LionheadLuver
Warren Veteran
Question in title.
Bordatella I think I'm not sure.
I would want to avoid housing Rabbits and Guinea Pigs in the same environment, eg separate set-ups in same shed as Bordetella can be transmitted via airbourne route as well as via direct contact. Whilst good ventilation *should* mean that there would not be a problem I personally would not take the risk.
I wouldn't ever advise keeping a guinea pig with a rabbit. I was wondering about passing it on through clothes or airbourne if I got some guineapigs. They would live separately (obviously), but I'd care for both of them, so could i pass it on that way? Also, some times they may be in the same room (separate cages and not let out together), could this be a problem?
Just out of curiosity, what are the symptoms of these diseases in piggies?
And this can be airborne? So if you had alot of piggies in the same room as a couple of bunnies and one piggie got this disease, could it kill all the piggies? Even if they were housed separately?
And this can be airborne? So if you had alot of piggies in the same room as a couple of bunnies and one piggie got this disease, could it kill all the piggies? Even if they were housed separately?
OK. Would this disease kill them overnight?
OK. I was just wondering as a friend of mine lost about 15 piggies (she used to foster and rescue them) over about 2 weeks. Everyday a piggie was literally just dying even though they were eating and fine the day before. She had the pigs in cages stacked upon one another and so were in close quarters. In the same room but away from the piggies she had 3 unspayed, bonded bunnies. The pigs were away from the run but obviously in the same room. The vets told her it was most likely a virus which unfortunately spread extremely quickly and there was nothing she could do apart from wait to see if any survived the outbreak. She never found out exactly what the virus was but reading this I was wondering if it could have been something to do with the bunnies.
Of course it may have been totally unrelated since she did bring a piggie into the house which was not well and although it was kept separate from the other pigs it could have still brought in something which was very contagious.
She only has 2 pigs now and has 3 bunnies which are in the same room (but are obviously not in the same enclosure) and I just wanted to get my facts straight so I can tell her about the risks. I didn't realise the pigs would be in danger even if they are just in the same room and I don't think she knows this either.