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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A HELP!!! Rabbit has worms??!

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    • Poorvi
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        My female rabbit ollie has been suffering for quite sometime now. As I am in India the vets here have no idea what is wrong with her, but since my mom is an md medicine we have formed a diagnosis. First was that she is getting blood in her urine, blood is not mixed with the urine but comes more as drop after, which we feel is cause she has uterine cancer maybe, but the ultrasounds performed by vets here (5 different ones) all said that its a UTI and that her bladder is inflammated. so we started her on enroflaxacin which went on for 5 days which also led to a loss of appetite for her and me force feeding her Oxbow Critical care. on the 6th day she started getting loose stool, which subsided after a few hours of more critical care feeding, but then a vet here told us to give her carrot juice and that is what led to severe loose stools for her. This was yesterday and till now we have not been able to control the stools. The stools are runny and brown and foul smelling. They also stick to her bottom. Last night we thought we lost her cause I could’t hear the gurgling sound of her intestine at all. This morning we sent the poop and urine for analysis. Urine analysis showed no puss cell but stool analysis showed presence of parasites/worms. Now this was done at a human lab, so we are not sure which parasite it is. According to my mom, Albendazole is used for a broad spectrum of parasites and that is what we plan to administer today. Can someone please help me out? I don’t trust the vets here anymore and my critical care is running out. If ollie goes another day without eating we wont be left with anything to feed her. Please, it’s an emergency. If anyone could advice or has any knowledge on what to do, help us out here.

        I have attached below a picture of what the stools look like under the microscope.


      • Bam
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          It sounds like the enrofloxacine has led to severe dysbiosis of the gut and then bacterial overgrowth with f ex clostridium perfringens, a bacteria that produces toxins. There is a med that can bind the toxins, it’s a drug against high cholesterol in humans. It’s called cholestyramine.
          Please google rabbit clostridium, I can’t link because I’m on my phone. Rehydrating the bunny with sub Q or even IV fluids is very important now. Please keep us posted.


        • Bam
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            You can give Albendazole to a rabbit for worms, because that is a short-term treatment (2 days or sth). For prolonged treatment fenbendazole is better, but I think it’s not as easily available in India as Albendazole is.


          • Aki
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              In France, we mainly use fenbendazole (Panacur) which is pretty harmless and kills several types of parasits. In my experience, the treatment is pretty long (at least 3 weeks) but it probably depends on the parasit. I have zero experience with Albendazole but I found that answer from Dana Krempels about vermifuges:

              “Dana Krempels, Ph.D. – 1/4/2010

              ANSWER: Dear Paula,

              Panacur (fenbendazole) belongs to a class of drugs, the benzamidazoles, that can–in some species–act as a radiomimetic agent. That is, its toxicity mimics the effects of radiation. The biggest concern with the benzamidazoles is irreversible damage to the bone marrow, causing fatal anemia.

              Of the three benzamidazoles commonly used for rabbits (albendazole, fenbendazole, and oxibendazole), albendazole is by far the most toxic, and it has been linked to sudden rabbit deaths. The other two are apparently less toxic, though their use is strongly cautioned for birds, which appear to be particularly sensitive to this class of drugs. Data for mammals is a lot less worrisome, though a few sensitive individuals may have some reactions.

              If your vet told you that Panacur is dangerous to the liver, you might want to direct her to this study:

              http://www.springerlink.com/content/h031wh144476p43j/

              At least in the species used here, there is no significant effect on the liver from fenbendazole.

              If it’s any consolation, I know hundreds of people have used Panacur, as directed (our vets prescribe it at 20mg/kg once per day), for their bunnies and I don’t know of *any* confirmed cases of radiomimetic side effects. We have used it on our rabbits with excellent results, and have a “herd” of sanctuary jackrabbits who get it regularly to control strongyle worms (they brought them with them from the airport. Alas!).

              I would not be too worried, but the vet is right to give you the warning. I’d rather she err on the side of caution than be too cavalier with drugs! If you are very concerned, then you could ask her about trying ponazuril. Although this drug is a lot newer than Panacur, and we don’t really know all the possible side effects, it appears to be very benign (according to all the literature published on it so far), and we have had good results with it against both E. cuniculi and coccidia.

              Hard to know just *how* good with such a small, uncontrolled sample. But it might be worth a try.

              For now, though, I would not be too concerned about the Panacur, given the many, many rabbits who have taken it without any apparent harm.

              Hope this helps.

              Dana”

              So, bam is right: you can use Albendazole if it’s for a short-term treatment and that you can’t find Fenbendazole. See what’s available in India. On the bright side, those vermifuges kill several types of worms so you can probably get rid of them without identifying them with any of the rabbit-friendly vermifuges.

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