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Hi all! I was wondering how likely it is that salmonella or another bacteria that causes food poisoning could be transmitted to a rabbit. I currently am on vacation and have food poisoning and I am going home tomorrow. Is it okay for me to care for my rabbit normally? I am worried about...

He had normal round fecal balls around 2 pm and then just mushy, wet stool around 3:30. They were still round, but not formed very well. Since I posted this he is acting completely normal, eating great, and pooped three times and the poops were normal. I haven’t changed his diet at all recently...

Hey everyone. I posted a few weeks ago with a question about my rabbit’s exposure to dangerous antibiotics. My cat has a bad ear infection and has been taking liquid Clavamox and Clindamycin twice a day for the past 2 weeks. I was very worried about my rabbit’s exposure to the antibiotics since...

Hey everyone! My rabbit was eating his pellets tonight and had a sneezing fit. He sneezed about 5-6 times while eating his pellets and then jumped out of his cage. I checked on him and he seemed fine. He ran over to the corner that he usually lays in and flopped over. He didn’t appear to be...

That makes sense, thank you! I was giving my cat a capsule of Clindamycin, which she won’t take whole, so I have to open the capsule and mix it with wet food. I got it on my hands, but I just washed them before I went to see my rabbit and refill his hay. I assume any trace amounts on my hands...

Hi everyone! I know that rabbits cannot have certain antibiotics because they can cause fatal enterotoxemia. My cat is currently sick and has to take Clindamycin and Clavamox twice daily. Will my rabbit be at risk if I am handling these antibiotics to give them to my cat? I’m just worried that...

Hey everyone! I have a quick question about choking and aspiration pneumonia. Most of the things that I have read seem to suggest that pneumonia is pretty uncommon in adult rabbits and it is usually secondary to an upper respiratory infection they goes untreated or a choking event. My bunny has...

Thank you so much. I checked him over last night and couldn’t see anything that would indicate that he may have flystrike. He does have some flaky skin on his ears and he has been scratching him with his back feet, but he is completely fine otherwise. I’m going to vacuum out the room that he is...

He is scratching his ears a bit more tonight, but he seems completely normal otherwise. Do you recommend that I take him to the vet or just continue to keep an eye on him? Are fur mites dangerous?

He does have free roam of my room, so maybe it could just be some dust from the environment. I checked his bottom area and couldn’t see anything that looked like maggots and I can’t see any visible mites on his skin. I assume if it were fly strike, I would be seeing other signs and it wouldn’t...

It doesn’t look like it could be fly strike, since I can’t see any visible eggs or maggots at all. I wonder if it could just be some dry skin that is making him itchy?

He is 2.5 and he is neutered. He is not currently going through a molt. He doesn’t have any cuts or scabs on his body at all. He has been itching his ears a bit, so I’m wondering if maybe this fur came from his ears? I just found it on the floor of my room, so I’m not sure where it came from...

I looked up fly strike and it does not look similar to this, so I’m not sure if I should be concerned or if he may just have some dry skin? I also read that it could be mites, but he doesn’t have any scabs, just the dry skin on his ears, so I’m not sure if it could be mites or just dry skin?

Hi everyone. I have an indoor rabbit and today I came home to see some chunks of his fur on the ground as if he had been scratching. They have a very fine sandy/dusty material in them. There have been a few flies in the house, so I am really worried that he could have fly strike. He is eating...

I’ve also been putting my ear near his nose to listen for any wheezing while he is breathing and it is completely quiet. He just ran around, ate some hay, drank some water, and had some treats. I’m wondering if maybe the thumping tonight is unrelated - maybe he just heard something that startled...

Thank you for your reply. I’ve been keeping an eye on him since my post and he has been completely fine. I haven’t noticed any more sneezing and his nasal discharge is still just very thin and watery and there are very small amounts of it- almost like it is just condensation from him breathing...

Hey everyone! Since it is Memorial Day weekend in the US (where I am located), there are lots of fireworks in my town tonight. My bun is about 3 years old, so he has gone though a few Fourth of July’s and a few New Year’s Eve’s. He is a pretty skittish bunny, so he does not like the fireworks...

Hi everyone! I have a 2.5 year old male Lionhead named Mickey. Mickey is a completely indoor bunny and he is 100% free roam in my bunny-proofed bedroom. I’ve noticed over the past few days that he’s had some thin, watery discharge from his nose. Usually I would not be worried about this and...

Hi everyone! I just realized that I’ve been using a jar of Jif peanut butter that was a part of the batch that was recalled in the US for potential salmonella contamination. I have been having some gastrointestinal upset- but no vomiting or fever and I feel fine. If I did end up having...

Hi everyone! I have a 2.5 year old lionhead that is currently going through a very heavy shed. Typically his poops have some hair in them when he goes through a shed like this. I noticed yesterday that he had some small and abnormally shaped poop, but they returned to normal overnight and I woke...