Sick Rabbit???

[Lightnin1960]

I got an older female rabbit that sounds somewhat like a gurgling sound but don't really know if it's just when she gets excited or not she a pretty much tame rabbit. she doesn't have a runny or messy nose. it's been like that for a while with no changes. Should I kill her or is she ok? She is a good breeder.

 

[PSFAngoras]

Hard to say without more details.

Gurgling noises are usually not a good sign. Last time I heard anything that I would personally describe as a gurgling noise, I had a kit choking to death on its own stomach contents.

If you think it's coming from her respiratory tract or nasal cavity, I would quarantine her immediately and watch her closely. I do have a few rabbits that drink so fast they start snoring water out their noses, but that's usually easy to tell apart from a more internal sounding gurgle.

 

[Lightnin1960]

yeah I'm not sure but it's been for quite some time and it doesn't seem to have gotten any worse. and it's not all the time but a fair amount of the time

 

[Schipperkesue]

Are the inside of her front paws wet or crusty?

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

sounds like pneumonia to me..

 

[Lightnin1960]

nope no wet paws or nose nothing just the sound she makes sometimes