Pigglebread
Well-Known Member
Ok so I've been struggling to kill a infection in my female, abbey and she's bonded to my male. claudio. She was sneezing snot a lot and was on antibiotics twice because the first round didn't do the trick, I'm still on my toes if it will return in her which I have high fears it will. This started a month and a half ago, Abbey was on antibiotics for 2 weeks, 1 week passes by seemingly better after first treatment but starts again the 7th day. We just finished the second treatment round of a 17 days long 1 week ago.
I was told it wasn't necessary to separate claudio from her or it may stress her out more during her stressful period and after a month and a half I thought it was ok. 3 days ago I noticed him sniffling a tad and clearing his nasal airways in what I can only describe as "nasal" sighs. I know my rabbits well and it was just unlike him to make any sort of sniffling like sounds, I brought him to the vet yesterday knowing he probably was going to tell me he looked good but I figure better to be safe then sorry.
Now it's the next day and he's actually sneezing with white nasal discharge under the nostrils with a tad whistle breathing. I've separated him in another room in fear of Abbey being prone to catching it AGAIN. I can't see the vet till Monday but he will be ok till then ( if it of course got seriously worse quicker till then I'd find a place to take him in ).
This is extremely stressful for me and for both of them I know, my question right now is am I right to separate him from her while he clearly shows being sick? Is she more prone to catching it again if he's sneezing like this? Exactly how does this whole thing work? I know things like pasturella is assumed most to all rabbits have it in their system but something happens to them causing the outbreak ( is that what you call it?), like a lowered immune system or something. Does one rabbit with another who is showing sick symptoms cause the other most likely to catch an outbreak as well?
Should I keep them separated till both are symptom free?
I'm sorry this is long, I've just been battling this stupid respiratory infection for a long time now. They have not had a culture yet, we tried baytril and it seemed to help Abbey kill it off so far it seems, so since it was seeming to work the vet felt I wasn't in need of a culture.
I was told it wasn't necessary to separate claudio from her or it may stress her out more during her stressful period and after a month and a half I thought it was ok. 3 days ago I noticed him sniffling a tad and clearing his nasal airways in what I can only describe as "nasal" sighs. I know my rabbits well and it was just unlike him to make any sort of sniffling like sounds, I brought him to the vet yesterday knowing he probably was going to tell me he looked good but I figure better to be safe then sorry.
Now it's the next day and he's actually sneezing with white nasal discharge under the nostrils with a tad whistle breathing. I've separated him in another room in fear of Abbey being prone to catching it AGAIN. I can't see the vet till Monday but he will be ok till then ( if it of course got seriously worse quicker till then I'd find a place to take him in ).
This is extremely stressful for me and for both of them I know, my question right now is am I right to separate him from her while he clearly shows being sick? Is she more prone to catching it again if he's sneezing like this? Exactly how does this whole thing work? I know things like pasturella is assumed most to all rabbits have it in their system but something happens to them causing the outbreak ( is that what you call it?), like a lowered immune system or something. Does one rabbit with another who is showing sick symptoms cause the other most likely to catch an outbreak as well?
Should I keep them separated till both are symptom free?
I'm sorry this is long, I've just been battling this stupid respiratory infection for a long time now. They have not had a culture yet, we tried baytril and it seemed to help Abbey kill it off so far it seems, so since it was seeming to work the vet felt I wasn't in need of a culture.