infection would sod off and leave her alone.

I'm sending oodles of get well vibes xxxx

Katieb wrote:I wish the infection would sod off and leave her alone.

Thanks Katie - great turn of phrase!

I'd get sent to bed if I repeated it though

Sparky! You could get some purple bling to leave in the hole@

Awww poor Sparky, this is such a persistent problem. I hope that the ABX sorts it out so you get some relief quickly. :hugs;

The poor little sweetie is having such a rough time and you too my love. I am sending lots of comforting and healing vibes.

Hugs

Jo xx

Top up vibes Sparky!

How is he today love?

Hugs

JO xx

Topping up vibes for the famous sparky!

How is the little love today?

Hugs

Jo xx

I'm not too bad - Humum has taken me off all meds and nebulising for a week to see how I am. I still have a bit of yuck up my nose and I still sneeze occasionally but not lots. I have Echinacea extract in my water, but I'm not on anything else at the moment. She's thinking about nebulising with saline for a while instead of the F10, just to see what that does.

My appetite is fine though

Sparky wrote:
My appetite is fine though

You do shock me!

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:

Sparky wrote:
My appetite is fine though

You do shock me!

Me too

and me

Glad you are doing okay gorgeous.

Sending you more vibes that the rest of that horrid snot will do one!

so glad you are doing so well

Glad you are doing well Sparky, keep on being your naughty self - we give you permission

Humum nebulised me with saline tonight. As it's safe for her to breathe too, she decided to see if I would sit on her lap quietly for it instead of going in the spaceship. I did. And I didn't widdle on her once, not even a little bit

Now that I have lulled her into a false sense of security, I'm planning to play hell tomorrow night

Sparky wrote:.....She's thinking about nebulising with saline for a while instead of the F10, just to see what that does. My appetite is fine though

Just a suggestion breathing treatment wise......use half normal saline instead of normal saline. It will thin the secretions better. Just mix half the amount of normal saline with an equal amount of sterile water.[normal saline is 0.9% sodium chloride(NaCl), half-normal is 0.45% NaCl]

I'm glad your appetite is fine. Goodness knows you need lots of calories for all the nortiness you get into!

Humum used 1/4 teaspoon (cooking measure) of sea salt in 1/4 litre of boiling water then left it to cool. The recipe from is another rabbit forum and a theory mentioned on there is that the salt actually helps draw the moisture out of the nasal membranes as well as thin the secretions.

She has noticed that I didn't get a 'runny' nose after and a bit of a sneezing session, as I do with the F10 - it is a lot drier. She's not sure yet if this is going to be a good thing, so she's going to give it a few days and if need be go back to using the F10.

We use to nebulise Hope with saline sometimes and she always seemed a lot better for it

Tuckerbunnies wrote:We use to nebulise Hope with saline sometimes and she always seemed a lot better for it

How did you decide when you were going to use saline and when you were going to use F10, Maysie?

Sparky wrote:

Tuckerbunnies wrote:We use to nebulise Hope with saline sometimes and she always seemed a lot better for it

How did you decide when you were going to use saline and when you were going to use F10, Maysie?

We were using saline at first and then someone recommended F10 so we went on to that and we also used 'Ventolin Evohaler' an inhaler which we use to pump so many times a day into the nebulising unit she was in, our vet recommended that. Hope was so bad at times I think we would have tried anything, she seemed to always be worse in the Summer and spent many a day being nebulised over the years, sadly she died with pneumonia in Mikes arms it was awful