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Mucus Health Concern
- Thread starter Steve21
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Vegan_Bunny
Warren Veteran
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
He needs to be examined by a Vet today.
GrahamL
Wise Old Thumper
I hope he's better soon
My bunny has been sneezing a lot since i brought her home.
I took her to multiple vets, trying to find a solution.
We even did x-rays to her, but couldnt find anything.
She underwent 3 therapies, since we couldnt get rid of it.
1) sivotine antibiotic + exocin drops
2)bactrimel syrop + tobradex drops
3) briklin injections + tobradex drops
The 3rd therapy is the one that seemed to work, since we got rid of the mucus, but sneezing continued as normal.
Since the bunny was freaking out every time, i decided to stop any therapy for about a month, but now it looks like the mucus is coming back(photo).
Any help?
Thanks
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
The only advice is to take her back to a Vet
If she has been off antibiotics for a month then a deep nasal swab may give some information about the specific bacteria involved and the most appropriate antibiotic to treat it with
With cases of URTI a very long course of antibiotics is often needed, sometimes as long as 6 weeks.
Jane's idea about getting it swabbed is a good one - that way they can get which antibiotics will kill it rather than having to work it out by trial an error. It would also confirm that the cause is a bug. I've heard a couple of cases with rabbits have a piece of hay/grass seed caught and causing irritation - which obviously doesn't show on xray.
