CrimsonRose
Ridin' The Range
My absolute favorite doe is sick and I need some advice...
About a week ago we had some massive rain storms and rain blew in the vents in top of the cage and got the nest box drenched... I have my rabbits in hutchs so on days it was pouring the rain I just ran out and fed them really quick... I feel awful because for 3 days this poor doe and her babies that were about 6-7 weeks old sat in damp filth... the first day it dried up some I went out and cleaned the cages really well... took out the babies and moved them to their own cage since mama wasn't nursing them as much... I noticed she was a tad swollen on bottom around her nipples but didn't think much of it...
She typically nurses the babies once at most twice per day so if she hadn't nursed recently she looks like that normally... I figured that she would dry up with the babies moved out and all would be ok...
well apparently she got an infection from sitting in the damp bedding... the swelling never went down but it never got any worse either...
but today I noticed she hadn't eaten as much as normal and hardly drank anything... I checked her again and one nipple has a swore on it and dried up blood.... and the other side is REALLY swollen...
I tried putting some terimycin (not sure on spelling but it's the yellow powder antibiotic) in her water but since she isn't drinking much I doubt it will do any good...
So I'm going to have hubby stop by and pick up some more meds on his way home and some needles. I figured pen-g would work... but I am not sure how to administer it the best way for a rabbit? do I give the shot under the skin or in a muscle?
also should I try to get some sort of probiotics to counter balance the effects of the antibiotics on her?
About a week ago we had some massive rain storms and rain blew in the vents in top of the cage and got the nest box drenched... I have my rabbits in hutchs so on days it was pouring the rain I just ran out and fed them really quick... I feel awful because for 3 days this poor doe and her babies that were about 6-7 weeks old sat in damp filth... the first day it dried up some I went out and cleaned the cages really well... took out the babies and moved them to their own cage since mama wasn't nursing them as much... I noticed she was a tad swollen on bottom around her nipples but didn't think much of it...
She typically nurses the babies once at most twice per day so if she hadn't nursed recently she looks like that normally... I figured that she would dry up with the babies moved out and all would be ok...
well apparently she got an infection from sitting in the damp bedding... the swelling never went down but it never got any worse either...
but today I noticed she hadn't eaten as much as normal and hardly drank anything... I checked her again and one nipple has a swore on it and dried up blood.... and the other side is REALLY swollen...
I tried putting some terimycin (not sure on spelling but it's the yellow powder antibiotic) in her water but since she isn't drinking much I doubt it will do any good...
So I'm going to have hubby stop by and pick up some more meds on his way home and some needles. I figured pen-g would work... but I am not sure how to administer it the best way for a rabbit? do I give the shot under the skin or in a muscle?
also should I try to get some sort of probiotics to counter balance the effects of the antibiotics on her?
poor thing didn't even move the whole time and I know that had to hurt! the other side looks awful! she had a scab over her nibble yesterday and today it fell off at some point she was raw and puss was oozing out in a circle around where her nipple used to be... I tried to squeeze some out from there but she flenched so I knew it was causing her major pain... so I cleaned her up and put some antibiotic cream on both sides... and I gave her another shot of pen-g today. 
