Driven
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I have some really bad news and I'm not sure what to do. Maybe you could help.My boyfriend (Tom) and I just got a new rabbit on Friday. The day that we went to gethim and the day after Tom was sneezing a lot, but we didn't reallythinkmuch of it. Butlast night he was handling the rabbit and afterward had apretty severe allergic reaction where he was wheezing and his throat startedclosing off a bit. He took benydryl and was ok after an hour, but it wasn't good and I'm really worried.
I don't want to have to give up the rabbitespecially since we just got him and have already started bonding with him, but I don't want Tom to have to suffer either or have to take some kind of allergy medicine every day because of this it just wouldn't be fair and even with a zyrtec or something similiar every day I don't know if that would help enough. I'm going to try a test today to make sure it's not the hay, but I don't see how it could be when after handling therabbit was when things got bad, but we'll see. It would be great to find out that itisjust the hay becausethen I can just buy the compressed little hay pellets they sell instead of loose hay.
Anyways, we're both really upset about it. He told me he doesn'twant to give upCracker Jack, but we have to do what's best even if it's hard.I feel really bad, butI am atlossfor what to do.
I am wondering also... If he is a allergic to rabbits would he most likely be allergic to guinee pigs too? We had a hamster and he was fine with him.I'm just trying to think of what to do because I already have a cage and everything that goes with it so if we have to give up Cracker Jack it might be worth getting a hamster instead of trying to get rid of all this stuff and not getting the money back that I spent on it all... And everything is brand new...
Thanks everyone.
I don't want to have to give up the rabbitespecially since we just got him and have already started bonding with him, but I don't want Tom to have to suffer either or have to take some kind of allergy medicine every day because of this it just wouldn't be fair and even with a zyrtec or something similiar every day I don't know if that would help enough. I'm going to try a test today to make sure it's not the hay, but I don't see how it could be when after handling therabbit was when things got bad, but we'll see. It would be great to find out that itisjust the hay becausethen I can just buy the compressed little hay pellets they sell instead of loose hay.
Anyways, we're both really upset about it. He told me he doesn'twant to give upCracker Jack, but we have to do what's best even if it's hard.I feel really bad, butI am atlossfor what to do.
I am wondering also... If he is a allergic to rabbits would he most likely be allergic to guinee pigs too? We had a hamster and he was fine with him.I'm just trying to think of what to do because I already have a cage and everything that goes with it so if we have to give up Cracker Jack it might be worth getting a hamster instead of trying to get rid of all this stuff and not getting the money back that I spent on it all... And everything is brand new...
Thanks everyone.