BlueCamasRabbitry
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This morning when I went out to feed, I noticed some dried something around the nostrils of my REW buck. I took him out of his cage, checked his paws, his nose. There was no matted fur, no discharge, or anything, so I just took a baby wipe and wiped up the dried...whatever it was.
So, I'm curious...what could it be? He is perfectly fine other than digging all the food out of his food dish (which is quite odd, since usually he dives into his pellets), but he is still eating greens, his hay, and some pellets. There is NO discharge at all coming from his nose. No sneezing, wheezing, etc. No signs of anything that could be wrong. And this just appeared this morning.
He's a little underweight, I wonder if that could have anything to do with it? We've been upping his pellets, but this morning he started digging them out. We kept giving him more, so it's not like we're not offering him more. And he's nibbling hay, and eating grass.
Any ideas?
I gave him 250mg of Vit. C in his water. When I first started syringing it into his dish, he put the tip in his mouth and let me give him some that way. I've had lots of success with Vit C as a method for helping illness (it saved the life of a doe that should have died... so yea...)
Anyway..I'm confuzzled. We are leaving on Thursday to go to Oregon for a rabbit show (Saturday). I'll be watching him closely, and taking Vit C with me as well. He's supposed to be shown on Sat. Other than the strange green dried stuff around his nose, and the digging pellets out of his dish, he looks fine.
I just went out to check on him (3:30 pm Pacific ST) and the dried stuff around his nose it creamy coloured. This isn't new stuff, it's the stuff I couldn't get off this morning. It also was on his chin a little bit, and his top lips. I offered him more pellets, but he tossed his dish and emptied it. :rollseyes:?
Emily
So, I'm curious...what could it be? He is perfectly fine other than digging all the food out of his food dish (which is quite odd, since usually he dives into his pellets), but he is still eating greens, his hay, and some pellets. There is NO discharge at all coming from his nose. No sneezing, wheezing, etc. No signs of anything that could be wrong. And this just appeared this morning.
He's a little underweight, I wonder if that could have anything to do with it? We've been upping his pellets, but this morning he started digging them out. We kept giving him more, so it's not like we're not offering him more. And he's nibbling hay, and eating grass.
Any ideas?
I gave him 250mg of Vit. C in his water. When I first started syringing it into his dish, he put the tip in his mouth and let me give him some that way. I've had lots of success with Vit C as a method for helping illness (it saved the life of a doe that should have died... so yea...)
Anyway..I'm confuzzled. We are leaving on Thursday to go to Oregon for a rabbit show (Saturday). I'll be watching him closely, and taking Vit C with me as well. He's supposed to be shown on Sat. Other than the strange green dried stuff around his nose, and the digging pellets out of his dish, he looks fine.
I just went out to check on him (3:30 pm Pacific ST) and the dried stuff around his nose it creamy coloured. This isn't new stuff, it's the stuff I couldn't get off this morning. It also was on his chin a little bit, and his top lips. I offered him more pellets, but he tossed his dish and emptied it. :rollseyes:?
Emily