Lump under rabbits chin..

clutterydrawer

gabyjane wrote: »

Hi, well it was an absess and he is booked in to be operated on, on monday. We are really concerned as what if it comes back..will it be bad luck? will it be a re occuring thing? seeing as he is so young how long do we let it go on for? any insurance we take out now is pointless as he already has this condition.
Any ideas please..really worried.

Ask your vet about post op treatment and what action to take if it worsens.

When I adopted my bun from the shelter, she already had a "cavity" where the abcess had been removed. After a few months it started oozing pus so from then on, I flushed the hole out daily with a syringe of Hibiscrub (antiseptic stuff) and squeezed some manuka honey into it too. She had a fantastic quality of life for two years and you wouldn't have known from looking at her that there was anything wrong.

As for how long to let it go on, I would say as long as it is not taking away his quality of life. Due to the stress of the bone infection my bun developed a secondary respiratory infection, she was having trouble breathing and eating, which is why I had to let her go. Before that she was fine, she was always up to mischeif and loved her food!

---but!--- I'm not telling you this to stress you out. Plenty of buns have abcesses removed and are fine for the rest of their natural lives. The important thing is that you have discovered it and are seeking treatment, which obviously gives him far better chances than if it was left to worsen.

A handy thing to do would be to have a trawl on the interweb for information about rabbit abcesses. There's quite a lot of articles out there and it's helpful to understand exactly what you're dealing with.

I hope all goes well with him and do ask if you have any more questions....clearly I am not a vet...but I have a little knowledge from all the reading up I did for my own bun.

oh and*onlyme* - thankyou

simontheiceman

If you want a veterinary opinion PM me about this topic please and I will give you my thoughts but Snowman alludes to the trickiness of this problem.

annie_cardiff

Hi and sorry to hear about your Rabbit.....I had exactly the same problem with mine for about 2 years,as the other OP said they can be quite tricky to treat and I also had to syringe daily but eventually the bone became infected ad he could no longer eat comfortably. But saying that my Rabbit was on oldie , if yours is a fairly young bunny infections are easier to fight. Glad you have taken him to vet and hope all goes well for you....