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my rex keeps having sneezing fits U/D P2

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my house bun toffee has the snuffles and a bad chest,hes been to our local vets and he said he couldnt give anymore antibiotics as hes had 2 courses this year and he may become imune to them, but poor toffee has been chocking and is having these coughing,sneezing fits,well im not actually sure what they are but it is stressing him out,ive started giving him .4ml cat metacam twice a day as he appears to be in pain,but im not sure what else i can do for him, its not nice watching him struggling,
I think ill get a second opinion from another vet when they open later this week,ive taken a video if anyone has any idea of whats going on :(

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I would definitely get him to another Vet ASAP

There are different antibiotics which can be used, along with various other medication to try to help him to feel more comfortable.
 
Yes Jane about an hour ago,hes been like that for a week,i took him to the vets last monday and explained what was going on and the vet said no more antibiotics,he could see toffee was chesty but said unless he had nose discharge there wasnt anything they could do which i thought was a bit odd, i did think they were rabbit savi but im not sure now,either way im not happy,hes not got any discharge,still eating,poohing and is ok in himself,im not letting him out at the moment i think it might be to cold for him,which hes not happy about.
He sleeps indoors on the carpet with bella,could the carpet be making him sneeze?
What is he actually doing Jane sneezing,coughing?
 
He is sneezing

He may also have problems with his lungs, which is potentially very serious.

I note he sits near a radiator, is it on ? If so this may actually exacerbate his problems as it will dry out the atmosphere. If it is on I'd put a humidifier on it.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
He is sneezing

He may also have problems with his lungs, which is potentially very serious.

I note he sits near a radiator, is it on ? If so this may actually exacerbate his problems as it will dry out the atmosphere. If it is on I'd put a humidifier on it.
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Yes the radiator is on,i will turn it of in that room thx Jane.
 
I would definitely echo what everyone's saying about going to the vets asap. If you can get him into a steamy environment too that may help to ease things temporarily - that's what my vet recommended to me.
 
Honey Monster said:
I would definitely echo what everyone's saying about going to the vets asap. If you can get him into a steamy environment too that may help to ease things temporarily - that's what my vet recommended to me.
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Yes i agree he needs to be seen by a rabbit savvy vet asap,ill get it sorted.
Thankyou Jane and honey monster for pointing out how serious this is :thumb:
Ill take the video off you tube tommorow,its not something i want rabbit lovers seeing,but it was the only way i could think of linking it to ru.
 
I took my brave boy Toffee to a new vets today as i kinda lost confidence in my old vets,and i was pretty impressed with her attitude towards his illness, she thinks he has pasteurella which is not good,but atleast she had a plan of action where as my old vet didnt.
So for now hes got baytril twice a day for 2 weeks,which hes not happy about lol,so fingers crossed my poorly boy will start responding in a couple of days.
Many thanks to Jane for her helping me find a rabbit savvy vet :) :).
 
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