How to cure my one eye-injured tilt head rabbit?

One day when i went home to see my dear rabbit, her head was tilted and her left eye was swollen and closed. Now is already the second week since that happened and my rabbit looks ok except for her tilted head.She can eat and drink well as she has strong will in getting well but she can not walk properly as she always loses her balance. No vet can be visited in our small old town. Can anyone help me?please!!!How to cure my one eye-injured tilt head rabbit?
Head tilt can be cause by a number of things including ear infection, injury and E. Cuniculi. An ear infection should be treated with antibiotics which you will need to see a vet for. An inujury will take time and she may or may not straighten her head. E. cuniculi is a parasite, good explaination here





http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rwf/artic鈥?/a>





If it is EC you can try treating with a bendozole, basically a stock drench for worms. The protocol is outlined here





http://www.barbibrownsbunnies.com/ecunic鈥?/a>





If she's rolling a lot you'll need to protect her so she doesn't sustain further injuries. For one of my rabbits I used an oval cane laundry basket line with a sheepskin, towels and then a sheet. I was with her all day thought, so that may not be suitable for your situation. I have seen puppy exercise pens lined with old cot bumper pads or towels used to great effect as well.





Be sure that she is getting enough to eat and drink. Keep her stress free as much as possible to help with the healing process. If the head tilt was severe she may never straighten her neck, but she will likely adapt. I found massaging the rabbits neck, shoulders and back helped a lot, very relaxing too!





As to the eye, this is common in the 'down eye' as it is taking all the pressure. Once she is up and moving around better it will probably heal by itself but if you can, get some antibacterial lubricant just to be sure.





You said no vet visits your town, would it be possible to phone someone and have them send you they eye ointment?





Head tilt recovery can be long and although it's distressing to watch as long as she's eating, drinking and pooping, there's hope.





Good luck!How to cure my one eye-injured tilt head rabbit?
u wont b able ta correct the head tilt. my parents ahd a rfescue rabbit come in with it and it had the tilt till the day it died @ 9 yrs old. check out my parents website as it has alot of info that may help. its www.lecoeurrabbitrescue.co.uk.
Sound like a condition called ';wry neck'; ... it is caused by a parasite. Just do a web search for ';wry neck tretament'; and you should find lots of info on treating the condition. I think ivermectin is quite commonly used. Stick with it and be patient. It can be treated ... we had a bunny that had it before we got her and she recovered just fine.
Your rabbit has a problem with her inner ear, possibly an infection, or a parasite, like the person above me said. Since this happened after her eye was swollen, I'd guess an infection.


Since you say her eye is back to normal, she seems to be fighting it off on her own. Antibiotics would be redundant, and dangerous to her digestion.


If there is still an infection in her inner ear, either it will go away or it will form a permanent cyst. Possibly, the damage is already done.


If she still has one good ear, her brain might start to ignore the confusing signals from her bad ear, and her condition might correct itself. She might just start walking better anyway, by learning to pay attention to her feet.


Time will tell.
She needs to see a vet because she can die if she doesn't. I suggest that you go to this website and find a vet http://www.rabbit.org or go to http://www.animalhospitals-usa.com/ask_a鈥?/a>
It takes long-term antibiotics, usually over a period of several months, but take heart - it CAN be cured. The reason I know a bit about it, is because we suspected our first rabbit of having it, so I researched it. Because this is such a common condition, it is fortunately well-recognised and well-understood, and so can readily be treated. As long as your bunn is eating and drinking - eating and drinking are the key signs of wellbeing in a rabbit - she's not suffering as much as you are with your seeing her this way.





I've personally known several people whose bunns had wry neck, and they are each better now. One of them had such severe head tilt that her head was sideways and her eye was literally touching the ground, and she couldn't stand up at all without falling over - she needed intensive nursing for a couple of months, during which her humans kept her in her hutch/cage surrounded by towels so that she wouldn't fall over as easily ... and now she's cured, and since then has been healthy enough to become a mother bunn.





I'll quote to you from one of my favoured rabbit health books, ';Rabbitlopaedia: A Complete Guide to Rabbit Care'; by Meg Brown and Virginia Richardson:





';HEAD TILT or WRY NECK





';The sudden onset of a head tilt is a quite common occurrence in rabbits.





';Signs: The rabbit suddenly develops a tilt of its head to one side. The twist may be so dramatic that the eye on the downward side might touch the ground. The rabbit will lose its sense of balance and may twist and spin if picked up.





';Cause: There are various causes, but infections of the middle and inner ear are most common. Head trauma from a fight or fall can also cause a head tilt. Bacteria or a parasite ';Encephalitozoon cuniculi'; can migrate from the inner ear to the brain and cause various neurological symptoms.





';Treatment: Whatever the cause, treatment is symptomatic. This usually involves a long course of antibiotics if infection is suspected, and corticosteroids if swelling of the brain is suspected. Recovery is slow, but if the rabbit is able to eat and drink, it should be given plenty of time to recover with long-term antibiotics. The rabbit should be kept in a confined and comfortable area and handled as little as possible, because as soon as it is picked up and its feet leave the floor, it will lose its balance and start spinning. The down-side eye may need special care, bathing and eye cream, if it is touching the ground.';





The good news is that, because this is such a common condition, it is well-recognised and well-understood, and so can readily be treated.





However, you definitely do need to visit a rabbit-savvy vet -


I've also got lists of reputed rabbit-savvy vets that I've collected -


http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/link鈥?/a>


Check out all these links - just click on your country/state -


http://www.3bunnies.org/vets.htm


http://www.3bunnies.org/vets.htm#pets911鈥?/a>


http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/P鈥?/a>


http://members.shaw.ca/cocoasun/RabbitVe鈥?/a>


http://members.shaw.ca/cocoasun/Australi鈥?/a>


http://www.rabbit.org/care/vets.html


and I suggest telephoning them and asking them lots of questions - http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/vet.h鈥?/a>





Very very best of luck to you and your bunn, and don't hesitate to email me if you want to talk more.
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