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TheLordJohn said:
Custard creams, ginger nut (creams) etc are a great treat for ours, so if you could somehow get it into them?
Carrots, kale, broccoli, spinach etc, don't know how you'd incorporate it so he ate it without knowing though.
Can't think of much else
Biscuits! Would never have thought to give them that haha! Might give that a try, was thinking baby food or yoghurt but I think he would still smell it, little bugger Carrots, kale, broccoli, spinach etc, don't know how you'd incorporate it so he ate it without knowing though.
Can't think of much else
bazza white said:
My girlfriends rabbit used to like custard creams but ended up with tooth decay so go easy.
Can you not spray it over the pellets that's what I had to do before with antibiotics and vet said it was fine.
Do apologise, I should have thought to add the caveat that if you feed your rabbit a load of sugary sCan you not spray it over the pellets that's what I had to do before with antibiotics and vet said it was fine.
te it may have a negative effect on their health.It's purely for the purposes of feeding him the medicine...
Animal said:
If it smells like banana then how about a small piece of banana?
Perhaps a bit high in sugar, but bunnies do rather seem to like banana:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9AgqvcTe4
Edited by nickwilcock on Thursday 14th July 18:33
He doesn't like banana, think he's the only bun in the world that doesn't, I put a couple of pieces in their food bowl once and it just went brown, untouched.
Tried putting the meds over peach (which he loves) and Kiwi fruit (never had to my knowledge), he hopped over, sniffed it, looked at me and hopped off again, little sod. Looks like I may be stuck with the bunny burrito for now.
7 days worth of meds wasn't enough to get rid of it, the nose has dried up but you can still hear the snottyness so he's been given another 10 days worth, hope he never gets this again poor little fella
Tried putting the meds over peach (which he loves) and Kiwi fruit (never had to my knowledge), he hopped over, sniffed it, looked at me and hopped off again, little sod. Looks like I may be stuck with the bunny burrito for now.
7 days worth of meds wasn't enough to get rid of it, the nose has dried up but you can still hear the snottyness so he's been given another 10 days worth, hope he never gets this again poor little fella
axgizmo said:
TheLordJohn said:
Custard creams, ginger nut (creams) etc are a great treat for ours, so if you could somehow get it into them?
Carrots, kale, broccoli, spinach etc, don't know how you'd incorporate it so he ate it without knowing though.
Can't think of much else
Biscuits! Would never have thought to give them that haha! Might give that a try, was thinking baby food or yoghurt but I think he would still smell it, little bugger Carrots, kale, broccoli, spinach etc, don't know how you'd incorporate it so he ate it without knowing though.
Can't think of much else
She's adorable!!
Red: So we're back at the vets tomorrow as Red has now finished his second bottle of Co-Trimoxazole (17 days worth)and he still has a wet nose and sneezing fits. Getting really sick of this, called (again) to register with another vet who I have heard is good with Rabbits but he is full and not taking on any more clients. I'm at my wits end here. Poor little guy is fine in himself but I want him to get better, preferably before Cinders ends up poorly!
Red: So we're back at the vets tomorrow as Red has now finished his second bottle of Co-Trimoxazole (17 days worth)and he still has a wet nose and sneezing fits. Getting really sick of this, called (again) to register with another vet who I have heard is good with Rabbits but he is full and not taking on any more clients. I'm at my wits end here. Poor little guy is fine in himself but I want him to get better, preferably before Cinders ends up poorly!
Feeling a little apprehensive right now, I have called another vets and registered there, i've been unhappy with my current vet for a while (since they were treating Gareth) but the final nail was hammered into the coffin last night whilst I was talking to the lady who I board my rabbits with. She said she hadn't heard of the medication he was on being given to rabbits for snuffles and said it is usually Baytril which is prescribed (I have read this online too), she then said she used to volunteer at my vets practice and left when she found out they were treating animals they hadn't been trained in working with and guessing at treatments instead of telling the customer they don't feel comfortable treating them or going away and researching. She did give me the name of her vet who has a very good reputation around here but his books are full and its not often than spaces come up. she gave me the name of a second vets which aren't cheap but she said they are good with small and exotic animals so I have asked them to register me & I have an appointment tomorrow.
I am just apprehensive because I have had a lot of testing done with the old vet and now i'm going to someone who's never seen Red before. Hopefully they will get his records from old vets before tomorrows appointment.
I am just apprehensive because I have had a lot of testing done with the old vet and now i'm going to someone who's never seen Red before. Hopefully they will get his records from old vets before tomorrows appointment.
- biting nails*
axgizmo said:
Feeling a little apprehensive right now, I have called another vets and registered there, i've been unhappy with my current vet for a while (since they were treating Gareth) but the final nail was hammered into the coffin last night whilst I was talking to the lady who I board my rabbits with. She said she hadn't heard of the medication he was on being given to rabbits for snuffles and said it is usually Baytril which is prescribed (I have read this online too), she then said she used to volunteer at my vets practice and left when she found out they were treating animals they hadn't been trained in working with and guessing at treatments instead of telling the customer they don't feel comfortable treating them or going away and researching. She did give me the name of her vet who has a very good reputation around here but his books are full and its not often than spaces come up. she gave me the name of a second vets which aren't cheap but she said they are good with small and exotic animals so I have asked them to register me & I have an appointment tomorrow.
I am just apprehensive because I have had a lot of testing done with the old vet and now i'm going to someone who's never seen Red before. Hopefully they will get his records from old vets before tomorrows appointment.
Best of luck! It sounds like you're getting somewhere, heading down the right road now. I am just apprehensive because I have had a lot of testing done with the old vet and now i'm going to someone who's never seen Red before. Hopefully they will get his records from old vets before tomorrows appointment.
- biting nails*
axgizmo, do make sure that you tell the new vet about how Red came to be with you as a rescue bunny moving into a loving home environment, following the suffering he endured in his earlier life.
Hope that the new vet will understand the situation and will prescribe the correct medication for the little chap!
Hope that the new vet will understand the situation and will prescribe the correct medication for the little chap!
Thought I should post a few pics of our (well my girlfriend's) two bunnies, Winston and Clemmy (right and left respectively).
This is Winston at just a few months old, he was born in March 2014
He likes flopping out
It was decided Winston needed a friend. Clemmy was born in October 2015
They're now best buds (except when she steals his food)
This is Winston at just a few months old, he was born in March 2014
He likes flopping out
It was decided Winston needed a friend. Clemmy was born in October 2015
They're now best buds (except when she steals his food)
nickwilcock said:
axgizmo, do make sure that you tell the new vet about how Red came to be with you as a rescue bunny moving into a loving home environment, following the suffering he endured in his earlier life.
Hope that the new vet will understand the situation and will prescribe the correct medication for the little chap!
Will do, thanks, fingers crossed Hope that the new vet will understand the situation and will prescribe the correct medication for the little chap!
So I went to see the new vet, he took Red's temperature - never seen the little fella 'sit' so still! He checked Red's teeth and tummy, asked how he was eating (fine) and whether he was going to the toilet ok (yep).
He prescribed Baytril for 7 days & I am to wet the hay and stop using Sawdust to see whether there is an improvement whilst he waits for the Xrays and C&S test results from previous vets
He prescribed Baytril for 7 days & I am to wet the hay and stop using Sawdust to see whether there is an improvement whilst he waits for the Xrays and C&S test results from previous vets
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