More abscesses! U/d Bad News

Off to the vet tomorrow to get Felix checked over, but the abscess appears to have disappeared and he is eating and drinking just fine.

However ........ I noticed yesterday that Wolfie appears to have a lump on his face now! Honestly, my vet must think I fancy him!! And if it is an abscess, I am NOT looking forward to having to inject the Wolfster. I took him in yesterday in a towel and it was like holding a cactus. All his claws were sticking through the towel and he was just poised to go off on one and that was just for a syringe of Baytril!

Please send some vibes that his lump will be nothing serious and that my buns have a period of good health.

Vibes for the bunsters

Oh no!

I cant believe this. I really hope this is nothing x

Ah no , sending vibes that it's nothing :hug: Too many ill bunsters over the last couple of months

Hoping it is nothing serious, sending Vibes for Wolfie xxxx

What did the Vet say? Is he okay?

Sorry I didn't reply at work today Katie, but we are moving offices tomorrow so I was really busy.

Going to the vets at 6.40 tonight, so have just put the boys into the hutch and will get them in the carrier after tea.

Will post later but have TKD straight after vets.

Back home and it's not good news. Wolfie does indeed have an abscess but it isn't in the soft tissue like Felix's, his is in the bone of his jaw. The vet thinks it is probably come through a back molar and gone in along the root.

I am taking him back tomorrow for an exploratory examination under GA because he was very uncooperative - he scratched the vet badly. They will have a good look and take x-rays. If they feel they can save him they will, but if they think it is a hopeless case, I have asked them to PTS. I don't want Wolfie suffering like Gloria did. I absolutely hated seeing her fade away and feel I owe it to him to let him go with dignity if that is what the ultimate outcome will be.

Feeling very raw just now.

Happily, Felix's abscess has completely disappeared.

I have had a good cry now and decided that I need to take positive action. I have come across this site which suggests that abscesses respond well to penicillin (bacillin) and am going to ask my vet if we can at least attempt this course first. I just can't bear the thought of losing him like this without a bloody good try at saving him, but without his being ill.

http://www.ontariorabbits.org/health/healthinfo1.1.htm This site led me to this article.

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~jwmoore/bicillin/bicillin.htm

Nickie

So sorry to hear this, he is tough by the sounds of it

Oh Nickie, I am so so sorry. I really hope they can get rid of it!!!

Oh I'm so sorry lets hope the Penicillin works for him fingers crossed xxxxxx

Just done more checking and I can't use the penicillin. Bicillin isn't licensed for use in the UK.

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/resources/content/info-sheets/penicillin.htm

I will ask the vet for the closest alternative.

Oh no Nickie not wolfie

oh Nickie, Im so sorry to hear he has an abscess and its nasty. Wolfie is a strong little boy and if anybun can fight this he can.

I cant imagine how you are feeling after what happened to gorgeous gloria and I am saying a prayer for him tonight. He is tough that boy, and im sending positive vibes.

Thinking of you hun

Thanks Katie. He has an abscess in the bone of his jaw. Had a big glass of Baileys and a good cry. Dreading tomorrow. I have to leave him at the vets in the morning having signed a PTS form in case they can't do anything. Will be waiting for a phone call and just don't know how I will cope.

I found this site that suggested that a penicillin injection called Bicillan could help, but it isn't licensed in the UK so I can't use it here. I am going to ask the vet if they could use the closest alternative. It's clutching at straws but I have to ask.

I will be thinking of him, Daisy's abscess is in his jaw and sinus and he is recovering, so its not clutching at straws, its thinking positive for your boy.

He has the nethie fighting spirit in him that little man!

What has Mr C done for Daisy?

Tomorrow they are going to investigate under GA and take X-rays.

Im not really sure - from our point of view we give him strong pain killers and anti-b's and Mr Chitty takes him in and xrays him etc every few weeks.

We are playing a long game here though - it took nearly a year last time, and we are on that kind of road again I think. Mr C said its about managing his pain and letting the anti-b's do their work over time.

I know that he does advise vets, so might be worth suggesting your vets give him a call. Im sure he would be happy to help and if nothing else is worth a try. They might be able to mail his xrays or something (im just thinking out loud here) but its all worth a go eh?

That is brilliant news. I will suggest that they contact him. I just don't want to let go too quickly.

Oh Nickie, so sorry to hear this, just caught up on it all. Your poor boy and you I hope that a plan of action can be taken to help he get better or atleast keep him around a bit longer. Good luck, sending loads of vibes from everyone here xxxx

I'm so sorry to read this Nickie, praying that you and vet find a solution xx

Good luck today, I hope they can sort it all out

Hey Nickie - I am so sorry to read this. I have found buns respond well to depocillen injections which my vet sends m home with abd allows me to administer which reduces the stress of vet trips every few days. Hopefully these could help Wolfie. Abscesses fill me with dread and I am sending lots of vibes that Wolfie can get better soon x

Thanks Charlotte. Going to suggest using Deplocillan to see if we can help him. Fingers crossed.