All of a sudden I have a few who loss weight.they eat hay and pellets.

Thank you for your question. Your rabbits may have a parasite that needs to be treated. It would be best to have one or more of them examined by a veterinarian to see what the cause of the weight loss may be, and what treatments might be best for them. I hope that they are okay.

I have a momma rabbit with seven 2 1/2 week babies who are jumping out of the nest box now and another mom with 5 day old babies. I have confirmed hepatic coccidiosis in grow outs from one of these moms. (They were originally on the ground and now moved to hanging cages.) I started them on toltrazuril...but what about the babies? I can’t find if I give the 2 1/2 week babies any medicine? I’ve given it for two days, now waiting 5 days and giving it again for 2 days. I’m using 10% ammonia to clean their cages before putting them back in them. Any help is appreciated as I want them all healthy.

Thank you for your question. I cannot locate information on age restrictions for sulfa drugs in rabbits I wold be hesitant to give a sulfa drug to a 2 1/2 week old kit, but it may be best to contact a veterinarian well versed in rabbit medicine to confirm the best course of action I hope that all goes well and your rabbits are healthy.

Am needing help and advice I started noticing about 3 weeks ago that my girl bunny was starting to loose weight more and more wasn't eating much or drinking much either and not active at all so I took her to the vet and she told me that it looks like she has coccidiosis but didn't say it was definitely so she gave me the medications for it... and since then she has eatten less and less and lost more and more Weight. Came home today and she had passed away, but now I'm worried as my boy he's livied in the same area as her since I noticed I want to make sure he's going to be okay he's showing no sights of anything at this stage and he's at the weight he should be I also have a vet appointment on Monday so I will no more then if he's going to be okay...... Baycox enrotril peptisoothe was the medication she was on

In these cases it would be ideal to have a necropsy performed to help narrow in on a specific cause of death since evidence of Coccidiosis would be apparent post mortem; however without examining Emma myself I cannot say for certain what the cause of death was. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM

Hi there, I am a hobby breeder of Holland Lops, ( 15 years old, have been raising them for 6 years) and I went on a vacation for a couple weeks. (with trained caretakers in charge) Anyways, I'm getting freaked out, with them telling me that 4 of my baby Holland Lops have died. They are around the 3-4 week age mark. I'm pretty sure that it is hepatic coccidiosis. It is only hitting my little bunnies. The ones coming down with it are lethargic, don't care for much food, and are kind of wobbly. And eventually they die. The care takers also said that they also smell bad. All my rabbits get Timothy hay, alfalfa pellets every day, and are housed in decently clean cages out side, so I am not sure what this is. Another thing, they don't even have diarrhea. I have never had any sickness problems before! We live down in central Florida. If any help or advice is given, I would be greatly appreciative. I just put all of them on the Terramycin power in their water bottles. Living on a farm, we have used that for cocidosis in animals before. Is that a good treatment for the bunnies? Or would you recommend something else? Thanks, Anna

If you’re thinking hepatic coccidiosis, just should ask one of the caretakers to examine the liver for any characteristic changes which may indicate hepatic coccidiosis; many pelleted feeds come medicated with a coccidiostat but treatment with sulfadimethoxine or toltrazuril would be more appropriate. In an ideal case, a few of the dead rabbits should be taken to your Veterinarian for an examination/necropsy since there is a spike in mortality. Regards Dr Callum Turner DVM www.msdvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits/parasitic-diseases-of-rabbits#v3306674

Hi there, I have a young 9 week old bunny that has suspected coccidia. Can a small dose 0.2ml dose daily for a month of Fenbender 100 be given to him? Is this safe and if not what might happen? Also is this contagious as he has an adult female bunny living with him. Could the dog catch it also if eating their droppings?

I cannot recommend medication for George without examining him, and Coccidia is contagious to rabbits and dogs. It would be best to have a fecal sample analyzed to see if there is Coccidia, keep him separate from other animals until you have this treated, and get medication for him.