While you’re away on a well-deserved vacation, another veter…
While you’re away on a well-deserved vacation, another veterinarian in your mixed-animal practice (who rarely ever sees rabbits) takes one of your rabbit cases. At the time, the owner describes their 3-year-old male castrated rabbit as mildly lethargic, inappetent and having decreased fecal output. Like most other cases he sees, he prescribes a three-week course of oral amoxicillin and a few days’ worth of pain meds (in this case, meloxicam). The owner returns the following week distressed because now the rabbit is having blowout diarrhea and is refusing to eat, but no other clinical signs are noted. What is MOST likely the cause of the clinical signs, and what is the best treatment given the circumstances?