hi bought a red mini lop doe when i brought her home she seemed fine then she started sneezing and white stuff coming out of her nose took her to vet baytril and metacam she seem to be a lot better than she was not as snotty as she was thats not he problem the problem is a few days later she gave birth didnt even know she was pregnant what i want to know is are the babies which she had 5 of are all thriving she is a very good mum ive been told they are imuned until 6 weeks so split before then can you keep and breed from babies whos mum has had snuffles or are they best sold as pets and will i have to sell the mum after babies are weaned will she ever be able to be bred from again or would it rear its ugly had again i am also putting her metatone in her water to pick herp a bit she seems a lot better than she was
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snuffles
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
None of the Rabbits should be used for Breeding.
prettylupin
Wise Old Thumper
Babies should not be split from mum until they are atleast 8 weeks old.
jewaller
Alpha Buck
snuffles.??
did the dvm do a nasal culture,or facial radiograghs to identify,,isolate the bacterial infection--please read up on snuffles/pasturella,--it is well worth being informed,,the broad spectrum antibiotic baytril may not work well,,and a probiotic .ie.probios-should be given to keep the gitract-flora working-with the grasses,,--here is a medical link http://www.medirabbit.com -it is possible bactrim or azithromycin may be needed,...sincerely james waller
did the dvm do a nasal culture,or facial radiograghs to identify,,isolate the bacterial infection--please read up on snuffles/pasturella,--it is well worth being informed,,the broad spectrum antibiotic baytril may not work well,,and a probiotic .ie.probios-should be given to keep the gitract-flora working-with the grasses,,--here is a medical link http://www.medirabbit.com -it is possible bactrim or azithromycin may be needed,...sincerely james waller
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none of bunnies should be bred from in future, best to get all netuered and then paired up and rehomed if you cannot keep them. they should remain with mum until 8-12 weeks when you will need to seperate into sexes until they are neutered, also you will need to get al lof them vaccinated. each pair should be in a 6x2x2ft hutch obviously while they are very small they stay with mum and where ever she is is best o leave her while they in the nest. hope this info helps x
if iv understood correctly they only bought her to breed from hence why would sell her if not able to breed? apologies if i got that wrong?
you should keep her with a compnion prehaps one or two of her daughters? as a loving pet. x
fair enough my apologies i was not understanding. hoepfully you can cure the snuggles you must tell any potential new owners aboutit though as it can reoccour. hope this bun has a better start well done on getting it from a bad situation x
