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<blockquote data-quote="Hopless" data-source="post: 333853" data-attributes="member: 8063"><p>Hello-</p><p></p><p>Before I start I want to relay my vet is not available for fecal testing right now. Very rural and limited service. I'll give a run down of my situation and what I have done. If you have constructive feedback/ideas, please share.</p><p></p><p>Day 1- I changed feed due to supply issues.</p><p>Day 7- one 4 month old rabbit comes down with diarrhea. I gave gas drops, baytril, neomycin sulfate. He died the next morning.</p><p>Day 9- I find a previously healthy, no signs, 5 week old kit dead in a cage far from the 4 month old that died two days ago. His bum was wet.</p><p>Day 9- I also started coccidia treatment x 5 days as recommended [we are currently in our days off period]</p><p>Day 13- last day of the initial coccidia treatment another kit, form the same cage as the 5 weekend presents with diarrhea but this one definitely looked mucoid. I removed them and treated with neomycin sulfate, baytril. We are now on the third day and she's eating again and chipper.</p><p>Day 14- another kit from the same cage presents with what appears to be mucoid and I do the same treatment- baytril, neomycin sulfate. She is day two and seems to rebound and eating.</p><p>Daily 15- I find another 4 month old kit, who was completely separated from the others who had diarrhea [including the original 4 month old] that has diarrhea. It is thick and somewhat mucoid but not as much as the smaller kits. I treat her the same. I find her dead the morning of day 16.</p><p></p><p>My confusion is that I disinfected things when I found sick kits, I disinfect weekly infact, I run a very clean rabbitry. The two 4 month olds that died were not even close in cages, neither were they close to the younger kits. I treated for Coccidiosis, it apparently wasn't that. The neomycin sulfate worked for the small kits but not the 4 month olds. Typically, you lose kits and are able to save the older buns but this appears to be the opposite. </p><p></p><p>I have since taken away pellets and only given hay. I bought new feed, a different brand [have used previously with no issues]. I am happy to switch feed if needed. Could it be the feed even though I switched it a couple of weeks ago? I thought feed reaction would be rather quick?</p><p></p><p>If you're wondering why I gave baytril it is because if it is bacterial I wanted to give them a broad spectrum to help treat if so.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts on what it could be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hopless, post: 333853, member: 8063"] Hello- Before I start I want to relay my vet is not available for fecal testing right now. Very rural and limited service. I'll give a run down of my situation and what I have done. If you have constructive feedback/ideas, please share. Day 1- I changed feed due to supply issues. Day 7- one 4 month old rabbit comes down with diarrhea. I gave gas drops, baytril, neomycin sulfate. He died the next morning. Day 9- I find a previously healthy, no signs, 5 week old kit dead in a cage far from the 4 month old that died two days ago. His bum was wet. Day 9- I also started coccidia treatment x 5 days as recommended [we are currently in our days off period] Day 13- last day of the initial coccidia treatment another kit, form the same cage as the 5 weekend presents with diarrhea but this one definitely looked mucoid. I removed them and treated with neomycin sulfate, baytril. We are now on the third day and she's eating again and chipper. Day 14- another kit from the same cage presents with what appears to be mucoid and I do the same treatment- baytril, neomycin sulfate. She is day two and seems to rebound and eating. Daily 15- I find another 4 month old kit, who was completely separated from the others who had diarrhea [including the original 4 month old] that has diarrhea. It is thick and somewhat mucoid but not as much as the smaller kits. I treat her the same. I find her dead the morning of day 16. My confusion is that I disinfected things when I found sick kits, I disinfect weekly infact, I run a very clean rabbitry. The two 4 month olds that died were not even close in cages, neither were they close to the younger kits. I treated for Coccidiosis, it apparently wasn't that. The neomycin sulfate worked for the small kits but not the 4 month olds. Typically, you lose kits and are able to save the older buns but this appears to be the opposite. I have since taken away pellets and only given hay. I bought new feed, a different brand [have used previously with no issues]. I am happy to switch feed if needed. Could it be the feed even though I switched it a couple of weeks ago? I thought feed reaction would be rather quick? If you're wondering why I gave baytril it is because if it is bacterial I wanted to give them a broad spectrum to help treat if so. Thoughts on what it could be? [/QUOTE]
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