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Hi, so I have a beautiful free roam neutered English lop house rabbit, Grayson. A few weeks ago I came home from work and could tell he was sick. I took him to the vet the next morning. He had sores inside his mouth. So he used to go outside, and clearly had eaten something that irritated his mouth. The vet gave him fluids , put him on an anyiantibi and on an antibiotic inflammatory. He also drew blood. I had to do critical care for several days because he didn't want to eat with his sore mouth . After a week he was back to his old self.

So, a few days or so after this happened my rabbit Tallulah also got sick. She stopped eating and it looked like her head was starting to tilt slightly. She has stopped eating in the past couple times and usually recovered after a couple of feedings of critical care. But the head tilt was new. So she went to the vet. Her ears seemed fine, so the vet thinks she has e cuniculi. He gave her panacur and Meloxicam. She is slowly getting better, eating fine and all. She is not free roam. She is bonded to two male bunnies and lives in a large dog pen in my basemen. Her dog pen is part of another larger walled wal enclosure where four other bunnies ( 2 bonded pairs), live in their hutches, but each have a part of this larger walled off enclosure to run around, so they all have contact with each other, confusing I know . None of those other rabbits show any signs of sickness. My vet said they did not need to be treated. He says many bunnies have e cuniculi, but their immune system takes care of it.

So, right after I thought Grayson was all better, I pick him up and hear him wheezing. So back to the vet we go. Now the vet thinks he has pasteurella. He does not have visible drainage from his nose, just the wheezing. He gives him a shot of penicillin. Draws blood, the results are fine. He says he needs to be on weeklypenicillin injections for several months. After a few days the wheezing stops, but he still sounds nasely.

A few days before all of this started I got a baby rabbit. I let Grayson and her meet a little bit, but she is mostly kept separate from him. But they were together for a short time to say hello. Stupid I know I should quarantine a new rabbit. I have had her for three weeks now though, and she shows no sign of illlness and is doing great and almost quadrupled her weight.

So, I am bummed and am left wondering what is going on and what did I do that caused all this and will my rabbits be okay. Last night Grayson was great, running and binkying like crazy but this morning he sounds nasely again. He no longer gets yo go outside except for a few minutes of close supervisiom. Did my new bunny cause the pasteurella? Or was Grayson's immune system weakened from the mouth sores and was succeptible then to it? My vet says most rabbits have pasteurella, but their immune system fights it. I know this is a super long post, but I had to get this out, it's been a super stressful several weeks, and I have questioned my care as a rabbit owner. So thanks for reading if you made it all the way to the end.
 
Here are pics of the indoor enclosure, Tallulah, and an outdoor enclosure. My rabbits downstairs go outside in their bonded groups for a few hours a day if it's not too hot. I forgot to mention that Tallulah also has eye rewetting gel too 4x a day for the eye that title down. And Grayson is upstairs in the house, he has a theory story bunny condo in the family room, it is kept open all the time.
 

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