I just noticed my rabbit start to have heavy snot today, with frequent sneezing, snot on nose/mouth area. That area's turned kinda brown now. Maybe from wiping it with dirty paws? 'cause the mucus is clear. And she's blowing bubbles from her nose, so I know it's not drool instead.
So I blocked off the doe from her kits for now. It's a two-part hutch. No doubt they've been already exposed, for who knows how long. I've noticed this doe sneeze on occasion before, but it was mainly when fed, and just once in a while(though honestly more than any of the other rabbits 'cause they never sneezed at all.) So I just attributed it to fines in the feed because they fit the short/dry description of that type of sneeze. In any case, this doe has 9 kits that were to be weaned in 4 days(the 29th) but I'm not at all sure how to deal with this.
Of course, I wouldn't want her to have mastitis on top of pasturella as well, so should I wean some and leave others?
Or take them all off and hope she's fine with some mint?
I'm not comfortable with them being around during such a severe attack. But then again, she looked perfectly fine this morning when I fed/watered/pet the kits and has never had this before.
This rabbit is not really new. She was bought in May, and came from the same batch as 5 others here who are all doing good.
If I somehow managed to wean the kits now, are chances good that they won't get the same in the future?
Will they be able to come out of quarantine after a few weeks if they don't sneeze?
And since I'm raising them for meat, will there be any difference in meat quality?
Sorry about having so many questions in one thread.
It seems like this is a pretty common disease, so is there any advice or helpful threads from people in the same situation that you know of?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
So I blocked off the doe from her kits for now. It's a two-part hutch. No doubt they've been already exposed, for who knows how long. I've noticed this doe sneeze on occasion before, but it was mainly when fed, and just once in a while(though honestly more than any of the other rabbits 'cause they never sneezed at all.) So I just attributed it to fines in the feed because they fit the short/dry description of that type of sneeze. In any case, this doe has 9 kits that were to be weaned in 4 days(the 29th) but I'm not at all sure how to deal with this.
Of course, I wouldn't want her to have mastitis on top of pasturella as well, so should I wean some and leave others?
Or take them all off and hope she's fine with some mint?
I'm not comfortable with them being around during such a severe attack. But then again, she looked perfectly fine this morning when I fed/watered/pet the kits and has never had this before.
This rabbit is not really new. She was bought in May, and came from the same batch as 5 others here who are all doing good.
If I somehow managed to wean the kits now, are chances good that they won't get the same in the future?
Will they be able to come out of quarantine after a few weeks if they don't sneeze?
And since I'm raising them for meat, will there be any difference in meat quality?
Sorry about having so many questions in one thread.
It seems like this is a pretty common disease, so is there any advice or helpful threads from people in the same situation that you know of?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.