swarning1222
Well-Known Member
So I am losing my mind over here. My rabbits had an unexpected litter of babies almost 3 weeks ago now. Shortly after she had them she would have little sneezing fits. It was dry, only a couple times a day and it would only be like 3 quick little sneezes. Her nose has been very slightly wet around her nostrils. I started to get worried after a couple days of this but she seemed perfectly fine, no discharge, no behavior changes, everything seemed normal. And it has gone on like that since. She actually didn't seem to be sneezing as much, then I changed her litter box two days ago and she was sneezing like crazy, and since I've heard her sneeze many times before I went "omg duh it's the litter!!" (I use shredded Aspen bedding) but now it's been two days since I changed it and she isn't even in the same room as her litter box right now and she's sneezing. I noticed in the last couple days her nose seems a little wetter than usual and today I noticed her nose is whistling a little when she starts breathing fast. But it's still clear, no matting on her feed, she's eating like a pig, drinking and going to the bathroom fine. Her eyes and ears look good. No "snuffle" noises. She seems a little more stressed than normal but that started when I blocked off an area of the room for her and her babies instead of leaving her run of the whole room (they just started running around so I wanted to make sure they had a safe area!). Of course when I googled this before all you see is pasteurella and the snuffles and the horror stories that come with that. I am so scared of something happening to her and her 6 beautiful babies!! And I just keep thinking this has been going on for around 2 weeks, wouldn't it be much worse by now and the babies would be sick if it was something terrible? The babies couldn't be in more perfect health. And everytime I tell myself she's going to the vet she seems to get better. I've read when stuff like this happens you can give them Baytril, but a nursing mother? I will take her to the vet if it gets worse but the last thing I want to do is stress her out more. I would really appreciate some advice, or someone who has experienced this before!!