snuffles

ive been having a problem with rabbits dieing at 6 to 8 weeks old for no apparent reason they have been just flat on the cage floor some have been alive and some have been dead it seems to be just the females yesterday ive found a 5 week old rabbit with a real runny nose the first thing i did was the baytril dose and today more research on the net their is more forms of snuffles prehaps the ive had the more agressive form with out being able to get to the bottom of my problem with my vet i have only manage to save i doe this year out of six that have had it ive used all known disenfectants with water based but still i lose them whats this about echinacea in the water ?

Properties of echinasea are believed to be alternative, anti-fungal, anti-septic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, diaphoretic, carminative, anti-bacterial, depurative, immune stimulant, digestive tonic and stimulant. The plant is obviously a food supplement. A food supplement is an addition to your food that that you eat. This includes vitamins, minerals as well as herbals.

It is meant to be given as a tonic as an immune booster as opposed to giving to make well.


From the way that you have worded this I assume that you are a breeder.

Snuffles is usually caused by a bacterial infection usually carried by other rabbits which gets passed on to others including babies by droplett infection. If this is an ongoing problem you have an obvious genetic immune deficiency in your stock and I would advise you to stop breeding to maintain and improve the health of the ones you have. Breeding from immune deficient stock only depletes their health further.

Another thought is if this infection is a long standing problem I would guess that it is also ingrained in hutches and the surrounding area where you keep your rabbits.

To be fair to them it would be best to retire your stock and not to continue to breed further.