melissalauren96
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Hi,
I have a 9 week old mini lop doe (Darcy) and i need some advice. I collected her when she was 8 week old. The next day I had her I noticed she had a damp nose. I didn't think much of it as she was an indoor rabbit at her previous home & i thought that she may have just got a bit of a cold & not quite adapted to living outdoors just yet. I then moved her into the garage so it would be warmer & to stop any draft getting to her. The next day i saw some dark brown muck where her nose is, not like gunky or mucus just basic muck. I did worry about her so I rang the vets & got her booked in.
The vets said that she has 'pasteurella' and they've given me antibiotics to give her for 10 days. She has been on the course now for 7 days and the muck is still there even when I have cleaned it. I have researched up the symptoms of 'pasteurella' & she has none of them like sneezing, lethargic, loss of appetite, runny eyes etc. She is such a happy bunny and eats loads (she is very small for her age aswell). All she has is brown coloured muck on her nose. I thought with her having antibiotics it would have cleared by now but it hasn’t.
Note: Darcy does have another 8 week old doe (Harley) in her cage with her just to keep her company. I took both of the rabbits to the vets and the vet had noticed a tiny bit of muck on my Harley too (she is a blue colour so it is very hard to see). Which makes me think it is something contagious
Does anybody have any ideas of what this is as I think it may be just an allergy to what hay/shavings I am using or whether they have just been dunking their head into the food dish etc.
Any help is much appreciated!
I have a 9 week old mini lop doe (Darcy) and i need some advice. I collected her when she was 8 week old. The next day I had her I noticed she had a damp nose. I didn't think much of it as she was an indoor rabbit at her previous home & i thought that she may have just got a bit of a cold & not quite adapted to living outdoors just yet. I then moved her into the garage so it would be warmer & to stop any draft getting to her. The next day i saw some dark brown muck where her nose is, not like gunky or mucus just basic muck. I did worry about her so I rang the vets & got her booked in.
The vets said that she has 'pasteurella' and they've given me antibiotics to give her for 10 days. She has been on the course now for 7 days and the muck is still there even when I have cleaned it. I have researched up the symptoms of 'pasteurella' & she has none of them like sneezing, lethargic, loss of appetite, runny eyes etc. She is such a happy bunny and eats loads (she is very small for her age aswell). All she has is brown coloured muck on her nose. I thought with her having antibiotics it would have cleared by now but it hasn’t.
Note: Darcy does have another 8 week old doe (Harley) in her cage with her just to keep her company. I took both of the rabbits to the vets and the vet had noticed a tiny bit of muck on my Harley too (she is a blue colour so it is very hard to see). Which makes me think it is something contagious
Does anybody have any ideas of what this is as I think it may be just an allergy to what hay/shavings I am using or whether they have just been dunking their head into the food dish etc.
Any help is much appreciated!