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Rabbit with hayfever?
- Thread starter Kavanne
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Lea-Anne
Warren Veteran
Vince has to have dust free hay and even a new handful in his tray can set him off. As Nessar said dust aggrevates snuffle buns more than anything. We have also replaced vet bed with lino in his indoor cage too. We have found steam therapy helps too.
I would definitely get on top of this before it gets to the discharge stage. Good luck x
wendle
Warren Veteran
My bunny violet is like this she's had every test possible even had X-rays and biopsys done and she still sneezes occasionally , she's allergic to certain hays so I try and stick to dust free hay and she's also ok with one I buy from ebay , she has childrens liquid piriton
Yep it can start that way. My Barney has never had snot come out of his nose, and he has been a snufflebun for about 2 and a half years. He does often get slightly damp nostrils though. But yes, just because they aren't sneezing out snot doesn't mean it is not snuffles. It may also be that the mucus/pus is very thick, so that although he is trying to sneeze it out he can't. Metacam (reduces inflammation), bisolvon (thins mucus) and a nebuliser (steam) can help with that.
Is she an indoor or outdoor bun?
Snuffles is a complex illness and writing it off as 'hay fever' after two weeks just because it isn't responding to abx quick enough isn't really the way to go... if left untreated it can cause permanent scarring and even death. I would however reduce the amount of dust in his environment, as dust irritates the airways and can make the sneezing worse.
You don't always get discharge from the eyes, either. You don't always get all the symptoms, especially at the start. My Barney didn't sneeze at all for a few months after he had it! Annabella sneezed but had no other symptoms. Hopefully for your bunny's sake, it will stay mild.
If she is indoors then you need to make sure irritants are kept at a minimum, so hoover lots to reduce dust, don't use aerosol anything, don't use candles (especially not scented), olbas oil/oil burners, harsh chemical sprays etc. Stress needs to be kept to a minimum as well.
It is good she is indoors, as you will see/hear her sneezing more often - often it is not known how much they are sneezing when they are outdoors. Both Barney and Annabella would sneeze most between 1am and 4am, when I was most likely to miss it- thankfully they were in my bedroom so sometimes I was still awake and others the bad sneezing fits from Barney would wake me.
Does she clean her face after sneezing?
I'm not saying it is 100% snuffles, after all I am not a vet, I am just saying that snuffles is extremely common and takes way more than 2 weeks to treat, and 2 weeks of antibiotics is nowhere near enough before writing it off as something else untreatable. Perhaps it is not pasturella and is another bacteria that causes snuffles, hence some different symptoms, or perhaps it is just mild atm.
Booked back into the vet tomorrow but this will be the third visit and I hate stressing her out like this
Make sure you go armed with info about snuffles and what you think she needs. Do some research on snuffles beforehand. Write down everything you need to tell/ask the vet so that you don't forget when you're in there.
