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The Bunny in the Plastic Bubble
Jan. 2nd, 2009 05:23 pmMy little plague-bunny (pasteurella multocida) bun has been on chloramphenicol since May and STILL has sneezes and snifflies when we take her off it for more than 3 weeks. So we went back to the vet today and she got a full blood workup and a couple of the vets worked out some ideas. So today we start her on a sulfa med and she's also supposed to have a nebulized medication twice a day for the next week and then once a day after that.
(A nebulizer takes a medication and makes it an aerosol so that it can be breathed in. When they asked me, I told them that I have asthma and have my own nebulizer and compressor at home already, so they decided to give this a try.)
As it wasn't very likely that I could convince her to wear a little mask, they suggested that I put her in her carrier and then put the carrier in a plastic trash bag and administer the meds that way. But I got to thinking and realized that I might have a better idea - more effort in the beginning but less hassle for both of us at each threatment.
So I took a large clear plartic tote with a lid and cut a small hole in the side, just the size of the nozzle/mouthpiece. I've sealed around the hole with packing tape. This way I can load up the machine, chase down the bun, and plop her in the box (probably with something heavy on the lid) and she can have her treatment in relative comfort. I've put a nice clean chewed-up towel in the bottom for her to take our her frustrations on, and some apple-wood sticks to chew if she gets bored. She'll have to stay in there for about 15 minutes at a time.
There's some kind of joke about Pepper and I sitting on the couch sharing an inhaler but I'm too stressed out right not to think of it.
(A nebulizer takes a medication and makes it an aerosol so that it can be breathed in. When they asked me, I told them that I have asthma and have my own nebulizer and compressor at home already, so they decided to give this a try.)
As it wasn't very likely that I could convince her to wear a little mask, they suggested that I put her in her carrier and then put the carrier in a plastic trash bag and administer the meds that way. But I got to thinking and realized that I might have a better idea - more effort in the beginning but less hassle for both of us at each threatment.
So I took a large clear plartic tote with a lid and cut a small hole in the side, just the size of the nozzle/mouthpiece. I've sealed around the hole with packing tape. This way I can load up the machine, chase down the bun, and plop her in the box (probably with something heavy on the lid) and she can have her treatment in relative comfort. I've put a nice clean chewed-up towel in the bottom for her to take our her frustrations on, and some apple-wood sticks to chew if she gets bored. She'll have to stay in there for about 15 minutes at a time.
There's some kind of joke about Pepper and I sitting on the couch sharing an inhaler but I'm too stressed out right not to think of it.
