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Angelate

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Hello.
I’m desperate, my bunny wont stop sneezing. He is 5-6 months old, is a lion head rabbit. I took him to the vet. He says the bunny is ok, no cold. (3 vets to be exactly). Probably is environmental.

Changed everything. I’m trying the 5th kind of hay. The same. I don't use shavings, I use pellets made from sunflower husk, stalks of corn and wheat straw or fir and spruce timber. He sneeze every 3-4 minutes. I seems that because I vaccinated him Friday 3 oct he is worst. Also my bunny is in heat too.

Are all this related? What should I do?

My last vet told me to give him Vibrocil, nasal drops. He's not better. I gave him echinacea tea, nothing. He keeps sneezing.
 
This sounds like an upper respiratory infection to me he needs antibiotics ASAP take him back to the vet if you look down the list there is another bunny that was constantly sneezing and it was a upper respiratory infection and was given antibiotics hope he gets better soon
 
Also they should of not vaccinated a poorly bunny ! That's Probably why he is worse today
 
Have you seen any white discharge from your rabbits nose? Was a nasal swab and culture ever done to identify if it was a bacterial infection? Was your rabbit ever put on oral or injectable antibiotics, and if so which one and for how long? Which vaccination did your rabbit receive?

What makes you think your rabbit is in heat?
 
He's i heat because he is humping his pillow a lot.
When he was vaccinated he was ok, no fever, sneezing, but presumed allergy.
I'm going every month to the vet to see if he is ok. They didn't see any respiratory problem.
He was vaccinated because after that he'll be neutered. The fact is, that till one week ago, there were not any vaccines here.
I wanted to vaccine him the first day I had him.

PS. today I saw mucus. No swab. And because of the vaccine, no antibiotics.
 
Humping his pillow just means he is a mature buck and hormonal. Rabbits don't go into heat like dogs do, and that would just be the females anyways. If you want the humping to stop, you would need to get him neutered, which it sounds like you plan to do. It would be best to wait til you sort this sneezing out and your bun is healthy.

What vaccination was it, was it for myxi or vhd? What country are you in? What color was the mucous that you saw, white or clear?
 
Humping his pillow just means he is a mature buck and hormonal. Rabbits don't go into heat like dogs do, and that would just be the females anyways. If you want the humping to stop, you would need to get him neutered, which it sounds like you plan to do. It would be best to wait til you sort this sneezing out and your bun is healthy.

What vaccination was it, was it for myxi or vhd? What country are you in? What color was the mucous that you saw, white or clear?

It was Pestorin Mormyx (Haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis vaccine in rabbits) . I'm from Romania. The mucous was clear.
 
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I spoke to the vet, she told me to go to her and to give him antibiotics. It is ok? The fact is another vet told me it must wait 10 days after the vaccine to do anything.
What should I do?
 
We don't have the vaccine here in the US, so I'm not sure how long you need to wait.

If it was white mucous, it would for sure be a bacterial infection causing the sneezing and discharge. Clear mucous isn't as sure an indicator of a bacterial infection, but it can still mean that this is what your rabbit has. And since you have changed hay and litter and it still hasn't made a difference, it makes an upper respiratory infection a more likely cause for it. Other possible irritants that could cause sneezing is excessive dust from something, strong household cleaners, or strong scents from things like perfume and other scented items. So you could try eliminating those to see if it makes a difference, bit if not and your rabbit is still sneezing, you will likely need to treat for an upper respiratory infection with the right antibiotic.

An upper respiratory infection can be difficult to treat and usually needs several weeks of the appropriate antibiotic. The anti inflammatory meloxicam is also usually given to reduce nasal inflammation, and the mucolytic bisolvon(if available in your country) is sometimes prescribed to thin the mucous secretions.
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Respiratory/Bacterial/URI.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/Safe_medication/Safe_drugs_main.htm

With none of your vets raising the possibility of an upper respiratory infection, it sounds like they aren't very experienced with rabbits, as this is a pretty common cause for nasal discharge and sneezing. Allergies are a less likely cause for sneezing and discharge in rabbits. And I would be concerned about a vet treating my rabbits, if they aren't very experienced with them, as rabbits are a highly specialized animal to treat, and a regular cat and dog vet just wouldn't know enough to give the proper treatment, and may even give a treatment that might be dangerous to a rabbit. If you can find a rabbit specialist to take your rabbit to, that would be the best thing, as your rabbit likely needs to be treated with antibiotics, and it wouldn't be good if an inexperienced vet gave the wrong antibiotic, as some antibiotics can be fatal if given to rabbits. I'm not sure though, how long you will need to wait after the vaccination was given, before you can start antibiotics. You also need to be careful when antibiotics are given, as it can sometimes cause a rabbit to stop eating, and you would need to watch out for this and change the antibiotic to one better tolerated, as well syringe feeding if your rabbit did stop eating. If you don't have a rabbit specialist near you, maybe your vet could consult with one?

If antibiotics don't help, it is possible it is due to an allergy, it's just not very common. I believe in the UK, the allergy med Piriton(chlorpheniramine), has been used to treat rabbits with allergies, so maybe that is something that could be tried if you have this med available in your country.
 
Thank you for the reply. I really don't know what to do. Only one vet told me only after 10 day after the vaccine they can give antibiotics (same thing I found for this vaccine in Romanian forums), if not the vaccine will be in vain.
But really, 4 vets, 3 different location, no-one can know anything? Still what to do? Antibiotics and retake the vaccine, or let the bunny suffer till Thursday?
 
I would treat the infection ASAP
 
It not seems to be an infection, from the vets point of view. Just give the rabbit antibiotics, in case it is an infection?
 
Yes I would how does the vet know there is no infection have they done any test ?
 
They did'n done any tests. They treat the symptoms. :(
I was to the vet. It gave him an anti-inflammatory and tomorrow antibiotics.
 
That's the correct treatment hopefully it will work keep me posted :)
 
have YOU looked closely up bunny's nose to see if there's anything stuck in there?

Grab a magnifying glass and give a good look up there.

are the front legs matted at all?

A bunny repeatedly sneezing has something off with him.
 
How is he getting on with the anti inflammatory?
 
have YOU looked closely up bunny's nose to see if there's anything stuck in there?

Grab a magnifying glass and give a good look up there.

are the front legs matted at all?

A bunny repeatedly sneezing has something off with him.

He has nothing stuck in his nose. His front legs are ok, clean, nothing on them, not even mucous. I know that something is off, that's why I'm so desperate.
 
Went to the vet, we'll delay till tonight or Monday the antibiotics. Maybe is still an allergy.
 
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