Tinkie A.D.

A bridge between the hands and the heart…

Hi Bunnies!

We’ll Mamma just got off the phone with Dr Dave and he has come up with a game plan with this newest trial of appetite stimulant. So the problem is that this particular drug doesn’t have any clinical trials or Stats from any Univeristies as it pertains to bunnies, so the information he has gathered are just from a few vets that have tried it on bunnies. Now naturally my case is complicated due to my continued deteriorating heath and that I am neurologically compromised with the E.C., now we add seizures to this and my low body weight coupled with low muscle mass so I have problems metabolizing meds. The seizures are due to the influence of the parasite or infection on the brain, They make tiny cysts or lesions,  the problem being there are no medications that can safely penetrate the brain, in bunnies anyway, I don’t know about other things. So with the mirtazapine we run the risk of further aggravating the seizures seems its a drug that influences the brain. So we are kind of in a pickle. Both mamma and the vet think this not eating thing has to be neurological since its been a year long struggle, I think I have spent more time not eating over this time period, but I am still bright and loving and curious.  So he says he cannot gaurentee that I will not have some icky side effects, although this drug as been known to be miraculous in healthier animals, but has been also used a lot as a last ditch effort and has also proven to just as miraculous.

So knowing full well we could trigger another seizure with this med (maybe, maybe not, no way to know for sure) both Mamma and the vet will go ahead and begin a trial with it. I will start very small doses and see if it works, if not we’ll slightly increase to a point that the vet feels we’ll stop without over doseing me. He says Mamma will start with a 1/2 tablet and have to shave off a bit less than an 1/8th of it and mix it with some water or something yummy to try first and we’ll see if it works, if not we’ll try again a bigger dose. I think he has more of his humerous ideas of Mamma bent over a mirror shaving up my antidepressant with a razor blade!! Mamma says I am not suppose to watch movies where they show those kinds of scenes, but little does she know I used to like late night TV until she started letting me sleep with her.

So I guess we are at a last ditch effort. I have been very tired since my seizure. I had a nice stroll in the stroller yesterday. We went down to the marina and walked along the water and the escarpment. It was a nice day, warm but not too hot, but when I got home I still didn’t want to eat nothing Mamma says if only I could have my gusto for eating back, it would totally change my life. I love her and I am spoiled loads, but I need something to feel excited about and my salads used to be that for me. Besides I need the energy that is for sure espeically to keep up with the garden duties.

So wish me luck that we have success with the first dose of mirtazapine without my whole world going sideways!!

OK we’re leaving now to go to town to get some, I’ll know more this time tomorrow.

I love you guys!!xox T

Tags: rabbit appetite stimulants, rabbit not eating, Trinket

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