Ok crikey im worried now, Dreamer has always been prone to this since ive had him, he's been with me 2 1/2 years and it hasn't got any worse im just worried the amount of times he's had a snotty nose, sometimes ive had to book a vet appointment for the next day and its cleared up by the time i get him there? Teddy's the same. I'll see what the vet says.
sorry, didn't mean to scare you.
just wanted to let you know what can happen.
bisc and matt started with symptoms at a few months old, the normal vets always said it wasn't a problem. think they had baytril about 5 times, but they would never give more than a week at a time. :? this was from the end of 2006, until feb 2009! :shock: after this time, it didn't seem to work anymore and they got gradually alot worse.
i even requested all the tests and they said there was no point! :evil: this is when i went to the rabbit vet who told me what i have just told you.
i think it's worth speaking with the vet. they all seem to do things slightly differently, but this is what my vet has said and what we have been through.
even with all they have been through, and they have been very poorly, they are now stable on metacam and nebulised twice a day for 25mins each time, they have parvolex and hypertonic saline or normal saline, and when extra meds are needed, have gentamicin added aswell. this has been the best so far, but they have been on so many different things.
bisc was stable after the three months penicillin, matt became very chronic and is only just now stable, we started treatment in feb 09, so he has taken alot longer. depends on the individual i guess. x
eta: true allergies are rare, but matt was tried on an antihistamine which didn't work for him, but might for others.
dusty hay did make them both more snuffly aswell, they have DFH now.
it could be the dust causing it, but also could be causing a flare up of a respiratory problems. i think the amount of times it has come back though is worrying. i'm super cautious though now after bisc and matt.
yeh, i'd speak to the rabbit vet and take their advice. :wave:
eta2: my vet said he sees about 6 rabbits a vet with these types of problems! :shock: most respond well to the initial meds, like bisc did. some become chronic like matt did. think we got the worst case, so just like to let people know what could happen. :wave: