Wheekallweek
Adult Guinea Pig
She's not a piggy so I've posted here, hope that's right.
My house bunny Miley isn't well. She has a long history of dental disease, has had a kidney removed, the works.
She's now developed a tooth root abscess which has broken through her jaw![Frowning face :frowning2: ☹️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2639.png)
She's on injectable penicillin as well as gut stimulants. She's on a high dose of metacam long term anyway.
There's not really any change - she's still eating very very little by herself and verty little poo, obviously. We're syringe feeding her with critical care and pro c mixed in with a bit of fruit baby food, but only get about 20ml max in at a time.
She's really quite miserable. The vet wants to see her Monday if there's no improvement.
I'm thinking of asking for another pain relief, but buprenorphine will make her drowsy and tramadol can slow the gut.
I'm wondering about asking for zithromax if the penicillin isn't working, but that can upset rabbit's tummies.
Surgery is an option but it's a big op (the abscess is on both sides of her jaw, inside and outside) and I don't know if I can't put her through it...
I have posted this on a rabbit forum but haven't had much of a response. I know she's not a piggy but you guys understand what it's like when your furbaby is poorly![Disappointed face :disappointed: 😞](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61e.png)
![IMG_20230703_155307.webp IMG_20230703_155307.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/228/228791-a356cc78466506cdfaa7e6c7fb68aa27.jpg?hash=oEBtgN_E9b)
My house bunny Miley isn't well. She has a long history of dental disease, has had a kidney removed, the works.
She's now developed a tooth root abscess which has broken through her jaw
![Frowning face :frowning2: ☹️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2639.png)
She's on injectable penicillin as well as gut stimulants. She's on a high dose of metacam long term anyway.
There's not really any change - she's still eating very very little by herself and verty little poo, obviously. We're syringe feeding her with critical care and pro c mixed in with a bit of fruit baby food, but only get about 20ml max in at a time.
She's really quite miserable. The vet wants to see her Monday if there's no improvement.
I'm thinking of asking for another pain relief, but buprenorphine will make her drowsy and tramadol can slow the gut.
I'm wondering about asking for zithromax if the penicillin isn't working, but that can upset rabbit's tummies.
Surgery is an option but it's a big op (the abscess is on both sides of her jaw, inside and outside) and I don't know if I can't put her through it...
I have posted this on a rabbit forum but haven't had much of a response. I know she's not a piggy but you guys understand what it's like when your furbaby is poorly
![Disappointed face :disappointed: 😞](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61e.png)
![IMG_20230703_155307.webp IMG_20230703_155307.webp](https://data.theguineapigforum.co.uk/attachments/228/228791-a356cc78466506cdfaa7e6c7fb68aa27.jpg?hash=oEBtgN_E9b)