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Hi all. Right now I'm dealing with a very sick bunny. I've taken him to the vet and he's currently being treated with antibiotics, but the vet doesn't know what's causing his symptoms. Hoping someone here has some insight.
The rabbit in question is an English angora rabbit. The illness started when his eyes started looking a little puffy. Next his nose, ears, and genitals became swollen, and the puffiness in his eyelids increased. (This is over the course of a couple days.) His skin looks pretty red, and he's losing a lot of his coat. At first I thought the loss of coat was just his natural shedding, but he's shedding excessively and getting bald patches.
The only thing I can find online that sounds close to his symptoms is myxomatosis, but I'm in California, and it looks like myxo is very rare in the States.
This is the second of my two angora rabbits to come down with this. The first rabbit showed the exact same symptoms, but at the time, the other rabbit was completely unaffected, so the vet diagnosed her as having an allergic reaction from an insect bite and a subsequent secondary infection. She was treated with antibiotics and benadryl, but after a few days of no improvement, went downhill quickly and ended up dying a week after I first noticed symptoms.
About a week later, the second rabbit started showing the same symptoms. (They were not housed together but their hutches were near each other.) It's been 6 or 7 days since I first noticed symptoms in him, which means he's doing better than the other rabbit was at this point in her illness, but he's not really showing signs of improvement. He's on the same antibiotic that the first rabbit was, plus a second antibiotic that the first one didn't receive.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. These guys are beloved pets and I was devastated to lose the first one. I also have a third rabbit and I'm concerned about him catching it as well. The third rabbit is a lionhead and is kept indoors, whereas the angoras were both in hutches outside.
The rabbit in question is an English angora rabbit. The illness started when his eyes started looking a little puffy. Next his nose, ears, and genitals became swollen, and the puffiness in his eyelids increased. (This is over the course of a couple days.) His skin looks pretty red, and he's losing a lot of his coat. At first I thought the loss of coat was just his natural shedding, but he's shedding excessively and getting bald patches.
The only thing I can find online that sounds close to his symptoms is myxomatosis, but I'm in California, and it looks like myxo is very rare in the States.
This is the second of my two angora rabbits to come down with this. The first rabbit showed the exact same symptoms, but at the time, the other rabbit was completely unaffected, so the vet diagnosed her as having an allergic reaction from an insect bite and a subsequent secondary infection. She was treated with antibiotics and benadryl, but after a few days of no improvement, went downhill quickly and ended up dying a week after I first noticed symptoms.
About a week later, the second rabbit started showing the same symptoms. (They were not housed together but their hutches were near each other.) It's been 6 or 7 days since I first noticed symptoms in him, which means he's doing better than the other rabbit was at this point in her illness, but he's not really showing signs of improvement. He's on the same antibiotic that the first rabbit was, plus a second antibiotic that the first one didn't receive.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. These guys are beloved pets and I was devastated to lose the first one. I also have a third rabbit and I'm concerned about him catching it as well. The third rabbit is a lionhead and is kept indoors, whereas the angoras were both in hutches outside.