Runny Rabbit Nose

[Graceful Rabbitry]

So, This buck is just over a year old, he was my first rabbit to win anything, and won best in show rare breed. So, I’ve kept him for a while, and around October last year I planned on taking him to convention, paid for his entry and 2 others and then his nose started gooping up, so I didn’t get to take any, but anyway I cleaned it with a warm rag and monitored him and he was perfectly fine after that, then here recently he started doing it again… this time worse, I looked at him yesterday and his nose was a little red but didn’t think anything, and then I go out today and his nose is swollen and gooped closed on one side, his eyes are also red and puffy. None, of the other rabbits are sick, just him… his fur also looks weird but could just be me being paranoid lol! What should I do?
I tried to clean it with a warm rag again, and did not like it at all, and he jerked and his nose started bleeding…so I just wound up put triple antibiotic ointment on it, I didn’t want to hurt him more. Would y'all put him down? Cause that was my initial thought.
Don’t people call this white snot?? And they cull for it??

Thank ya’ll so much!

 

[Graceful Rabbitry]

 

[Alaska Satin]

So, This buck is just over a year old, he was my first rabbit to win anything, and won best in show rare breed. So, I’ve kept him for a while, and around October last year I planned on taking him to convention, paid for his entry and 2 others and then his nose started gooping up, so I didn’t get to take any, but anyway I cleaned it with a warm rag and monitored him and he was perfectly fine after that, then here recently he started doing it again… this time worse, I looked at him yesterday and his nose was a little red but didn’t think anything, and then I go out today and his nose is swollen and gooped closed on one side, his eyes are also red and puffy. None, of the other rabbits are sick, just him… his fur also looks weird but could just be me being paranoid lol! What should I do?
I tried to clean it with a warm rag again, and did not like it at all, and he jerked and his nose started bleeding…so I just wound up put triple antibiotic ointment on it, I didn’t want to hurt him more. Would y'all put him down? Cause that was my initial thought.
Don’t people call this white snot?? And they cull for it??

Thank ya’ll so much!

No, that's not what I usually see as "white snot," which is truly white, and usually wet, not usually "goopy" or crusty like your photos seem to show. What that looks more like is scabs, possibly from something like Spirochetosis, aka vent disease, aka "rabbit syphilis." Check his vent, if you have not already. Sometimes the infection starts there and is spread to the face during grooming behavior, other times it may start on the face and eventually proceed the other direction; I've seen both. Here are some resources to help determine if this is what you're dealing with:

https://cvm.missouri.edu/diseases-o...sis-rabbit-syphilis-vent-disease-cuniculosis/
https://thenaturetrail.com/care/vent-disease-syphilis-treatment/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/treponema-paraluiscuniculi

 

[Graceful Rabbitry]

No, that's not what I usually see as "white snot," which is truly white, and usually wet, not usually "goopy" or crusty like your photos seem to show. What that looks more like is scabs, possibly from something like Spirochetosis, aka vent disease, aka "rabbit syphilis." Check his vent, if you have not already. Sometimes the infection starts there and is spread to the face during grooming behavior, other times it may start on the face and eventually proceed the other direction; I've seen both. Here are some resources to help determine if this is what you're dealing with:

https://cvm.missouri.edu/diseases-o...sis-rabbit-syphilis-vent-disease-cuniculosis/
https://thenaturetrail.com/care/vent-disease-syphilis-treatment/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/treponema-paraluiscuniculi

Thank you so much!

 

[Graceful Rabbitry]

No, that's not what I usually see as "white snot," which is truly white, and usually wet, not usually "goopy" or crusty like your photos seem to show. What that looks more like is scabs, possibly from something like Spirochetosis, aka vent disease, aka "rabbit syphilis." Check his vent, if you have not already. Sometimes the infection starts there and is spread to the face during grooming behavior, other times it may start on the face and eventually proceed the other direction; I've seen both. Here are some resources to help determine if this is what you're dealing with:

https://cvm.missouri.edu/diseases-o...sis-rabbit-syphilis-vent-disease-cuniculosis/
https://thenaturetrail.com/care/vent-disease-syphilis-treatment/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/treponema-paraluiscuniculi

It is not this, his vent is clean, everything is perfect besides his nose…