my3monkees
Young Bun
I'm at a loss right now. Unfortunately I think my daughter is developing an allergy to her rabbit! She has sensitive skin and quite often complains of being itchy. It has been happening more and more frequently. At night she would come down and say how itchy she was, quite often it would be accompanied by welts. But I just assumed the welts were from her scratching. Her skin welts up very easily. But now I'm wondering if it was actually the start of hives? We got the rabbit in November, and now that I think back, that's about the time this all started happening. This morning she came down and showed me the inside of both of her arms were covered in hives. I had to give her 2 Benadryl to get it to calm down, 1 didn't help at all. She was fine after that, then this evening, her stomach broke out, so I gave her more Benadryl. Her arms were fine at that point, but she fed the rabbit right before bed. When I went up to say good night she showed me her arms they were completely broken out again, despite the Benadryl she had just taken.
I'm not sure what to do. I'm going to do some experimenting to be sure it is the rabbit. But I'm really afraid it is. There is no place else in our house to put the cage. Right now it is in her bedroom. We can move her outside for the summer, but we get to cold around here to house outside in the winter.
If it was a nasal allergy, it would be easier to deal with. But, I can't have her breaking out like this all the time. Especially as the Benadryl is barely helping.
Any one else deal with this, have any ideas or suggestions I could use to mitigate the problem. Just dread the thought of having to tell her, that we might have to rehome her pet.
I'm not sure what to do. I'm going to do some experimenting to be sure it is the rabbit. But I'm really afraid it is. There is no place else in our house to put the cage. Right now it is in her bedroom. We can move her outside for the summer, but we get to cold around here to house outside in the winter.
If it was a nasal allergy, it would be easier to deal with. But, I can't have her breaking out like this all the time. Especially as the Benadryl is barely helping.
Any one else deal with this, have any ideas or suggestions I could use to mitigate the problem. Just dread the thought of having to tell her, that we might have to rehome her pet.