Rabbit that is wobbly to treat or not?

RE: Rabbit that is wobbly to treat or not?

Sonya Miles — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 18:28:39 GMT

Hi Hilary, incase it is helpful for the future, PALS do a 24hrs IgG/ IgM for rabbits, massively helps clinically. I would ideally suggest baseline biochem/ harm and eC bloods with CT scan to assess ears. In a study looking at imaging specialists, X-rays were just of 75% sensitive for assessing ear disease presence in rabbits, with US 98% and CT scan 100%. with CT scanning you obvs get the intricate detail that can help with surgery. Many exotic clinics offer out patient CT scanning which can help with costs, rather than a full referral if you were thinking of that route.

Sonya

RE: Rabbit that is wobbly to treat or not?

Alasdair Hotston Moore — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:53:16 GMT

[quote userid="3839" url="~/f/clinical-questions/30720/rabbit-that-is-wobbly-to-treat-or-not"]Is it worth X-ray of the skull to assess the tympanic Bulla or is a CT likely to be of more benefit[/quote]

CT will be more useful, but of course is less accessible

RE: Rabbit that is wobbly to treat or not?

Clive Ansell — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:23:33 GMT

How long has it been present, and are the clinical signs progressive?

[quote userid="3839" url="~/f/clinical-questions/30720/rabbit-that-is-wobbly-to-treat-or-not"]Should I start treating for E cunicili just incase as results pending are 7-14 days?[/quote]

You could wait until the results are back, given that Mark on the other thread reports "Blind fenbendazole is immunosupressive and has been shown to cause bone marrow aplasia"

[quote userid="3839" url="~/f/clinical-questions/30720/rabbit-that-is-wobbly-to-treat-or-not"]Is it worth X-ray of the skull to assess the tympanic Bulla[/quote]

Yes.

[quote userid="3839" url="~/f/clinical-questions/30720/rabbit-that-is-wobbly-to-treat-or-not"]or is a CT likely to be of more benefit[/quote]

Unsure, but all of the practices I work for that would be about as likely as emigrating to Neptune, because of costs.

It may or maynot yield a diagnosis, but is likely to be change the progression of the disease or the eventual outcome?

RE: Rabbit that is wobbly to treat or not?

Alasdair Hotston Moore — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:46:36 GMT

There’s some useful relevant discussion here www.vetsurgeon.org/.../is-intermittent-head-tilt-in-a-rabbit-cause-for-concern