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Can we please keep this forum on Bronchiectasis and not on personal unrelated issues. Thank you,

Eileen-FL

Subject: Re: IntroductionTo: "bronchiectasis" <bronchiectasis >Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 4:30 PM

Kay, My bunnies are neutered. It didn't stop the males from trying to kill each other, even when there were no females around. One has an ear partially torn off. The other's eyelid is slightly mangled. I thought that maybe if I bought several females - more than enough for two males - they wouldn't fight, but my vetrinarian neighbor said they would just have more to fight about. Plus the females would fight each other. I tried to explain to the males that the one female we brought in, Lucy, was neutered and they would never get any, but they remained unconvinced. But now at 9 yrs old, their testosterone levels must have dropped. They snuggle constantly. I have the House Rabbit book too. There's something I've always wondered. They can tell at an instant from a distance the gender of another rabbit. How do they do it?

yes, an angry bunny can growlI haven't seen rabbits growl but I have seen them lurch toward a cat that was displaying too much interest in them. It seems to work. Two of our cats were feral born too.

Which clinic and doctor do you go to?

I see Dr Seth at Woodland Clinic. He was voted one of the best doctors in Yolo County. I can see why. He spent an entire hour with me on my first visit. At one point he said "Tell me the story of your lungs. Start from the beginning." He's wonderfully caring. He always calls me back on the day I leave a message for him. Most doctors seem to prefer to wait several days first. I wouldn't be allowed to see a UC doc without an exceptional reason. Now that the Woodland clinic has a pulmonary specialist, I don't know what that reason would be.

Another thing I've found helpful is to lay on the couch with my right shoulder hanging off and my right arm/hand under my neck for support. I do this to rinse out my sinuses with salt water when I have a cold and discovered accidentally that it gets whatever's in my lungs moving upward very well! Not too great when your nose is full of salt water... gag, choke, sputter, water all over oneself :-). Now I try to clear out whatever wants to come up before I do the salt water "rinse and hold". Of course it's not as good as the percussion, but will get me through the day till the nightly percussion if I'm having trouble. Wow. Do you have a pan on the floor when you do this? What made you think of this technique?