Boris is sneezing, advice please?

Yesterday I heard Boris sneeze, at first I didn't take too much notice but then saw him sneeze again so I have been keeping a close eye on him and he had no discharge and his nose wasn't wet. His sneezes are only little and fairly quiet, he hasn't sneezed more than once in a row and his breathing is not squeaky/it sounds normal and he in himself is normal, doesn't react when he sneezes. Nothing has changed in the room he is mainly kept but the heating has been on a little higher, so I turned the radiator down last night after I was thinking what could of brought this is on and it has helped, today I have only heard him sneeze once and yesterday night after I turned the heating down he didn't sneeze at all whilst I was with him.

I know many things could cause a rabbit but sneeze but what are the most common and treatments? I would like some advice so I know a little bit about sneezing for his vet appointment tomorrow. He was due to be neutered but obviously I will put this off until he is better and he has an appointment for tomorrow.

Foreign body (piece of hay or something similar) up the nose
A respiratory tract infection
dusty environment (hay change, new bag of hay?)

If its an RTI, common treatments would be a course of abx - but tbh, if its completely dry, i'd just ask the vet about it first, as its more likely an annoyance, than an illness.

Good luck at the vets :wave:

Thankyou for your quick reply

He lives in my room but spends a fair bit of time in his pen base (despite the door being open as he has his bed/food etc in there) and I don't think it's dusty as I'm cautious about dust because my rats are sensitive to dust. The hay he has is hay for pets ings hay, I don't think it's dusty.

could the mess he made with the alfafa ring, have made it dusty a bit?? bella sneezes when the hay is dusty or when she pokes a bit up her nose :roll: :lol:

shell1805 said:

could the mess he made with the alfafa ring, have made it dusty a bit?? bella sneezes when the hay is dusty or when she pokes a bit up her nose :roll: :lol:

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I wish it was but he started sneezing regularly quite a while after he'd eatan that and I'd swept up? :?

Liz47 said:

I wish it was but he started sneezing regularly quite a while after he'd eatan that and I'd swept up? :?

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and he hasn't got a runny nose or rattly chest that you can hear??

sounds like an irritant to me.... now the fun part of finding out what :roll:

if it helps bella is allergic to flowers :lol: and yes, i know it sounds silly for a bun but its true. she sneezes and has runny eyes of i have flowers in the house and it comes on if we have the windows open and the pollen count is high xxx

shell1805 said:

and he hasn't got a runny nose or rattly chest that you can hear??

sounds like an irritant to me.... now the fun part of finding out what :roll:

if it helps bella is allergic to flowers :lol: and yes, i know it sounds silly for a bun but its true. she sneezes and has runny eyes of i have flowers in the house and it comes on if we have the windows open and the pollen count is high xxx

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No noise and I can't feel/see any wet but he doesn't stay still for long. Poor Bella! Glad she is more than at home as housebun! xxx

another possibility would be an allergic rhinitis - temporary. The INGS hay is very allergic for humans - sets my husband's asthma right off, and is very dusty at the bottom of the box. There are a lot fo seed heads/flower heads that crumble to dust in that hay and release pollens and/or get dust up the nose from time to time. His symptoms to me sounds like he's got a bit of dust up his nose. I would just keep a watchful eye for now and see how much longer it goes on for.

prettylupin said:

another possibility would be an allergic rhinitis - temporary. The INGS hay is very allergic for humans - sets my husband's asthma right off, and is very dusty at the bottom of the box. There are a lot fo seed heads/flower heads that crumble to dust in that hay and release pollens and/or get dust up the nose from time to time. His symptoms to me sounds like he's got a bit of dust up his nose. I would just keep a watchful eye for now and see how much longer it goes on for.

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That's interesting thankyou. Beano and Gordon have had the Ings hay for almost a year now with no problems, also he's had the Ings hay since august (when we found him as a stray). I also keep his hay in a hay bag so he never has acess to hay staight from the bag, it is always shaken out anyway but that's something to bear in mind thankyou. Sorry I seem to have something to say 'against' what people have said, just trying to give you a bigger picture to see what could be causing this, not go against what you have said