Rabbits are susceptible to various diseases. For treatment and preventive measures, there is a large arsenal of drugs. It is imperative that you have in your first-aid kit: potassium manganese, iodine, boric ointment, boric acid, ichthyol, brilliant green, white streptocide, Vishnevsky ointment, phthalazole, activated carbon. The rest of the medicines can be bought as needed.
Instructions
Step 1
If there is no solid food in the cage, there is a possibility of disease - elongated incisors. Treatment is to shorten elongated teeth with special dental pliers.
Step 2
A condition such as flatulence (bloating) is treated by removing gas. Also in this case, you can use activated carbon (1 tablet per 4 kilograms of live weight). In case of intestinal inflammation, the rabbit should be given doxycycline or chloramphenicol and given yogurt (5 ml once a day for 7 days).
Step 3
In case of respiratory diseases, the animal should be provided with dry and clean bedding. Treatment - inside streptocide, intramuscularly - antibiotics.
Step 4
In case of sunstroke, it is necessary to moisten the animal's head with chilled water, inject sulfocamphocaine (1 ml) under the skin.
Step 5
Treatment of wounds - to clean the wound, if necessary, suture, give antibiotics and apply wound-healing medicines (aerosols "Panthenol", "Kubatol", Actovegin, sea buckthorn oil).
Step 6
Fracture treatment - either a plaster cast is applied (for 15 days) or an intraosseous pin (for 30 days). Vitamin D3 and 1 crumb of mummy are added to the rabbit feed in the drinking bowl for 15 days.
Step 7
Helminthiasis is treated with alben and nilverm. For prevention purposes, you need to thoroughly clean the cage and periodically pour boiling water over it.
