Recent content by Ashirah

Thanks for the response. I was able to look at some images today and I'm wondering about tularemia? The infected liver images I'm seeing for coccidiosis have much larger and whiter spots than what I saw, which were finer and more off-white. Am I crazy to think of Tularemia in Maine in a caged...

I had a New Zealand doe, about 4 yrs, who seemed less interested in water, pellets, and fresh grass (we'd cut and put in her cage.) Also seemed to be breathing harder. This went on a few days, then I noticed (and feel awful that I didn't see it sooner) what I'd call "bumblefoot" on her back...

In the morning I was giving her syringes of water but by afternoon she just let everything dribble out again. I have picked up some gas drops after reading about rabbit first aid kits and feel better having them for the future. I regret that I didn't know about this forum then, but at least I do...

Well, thanks. It's good to get the reassurance that the rabbit was really, really sick and probably beyond help anyways. That's what I'd thought at the time. Meanwhile, this new buck we just picked up has a wet nose with a tiny bit of white mucous on and off, so I'm going to go onto the...

Thanks for the support, everyone. The breeder did not give us a supply of the feed but did tell us the brand and I got some of the same kind. The rabbit did always have hay available, but I know now to keep it in a rack, and now I know about Kaopectate. I read more about Mucoid Enteritis. It...

Hi everyone, thanks in advance for your help. My situation is that last fall we got our first rabbit, a 2 month old minilop, and enjoyed her for 6 weeks, at which point she got really bad mucous diarrhea and died in about 24 hours. The breeder thought it was coccidiosis. On her advice we tried...