Hi!!!! New from Tucson, AZ

[cjosea101]

I am here desperately looking for help with a rabbit issue I have. I am so hoping some answers will come my way!!! This is my 9-year-old bun, I just call him bunny as he was a stray running down the hot Tucson Street in front of my house 6 years ago, or so. owners never claimed so he has been with me. His teeth were doing fine until now. He has an abscess that broke open on his face. I have been taking him to Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital as finding a rabbit vet here is hard. I am very financially strapped. I have already spent hundreds on meds and 2 vet visits. I have been caring for the wound at home as they instructed but keeping or reopening the holes is really painful for him. He is not used to being handled off the ground as I go to him. I really can't take him in for more meds etc at 118.00 for meds alone. They can not do surgery on him due to his age. Does anyone have anything they can tell me about caring for the wound since they can not remove it? He just finished his second bottle of antibiotics and I still have some pain meds for him. I feel like I am torturing him. HELP. I have never had a bun, never thought I would have one, and don't know what to do.... My Care credit is maxed!!!!

 

[Rabbits by Accident]

@cjosea101 Update? Any info? How is it going? He is probably at the end stage of his life at 9 years old. I think that's pretty old for a rabbit. Good luck

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

You didn't give them a name...?

 

[hotzcatz]

Try looking into penicillin to treat the abscesses. Once they start getting abscesses, they seem prone to them afterwards. You can get penicillin at the feed store really inexpensively (it's for cows) along with tiny needles and it's not that expensive at all. Check the online Merck veterinary manual and look for other laboratory websites about penicillin dose sizes for rabbits. They will always call them 'rabbits' and not 'bunnies', so use 'rabbit' in the search terms.

Here's the penicillin we used to treat the herd several years ago:
March 22nd, 2018 Hillside Farm Hawaii News Penicillin Treatments

However, I'm not a vet and don't even play on on TV, this is just what we've used on our rabbits and nobunny died from it. But still, I'm just a bunny owner and may not know the actual best thing so do your own research. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.