Doe Has Pimples On Her Vent

[Bad Habit]

Alright, I dunno if this is rabbit std's or not, but I'm rather confused.

Hannah, my returned doe, has supposedly not been in contact with any other rabbits. However, when I was checking her belly today(her nipples felt weird and hard), I noticed on her vent a relatively large whitehead zit. I had a look, and there's the one big one, and two or three smaller ones. I've left them alone.

I checked Dobby and Lily after, to see if they had anything like this, and they didn't. Dobby once had a single zit on his junk, but I think that was because I waited a day or two too long before cleaning his litter box. I haven't let it slack since, and haven't had any recurrences. I don't remember ever seeing anything like that on Lily.

What are the cause of the pimples? Should I pop them, or leave them? I clean litter boxes every third day for all the rabbits, and use hay to keep them from sitting directly on the wet shavings. If it were an issue with cleanliness, I would think that all of them would have it, as they are all on the same cleaning schedule.

 

[MaggieJ]

It could be vent disease. Until you know, quarantine the doe and practice strict isolation protocols: care for the doe last and then wash well and change your clothes so as not to carry the disease to other rabbits.

 

[Bad Habit]

lol she's still on that anyway, MaggieJ. She was returned to me just over 2 weeks ago. She was from the first litter I bred. That's what's so weird. Neither parent seems to have it and she was supposedly never around another rabbit.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Alright, I dunno if this is rabbit std's or not, but I'm rather confused.

Hannah, my returned doe, has supposedly not been in contact with any other rabbits. However, when I was checking her belly today(her nipples felt weird and hard), I noticed on her vent a relatively large whitehead zit. I had a look, and there's the one big one, and two or three smaller ones. I've left them alone.

I checked Dobby and Lily after, to see if they had anything like this, and they didn't. Dobby once had a single zit on his junk, but I think that was because I waited a day or two too long before cleaning his litter box. I haven't let it slack since, and haven't had any recurrences. I don't remember ever seeing anything like that on Lily.

What are the cause of the pimples? Should I pop them, or leave them? I clean litter boxes every third day for all the rabbits, and use hay to keep them from sitting directly on the wet shavings. If it were an issue with cleanliness, I would think that all of them would have it, as they are all on the same cleaning schedule.

Can you post a picture?

 

[tnelsonfla]

At a show I was at in Charleston a Judge DQ a buck who had a pimple on his penis. Judge told the man to not breed him with any doe until it clears up. I do not know the cause or the cure, I always thought it was a VD that rabbits get.

 

[MaggieJ]

an she was supposedly never around another rabbit.

The important word here is supposedly. There is no way you can be certain.

I'm glad she is already in quarantine. Should mean your other rabbits are not at risk.

 

[Bad Habit]

I shall most definitely attempt to get a photo of it. Miss Hannah does not appreciate being on her back, lol.

I quarantined her as everyone here recommended. Been keeping a close eye on things to see if there's anything going on. Big pain in the rear, but I'm glad now that I've done it.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Poor Bad Habit- it seems like you always have a rabbit in quarantine!

 

[Lastfling]

There's a difference between a pimple/whitehead and vent disease. The pimples can pop up out of nowhere and go away just as fast it seems. I had a rabbit dq'd last weekend for a zit down under. It wasn't there before I left for the show, because I checked everybody, but at show time there it was. The judge mentioned it might be from an infected hair follicle, dirty butt, or really no telling, it could just be stress -- long road trip, overnight in car, and then show. Pop it and apply neosporin should make it go away. Vent disease is normally scabby and will also appear around the nose / eyes, etc from the rabbit grooming and spreading. I saw a rabbit with vent disease at a show, and it was no comparison between the two.

 

[Bad Habit]

Poor Bad Habit- it seems like you always have a rabbit in quarantine!

Lol eventually I'll have all my rabbits in one room. Intend to move Dobby back tomorrow, and then 2 more weeks for Hannah. Then quarantine for the BEW doe, and I should be done!!