I'm sorry that things seem so bad right now. I know there is nothing worse than knowing the time is soon. He definitely seems like a little trooper so he may turn around. He is certainly a lucky bun to have such wonderful, caring parents.

(((((Carbun))))))

Thank you for the update on Carbun. It's a difficult disease to manage in rabbits I understand - continued vibes to Carbun.

Took Carbun to the vet today and his meds are now increased. One is the same dose but every 8 hours, the other is still every 12 hours but a higher dosage. That should be fun to coordinate. She couldn't even hear his heart through all the congestion again. She also said that on the one hand she wants to say that it's not a good sign that we've had to increase his meds so soon, but on the other hand there's not really a whole lot of research/documentation on congestive heart failure in bunnies so she's not really sure. With a cat it would be considered soon for upping the meds, but possibly not for a rabbit. She did say that the higher dosage will be harder on his kidneys, but on the other hand if he can't breathe then that's not exactly doing him a whole lot of good either. So we'll see how he does with that!
Oh and the vet tech was sqeeing over his cute little ears
- Annette

They are very squee-able. All if him is!

{{{Carbun}}} <3

Is there anyway they can physically drain the fluid?

Hoping the increased meds will help him. ((((Carbun))))) I can relate to the difficulties of trying to coordinate meds. When Stormy and Bindi were sick my kitchen looked like a bunny hospital and I had to keep a notebook to log in all the meds. Frustrating indeed, but they are worth every bit of it.

He does have cute little ears.

I can understand why there isn't much information on heart disease in rabbits - I think it's just not caught very quickly - you are much more observant than most people so you were lucky to catch it so soon.

Continued vibes and please keep us updated.

I hope the increase helps!! {{Carbun}}
Ditto LPT-coordinating meds is hard work! I often print off a schedule so that I can check it off as I go; because my memory is fantastic but very short so I'm often wondering if I already gave this med or not....so I type up a schedule for each day with times and meds listed and it's really kept me sane (or helped to) with those round the clock med schedules!

Scooter here. Carbun is reacting well to the increased dosage, and is basically back to his old self. He is demanding head-rubs all the time, and standing up after he gets his meds to beg for raisins. It is good to see. We don't know when this current dosage will become ineffective, or if something else will rise up to cause problems. This has already happened: the vet has noticed a few weeks ago that his pupil response isn't quite right, but has judged that's not worth investigating. Carbun's got much bigger problems. But we will give him what we can, for as long as we can, and enjoy his remaining time he has with us, however many or few days those may be.

Thank you for the update Scooter. Glad Carbun is reacting well to the increased dosage.

I just began reading this post -- my heart goes out to you guys and Carbun. Sending lots of healing vibes his way. <3

Keep us all updated on how he's doing.

Awww thanks for the update Scooter!! Glad to hear he is excited about raisins Best regards to you all and please keep us updated! {{Carbun}}

Although Carbun's been holding out on us for better treats (see thread in the Lounge forum), we are concerned. His weight is down from several weeks ago, he's definitely missing a few cecotrophs given the ones smashed to a pulp in his cage, and he's eating less food. Last night, he put himself to bed after being in the dining room, but stayed on the 1st floor of his cage until Annette noticed him there early this morning and moved him to the 3rd floor, which is what he normally likes. And he only ate a few bites of his breakfast banana slice this morning.

That having been said, he's eating pellets from the leftovers of last night's supper right now. However, that may simply be because he didn't or couldn't hop up to the 3rd floor last night. He's had a track record of being very stubborn, for example when he nearly killed himself a year ago because he didn't realize that food and water were accidentally placed one level above him. But we'll have to keep a closer eye on him.

The good news, though, is that he's definitely eating right now with his usual gusto. I'm not sure what else we can do, but keep an eye on him and hope he'll hold out for longer than we fear.

{{{Carbun}}}

Sending more vibes to Carbun! <3 <3 Keep us updated! Keep strong baby Carbun!

Thank you for the update and continued vibes to Carbun.

(((((((Carbun))))))) I"m thinking about you little buddy.