CiaraPatricia
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I have four female rabbits, who all live together, and I think two of them have myxo Yesterday morning they were fine, then I picked lots of nettles for them to eat cos they've had them a few times and like them. Then about an hour later I went outside and noticed that two of the rabbits had swollen eyelids. I thought that maybe they got nettle stings and didn't really think anything of it. I went to my parents house for the day and am just back now and their eyes are still swollen, slightly weepy, one has a runny nose, and they both have swollen genitals So that sounds exactly like myxo right?
They're no vaccinated, which I feel awful about now, because I didn't have the money to get it done. I used to live in the countryside but just moved to the city/suburbs about three weeks ago, I thought there's no way there's any rabbits around here . . . so I'm not really sure how they caught it, but I guess there could be rabbits somewhere or the neighbours could have a rabbit and there are cats that could transmit fleas
So I've brought the two other rabbits inside, they seem fine so far. I guess I have to get the two sick bunnies put to sleep I'm so sad. I really hope the other two will be ok. They're in my chinchilla's cage, it's a large rabbit cage really, and the poor chinchilla is in a small cat carrier because I had nowhere else to put her.
Any advice? Vets around here don't really know much about rabbits, and from what I've read, it's advised to put them to sleep
They're no vaccinated, which I feel awful about now, because I didn't have the money to get it done. I used to live in the countryside but just moved to the city/suburbs about three weeks ago, I thought there's no way there's any rabbits around here . . . so I'm not really sure how they caught it, but I guess there could be rabbits somewhere or the neighbours could have a rabbit and there are cats that could transmit fleas
So I've brought the two other rabbits inside, they seem fine so far. I guess I have to get the two sick bunnies put to sleep I'm so sad. I really hope the other two will be ok. They're in my chinchilla's cage, it's a large rabbit cage really, and the poor chinchilla is in a small cat carrier because I had nowhere else to put her.
Any advice? Vets around here don't really know much about rabbits, and from what I've read, it's advised to put them to sleep