I just bought the recovery kit. I’ve used the appetite restore before and found
it helpful when bunnies had GI upset. It works somewhat with Frodo now. But the
recovery food doesn’t go into a syringe, ot gets stuck and won’t come out so I
had to throw away the packet I mixed with water. And then I had to go back to
critical care. Also I think critical care has more calories. I also have a
vitamin b complex liquid that I give him. He loves it.
So do you use a food processor to chop up the powdered food and greens and
such? I might try that. He’s always been picky on a good day, I have the 2
pickiest bunnies that ever hopped the earth. Now he’s super duper picky and low
appetite. However He would eat his weight in treats if I let him.
I was thinking about getting the immune support tabs. I already have the
Prevention tabs but he doesn’t like those. He likes the digestive tabs.
-Brenda
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On Dec 8, 2021, at 5:43 PM, Janet G <wildharerescue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brenda, all sounds really good. I also have to feed Robert supplement food
and he likes it, have you ever used Appetite Restore by sherwood along with
SAryx recovery food? I mix both with dandelions, green leaf lettuce or red,
dill, cilantro and even fennel, then I add the probiotics, vitamin b12 and
organic baby food, I have banana flavored appetite restore. Robert eats all
very willingly, also when anyone isn’t eating or has tummy upset and isn’t
eating I give ans within a day they are ok, that’s been my experience, you
might want to try their recovery kit first which you can buy on Amazon to see
if they like it. It also has supplements in it. I also use an immune support
tablet which I ground up in the mix, actually three every day. Robert is
actually doing pretty well. This is a small kit so you can try, if you want.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z7BJTXR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_tab_ap_product_details
Love, Janet
On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 12:37 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Frodo had his 2 week checkup today. His ears were same as last time, and--
last time they were the best they’ve been since this all started in October.
And his skin looks good now after a week of urine scald. But she said urine
scald is a danger for rabbits with his immobility and it can turn septic
quickly. She said the a&d ointment was ok to use on him long term but
doesn’t like anything with zinc. In all, was really happy with how he looked
today, all things considered.
But He’s lost weight again, which is worrying me. He went a week hardly
eating anything but parsley and fought me every time I syringed critical
care. Maybe his raw skin was affecting his appetite. On Sunday my is and
and I said we would talk to the bet at his appt on Wednesday about
scheduling a euthanasia. But then his skin got better and he loved the
pumpkin-banana-pellet mush that I made for him Monday and ate it like a pig.
He didn’t eat as much yesterday. Hopefully he’ll eat a lot today. He needs
to get his weight and strength up. Last night I used a scarf to hold him up
just enough to provide balance, and he walked along the edge of the large
family room twice using the wall as a guide.!!! So some really good exercise
and I think he enjoyed it.
-Brenda
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On Dec 6, 2021, at 3:46 PM, Laura Mowrey <sshalimar16@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd nix the cornstarch, it just makes a mess when it gets wet and causes
you to stress him out more by having to wash it all off. Keep on doing what
you're doing because obviously its working like a charm!
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Sent: Monday, December 6, 2021 11:28 AM
To: naturalrabbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <naturalrabbit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Janet G <wildharerescue@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [naturalrabbit] Re: Frodo
Guess who’s cute as a button and has all pink skin now! Mr Frodo! Yes there
is some medium and dark pink spots but there aren’t any red or open sores.
I put SDD on the dark pink spots that were sores yesterday and A&d on the
rest. Then put a diaper on a tiny bit side ways to cover that upper leg and
keep it from rubbing off until it’s absorbed in good. I hope it doesn’t get
into the nearby fur too badly and cause Matts?
I’ll be using only A&D (or butt paste ) starting tomorrow to keep him
healing and dry. I just have to make sure I use warm wet cotton balls to
clean his skin and dry with toilet paper before putting on the a&d or butt
paste? I don’t want to seal in any germs or infection which is why I’ve
been using SDD until sores are gone. Vet wants me to switch to cornstarch
on the skin but i had been doing that this past month and it didn’t prevent
this scalding. and if his skin starts to get irritated again from urine or
laying in the same spot all the time, I have to shampoo the cornstarch off
before I can put ointment on.
Thanks everyone. Frodo still has all his other problems, but he should be
much more comfortable now.
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-Brenda
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On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:30 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
l agree with you, Janet..prayer is very powerful.
Good is in my prayers, too.
Love,
Roberta
On 12/04/2021 11:45 AM Janet G <wildharerescue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It’s looking much better to me Brenda. If all is healed up I would
maintain it with either the butte paste my rescue friend told me about
in the yellow box, or I personally would just use A and D to keep it
protected without antibacterial or antibiotics in it….. Honestly, you
will have to decide, but both are good options. I only have used the Aand
D…a lot of things I’ve used because of no vets I had to ask others who
had experience with the situation and then weigh the pros and cons. Ans
when rehabbing hares, there were literally no vets who knew poop about
rabbits or hares….I had to research library,,even research on antibiotics
that were tested on rabbits and other meds to find safe choices,
Whatever you do, it looks like he’s much better, thank God. I will
definitely continue to pray for Frodo. I believe that works too.
Love, Janet
On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 9:11 AM Brenda Bennett
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is the consensus that I wait until all the sores are healed (no broken
skin) before i switch from SDD silver sulfa.. to A&D ointment (or Butt
Paste if that doesn’t stay on or help)? My vet just gave me the SDD and
said twice and day and keep it dry or else. I emailed the holistic vet
and she said in between the SDD applications I could use the wound balm i
alread ly have — which has beeswax, olive oil, yarrow, burdock root,
echinacea root ( because it’s anti-microbial, an immune system stimulant,
and anti-inflammatory). But I think the A&D would be better because it’s
harder to wipe off.
Here is this mornings photo with and without flash. The blanket is white
and my hands aren’t red, they are more like the color in the flash photo,
so I think the flash photo is more accurate. I don’t remember him being
red when Jim was taking the photo! Medium to dark pink with a few red
spots.
Anyway he has some broken skin to the right near his tail and we need to
shave/clip that area and the perimeter of the bald area because it’s
trying to Matt in a few places and probably holds dampness. I charged up
my ladies shaver/groomer and have 2 heads I can try that have guards. If
that doesn’t work I need a men’s barber clipper. I wish I could have had
the vets staff do it. I go again this week for his checkup so they can
pretty it up for me
During the night he had a weird scanning move he was doing, even in his
sleep i think. He would be still and then twitch his head and scan (move
head to the right) a little and then go back. After several seconds it
would repeat. I put him on my lap and massaged him and it seemed to go
away. He loved the massage anyway. I don’t think he’s doing it this
morning. He did escape his diaper in the middle of night but wasn’t wet
and didn’t slide around In poop. I got another diaper on and that stayed
on til morning. So success!
You all are good sports to keep reading my lengthy posts and looking at
the unpleasant photos. I can’t go in with Frodo for his appointments, the
vet calls us and tells us what she thought of his exam, and she is so
busy she doesn’t have much time to talk. So I feel like I’m on my own to
figure out the finer details
With love ,
Brenda and Frodo
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-Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 10:01 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Brenda,
It is so good to hear that Frodo had a good day today...I pray there
will be more and more of those.
I can't advise you on low gas and low calcium greens, and hope someone
else can.
Love,
Roberta
On 12/03/2021 5:59 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
He’s having a good day today. Yesterday he was doing a lot of scanning
and wasn’t very chipper at all. I don’t know that the dizziness is
any better - he seems fine when he’s sitting still but when we set him
on his feet he runs in circles for a few seconds or a minute until he
falls over and you can see that his eyes are moving left to right.
Well, he runs in circles If his back legs are working that day. I’ve
been putting him in a harness to help balance him so he can get a few
Minutes of walking and exercise each day. He was able to walk around 3
weeks if I set him on his feet, but hes been declining since then. But
today he is pretty peppy. Maybe he hasn’t been eating much for a week
because his skin hurts. He’d eat the whole store’s worth of parsley if
I let him.
Speaking of … you guys know off hand low gas low calcium greens? I need
to watch him because he got a bladder stone last year. And he’s prone
to gas. Although the vets day bladder sludge/stones is more about
hydration and exercise than diet. So I have to jiggle his bladder every
day to stir anything in there up so they come out. I’m now feeding him
dandelion greens and cilantro and parsley. I actually had to stop
giving him greens a couple years ago except as a treat because the more
I gave him the more often he’d get GI stasis. When I stopped the greens
he stopped getting stasis every week. And Balin usually refuses greens
anyway. I have weird bunnies for sure. But since Frodos appetite is so
low now and he won’t drink, I’m giving him wet greens several times a
day and sub q fluids daily. He’s on gut motility drugs anyway so what
the heck. Vet said up to 2 cups of greens a day. Some days we go over
that just to get him to eat something. He can’t believe his good
fortune as far as the greens go. As you can tell from the video.
Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 6:39 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
He looks great, Brenda! So adorable! It looks like he is getting
better. Do you think the dizziness is beginning to subside? Thanks
for the video. Keep fighting, Frodo!
Love,
Roberta
On 12/03/2021 5:04 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Frodo was super happy to sit propped up on the couch and get some
fresh parsley. He nearly jumped at me to get it!
Thought you all could use some cuteness. Thanks for all your support
and advice.
-Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The area looks more pink, and not red, Brenda. You are doing a good
job. I am sorry the butt bath was an ordeal, and just want to
mention that I held Riley on a football hold on his back and let the
tepid water only run on the necessary area to be cleaned. I just
mentioned it in case you have a mess to clean that is difficult to
do with wipes.
He remains in my prayers. Keep us posted.
Love,
Roberta
On 12/03/2021 12:36 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Here’s pic of his situation this morning.
You can see at the bottom of the photo near his foot where the fur
was wet. I don’t know if the diaper wasn’t on right or is too big
or if it was when he started peeing as I was taking it off. At
least it was a different area and the skin seemed okay
It’s better overall, you can’t see but I see a couple small (like
smaller than a pencil eraser) spots that are red and where the
scabs or whatever came off with the washcloth on Wednesday (I
thought it was cornstarch clumps but guess not). Also there is
redness in the fur line along the perimeter of the bald area. I put
SDD ointment on but need to trim the fur there somehow, comb it,
clean it and more ointment later. Maybe my brand new little eyebrow
battery operated shaver would trim it. I d on’t want to do a whole
butt bath that was such an ordeal and I think made it worse and was
so hard to get the fur dry. and he’s not got poop in it since I
started diapers at night.
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-Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Janet G <wildharerescue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks for letting us know Brenda. Oh Micah use to pull his off.
It was so hard keeping on because he had no back feet which was
quite a challenge.
Love Janet
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 7:30 AM Brenda Bennett
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’ve only been using the SDD so far until the redness is gone.
Then I was doing to try Ad ointment no zinc formula.
His diaper fell off last night and when i checked on him kn the
middle of the night he was wet. I was so upset! His fur was wet
but the bedding wasn’t soaked so i don’t know how he got wet. So I
took a towel and lightly pressed against the bare skin areas,
blotted the fur that was wet, then rubbed some cornstarch into the
wet fur and massaged it until it was fully dry. I hope it didn’t
get stuck in any remaining SDD ointment that may have got rubbed
into the fur. I didn’t feel like the fur was sticky so I’m hoping
it’s all good. Then I put a new diaper on him and it’s still on. I
slept in late I was so tired. Hoping he’s dry under his diaper.
I’ll check it out soon and send a pic and update to everyone. .
-Brenda
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Janet
"Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he had saved the whole world"
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