Arrived yesterday- Im told 4 mths old but experience tells me he is younger.This little one came appearing to be having multiple strokes -and- seizing, not able to sit/stand/lay on his own -at all- as well as he was panicking since he was not able to breath well- owner reports this started suddenly and is not an experienced owner-she also tells me shes feeding him iceberg lettuce along with a complete unbalanced, non-nutritional diet lacking fiber/hay/nutrition. The bun was taken from Momma too soon also. (Owner has) no DVM-not even familiar w/ such a concept- no baby simethicone or pain meds or emerg. care stash (or money). That was a good thing b/c her description of what she was seeing was completely different to me when she got him here for me to look at! Two ppl could not be looking at the same thing! Rather than GI stasis or ileus-when I saw him I knew this is not a gas drops GI problem at all- Its E.c. and possible ear infection symptoms to a T...and that is where to begin treating even if I find out later a tumor or abscess in the brain/spine etc is present! Supportive care and 12 hours next to my heart in my Nurturers Vest, meds for inner ear infection and E.c. have helped tremendously(see picture 12 hours after panacur and PenG/supportive care on the right)..... The video I took is so graphic and alarming-Ive decided not to post it. This baby bunny was so bad-was so serious- even for me to see- I seriously considered putting to sleep. I am sure from being taken from Momma so young that all his (G.I.)enzyme/flora levels are off and immunity is compromised- hind gut flora/ferment too. For his supportive care(fluids, syringe-feedings), Ive added PerfectFoodBerry(vitacost/garden-of-life-perfect-food-super-green-formula-berry), Vetri-DMG and MilkThistle for immune support booster. I work closely with several DVMs and a couple volunteer LVTs- onsite here but my main bun DVM is a hop skip and jump away from here as needed but posting for suggestions never hurts. Thx. CLea/CCCR-
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:11:31 +0000