Help! Litter with green gunk, maybe Pasteurella?

[The_Dutchess]

UGHHHGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I finally have something to be happy about with these stupid rabbits - Lily had her litter 2 weeks ago.
NOW I LOOKED IN THERE AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE BABIES HAS GREEN GUNKY STUFF IN ITS NOSE!!!!!!!!!! Could this be pasteurella? It's a very dark greenish brown, looks very much like poop and its all dry and crusty. If it is pasteurella what do i do? Do i have to kill them? I can't imagine doing that. They're so cute, they all have names and developing personalities, and just the thought makes me start bawling. But I don't know if I could spare the money to take them to the vet. Is there any way this could just be, I don't know, harmless gunk or am I just kidding myself?
Thanks,
A Very Anxious Bunny Mom

 

[ladysown]

the adults or the babies?

if it's babies might not be anything other than dry milk and nibbling and getting pellet dust on their noses. Give 'em a bit of time.


if it's the adults? are they feed divers?

Check their front legs for matting.

 

[FourRingCircus]

Is it just little bits around the nostrils? I think it's "normal" (I use quotes b/c I have seen it often enough in my litters, but not sure just how normal it actually is). I just assumed it was either from digging around in the feed, or from the nest box... maybe even dried icky milk? No idea. I had Pasteurella in a litter and it was huge amounts of white snot and lots of cute little sneezes . That was a tough batch to have to deal with, they were already sure cute before it hit . I had a heads up though because they were born with weird milk like blisters that were really odd... someone on here mentioned possible Pasteurella so I had been keeping a close eye on them, JIC.

 

[The_Dutchess]

Yay! I don't think it's pasteurella! No sneezes, no white snot, no matted paws, healthy mama. I think we're all good then? What do I do if it comes back? Just keep cleaning it?

 

[macksmom98]

My kits always have some yucky gunk or crust on the edges of their noses, and they all seem to be healthy, I just figured it was even possibly some afterbirth stuck around there....goes away or gets licked off eventually.

 

[Easy Ears]

What do I do if it comes back? Just keep cleaning it?

Yup, just keep on cleaning. I found that the hay you use can really play a role in the noses of the kits. I used grass hay when I first started and would have to clean the kits noses every day sometimes twice a day. When I switched to timothy hay that problem vanished. Some people use straw....I can't say anything about that though, cause I've never tried it, personally.