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Maropitant in rabbits.

Clive Ansell — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:17:01 GMT

Does anyone use or have experience of Maropitant and Methadone for treating gut stasis in rabbits?

Any other tips for treating gut stasis?, I seem to be getting a few cases at the moment. I tend to treat with analgesics, metoclopramide and fluids, and try and rule obvious causes such as teeth etc.

Eyeless white hamster overgrooming flanks

alison silvester — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:28:01 GMT

Hello,

I have a client with an eyeless white hamster(she rescued it from a litter expecting a short life expectancy). He is now 17 months old and well but overgrooming his flanks bilaterally. No parasites. Cytology no sign of infection. Found one paper suggesting they are prone to overgrooming but not a lot else about them. The fur is matted with saliva. Skin can be red sometimes but mainly it looks normal apart from the hair being groomed out. NAD abdominal palpation. Trial meloxicam made no difference?

Anyone know much about them or any ideas I would be most grateful!

Many thanks,

Alison Silvester

Are there any medications that suppress oestrus cycle in Guinea Pigs?

Holly Lee — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:22:25 GMT

Hi folks,

I had a random query as to whether there are hormonal treatments that would safely suppress oestrus cycle in Guinea Pigs.

I have a GP who has previously passed necrotic uterine material and is currently bleeding each cycle and the last 2 have been more severe and the bleeding is currently ongoing.

I am aware that the best thing is to do an ovariohysterectomy however myself and the owners are concerned about the risks of this as we do not have a surgeon experienced in this procedure that can do the procedure (I am in NZ and there's nowhere I can refer her to).

The owner queried hormonal management and while I know hcg and suprelorin have been used or trialled for ovarian cysts I cannot find any information on oestrus suppression.

Thanks

Holly

What's the latest thinking on castration of ferrets?

a.bardell — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 17:37:53 GMT

Hi all

I had a client in who has acquired 2 entire male ferrets. He seems pretty clued up re husbandry, feeding etc but was asking about castration. He wants to be able to keep them together and has been told they need castration to stop aggression. I thought the latest was not to because of risk of adrenal disease but a colleague thought this advice was now outdated.

Anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks

What would you do for a 1yr old Guinea Pig with ventral pitting oedema?

alison silvester — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 20:34:15 GMT

Hello!

Saw a guinea pig tonight. Owner was worried it had bloat but its probably double its usual size due to pitting oedema under the chin, ventrum, around all limbs. Mobility affected. Eating and drinking OK. I've never seen anything like it! Heart sounds fine. Doubt would get bloods as it's so swollen. Can't palpate abdomen as subcut oedema making it impossible. Any ideas?

Thank you!

Alison

Does anybody know where to refer rabbit dentals to?

Andreas Ege — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:20:54 GMT

Hello,

I am wondering where I can refer rabbit, guinea pig, chinchilla dentals to in the West Midlands with a good conscience? Both as a general inquiry and as a concrete cause I've just seen a rabbit with what looks like a complicated crown fracture on one of the lower incisors. I'm based in Ledbury, unfortunately we neither have dental xrays nor can I do intra-oral xrays with our machine.

Grateful for any suggestions,

Andreas

What is the treatment for rabbit with abscess / poss osteomyelitis?

dougal — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:49:13 GMT

I have a rabbit, age unknown, that has a large draining abscess beneath his jaw and purulent material exiting at the lower incisors.

There looks and feels to be bony protuberances beneath his jaw, is this osteomyelitis?

What would the treatment be?

Thanks

Alopecia hamster..what next?

alison silvester — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:37:31 GMT

This is a 1 Yr old Syrian hamster bred by her owner. She developed an alopecic patch on her right flank which then became bilateral. She has patchy hair loss on her ventrum. She did have a crusty pyoderm around her face which resolved with antibiotics and changing her water container as she was chewing it and the self traumatising her face. Her owner has treated her with ivermectin to no effect.

Bright but grumpy and resents handling more than her other hamsters. Nothing obvious on abdominal palpation. Weight stable. Thirst normal. Cellotape normal other than the pyoderma around the face.

Skin scrapes or would it be worth biopsy if need to gas for scrape anyway?

Is it worth xeno if owner has already used the ivermectin drops she always uses?

Many thanks,

Alison

Guinea pig stifle disease: what is the significance of these radiographic changes?

Holly Lee — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 01:17:46 GMT

Hi all, I have a 1.5yo M Guinea Pig with an acute onset LH lameness which has not really responded to meloxicam. Pain seemed to probably localise to the stifle. We xrayed him today, I am not terribly familiar with normal GP limb radiographs but there appear to be some degenerative changes in both stifles and there is also an opacity near the left hip which I am unsure of the significance.

Just wondered if anyone had any input as to the significance of the radiographic changes especially with regard to possible causes and prognosis. The GP is overweight, we have recommended weight loss. He is on meloxicam and we are going to start either tramadol or gabapentin today (my colleague is looking into which our best option might be).

Thanks in advance for any input. Holly

Can you recommend a topical treatment for rabbit otitis externa?

Miriam Lodewyks — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:17:22 GMT

Any recommendations for topical treatment of rabbit OE, both for washing out and medicated?
Anyone tried Neptra?

Sulfasalazine in cats

Marie Kubiak — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:26:12 GMT

I am dealing with a chronic gastroenteritis case in a big cat and she is becoming progressively non responsive to standard therapy. Has anyone used sulfasalazine in felids? I am cautious about salicylates in general but it does appear that sulfasalazine has been used in domestic cats at lower doses than dogs (10mg/kg sid). Does anyone have any experience using this and any advice or warnings? I'm hedging towards avoidance given the unknowns and that most of the clinical signs are gastric in this case but gastroprotectants haven't helped thus far and I'm having to think outside the box now.

Marie

Incontinence in a speyed rabbit

cathvet — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:23:19 GMT

I've seen 2 rabbits 4 weeks post routine spey presenting with urinary incontinence. They are litter mates. They are urinating in their litter tray normally as well. They are both gaining weight well after the surgery and no issues with eating or drinking and faeces are normal and plentiful. I cannot get hold of diethylstilbestrol to check for usmi. Does anyone have an alternative? Is incurin suitable? I have started on sulfatrim in case of uti but have not given panacur for e cuniculi. Any advice would be gratefully received.

Bearded dragon femoral pores

David Shepherd — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 11:23:33 GMT

Someone coming in with one of these apparently recently rescued- any advice welcome

David

Lynx Restraint

Glenn Hodgson — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:20:20 GMT

We have a 25-30kg lynx which is now under our care. It seems our crush cage is not big enough. .

Is someone here experienced in their restraint? I assume they will be akin to A large domestic cat with regards to chemical restraint?

I'd also thought that we may need an injecting pole tool of some type?

Kund regards

Glenn

uric acid in budgies

joanne mcallister — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:23:22 GMT

I am treating a stray budgie with watery droppings (faeces look normal) that keeps getting matted around cloaca. She has been eating Harrisons bird food and there has been a small amount of weight loss. I have also treated her for suspected scaly beak mite. Her uric acid is 553umol/L and it looks like the kidneys have increased radiodensity. Just wondering if this could be visceral gout and if so what the likely outlook is for her. I would be grateful for any input as trying to decide if this bird will be fit for re-homing. Thanks!