https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/22101/rabbit-severe-foot-chewing Good Morning, Being Easter and all I would appreciate some advice on a case I am treating. He is a 2yo m/n rabbit. 1.5kg /s 5/10. I have seen him as a second opinion for severe barbering of his feet. On initial presentation his skin, includingen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/133020?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:13:11 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:88d46869-c163-475d-8a6c-2193117b21f4Luca Poddighe<p>[quote user=&quot;CatherineThomas&quot;] <p>My first thought would be pain could be causing the barbering so I&#39;d want to investigate for anything painful and would start with full xrays and a blood profile. But it sounds like you may have difficulty convincing the owner of that based on their previous behaviour.</p> <p>If they struggle with giving the baytril you could try septrin instead, so long as there&#39;s no osteomyelitis - much tastier and also good for soft tissue infections.</p> <p>If they wont pay for investigations I&#39;d at least try pain relief, metacam at 0.5mg/kg bid to start with. Don&#39;t use any steroids - it can cause severe immunsupression in rabbits, I know cortavance is supposed to have less systemic effects but i still wouldn&#39;t risk it in a rabbit.</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I would generally agree with you, pain can be very challenging to investigate in rabbits particularly if owner is not open to any investigations. I often find very useful in cases of pododermatitis to move them on paper bedding to change twice daily in order to reduce at the minimum chance of any urine contamination of the lesions. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/132982?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:05:34 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:af80aa3f-033f-449f-94a7-a7e45112d42aGlenn Hodgson<p>thanks.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I neglected to say he went onto loxicom this weekend. &nbsp;They seem to be managing the Baytril now they are trying.</p> <p>I agree re pain. &nbsp;Def a possbility.</p> <p>Anyone any thoughts on atopic bunnies? &nbsp;HDM allergy? &nbsp;Virbac were also as cautious as you. &nbsp; I am less cautious or the &#39;roids. &nbsp;Ill give the occasional 24 hour Colvasone for ears .</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/132979?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:16:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:86b73fd1-7a67-406c-a4e9-afe4b052eb7fCatherineThomas<p>My first thought would be pain could be causing the barbering so I&#39;d want to investigate for anything painful and would start with full xrays and a blood profile. But it sounds like you may have difficulty convincing the owner of that based on their previous behaviour.</p> <p>If they struggle with giving the baytril you could try septrin instead, so long as there&#39;s no osteomyelitis - much tastier and also good for soft tissue infections.</p> <p>If they wont pay for investigations I&#39;d at least try pain relief, metacam at 0.5mg/kg bid to start with. Don&#39;t use any steroids - it can cause severe immunsupression in rabbits, I know cortavance is supposed to have less systemic effects but i still wouldn&#39;t risk it in a rabbit.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/132969?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:21:56 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6c153bdc-391e-4735-bd6f-7b0117da3ddbmariette asselbergs<p>I can only say that I once had to euthanase a 4 month old lovely puppy (border collie) who had over a period of 2 weeks increasingly been chewing his hind feet and at time of euthanasia had completely bitten off all his toes. &nbsp;It was nightmarish and I had never seen anything like it. &nbsp;It must have been some strange neurological thing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Mariette</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>