I don't think this is an illness, but it's something I've not seen before. I was securing everyone in their cages for the cold weather to hit tomorrow when my youngest said he heard an odd noise from my potential replacement rabbit area. I went over there, and didn't hear anything. Started feeding & winterizing two of the cages when I heard this loud, protracted...noise. Turned around, and Billy Idol was looking at me. (My rabbit Billy Idol, not THE Billy Idol.) He suddenly made this loud, very vocal...noise...again. It may have been a rabbit hiccup. None of mine have done that before. But if it was a hiccup, it was along the lines of a Foster Brooks hiccup, if any of you remember that old comedian. Like a drunken rabbit, loud, unabashed belch/hiccup. He did it about two more times. I pulled him out to look at him. Seems fine. Didn't act oddly. Seemed peeved that I stuffed his resting box full of additional hay, but he'll get over it when the temp. drops.
I searched past posts and saw Ladysown had posted about young rabbits having hiccups, and it might be a sign of heart issues. Does what I described above first of all sound like hiccups, or something else anyone has experienced? I didn't isolate him (his cage is near one of my young does) and now I'm second guessing and wondering if I should have. I'll feel like an idiot if it was just a hiccup and other rabbits do it all the time, but it's the first time I've ever seen it.
I searched past posts and saw Ladysown had posted about young rabbits having hiccups, and it might be a sign of heart issues. Does what I described above first of all sound like hiccups, or something else anyone has experienced? I didn't isolate him (his cage is near one of my young does) and now I'm second guessing and wondering if I should have. I'll feel like an idiot if it was just a hiccup and other rabbits do it all the time, but it's the first time I've ever seen it.
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