So, i adopted a 9 month old boy mix breed from Pets at Home about 4 days ago, to keep my girl rabbit company!
Adopting from there gives you a free health check, and neutering from the in house vets (So i thought great)
He's really skittish, i don't think he's been handled much and he's a bit nervous from the move, which is as expected! So i haven't really been able to get a proper look at him yet till yesterday.
He's not been touching his hay, or other dry forage I've been offering, not really touched his nuggets but has been eating all the fresh food I've given him. It seems like he's hardly touched his water either.
My OH noticed that the fur on his front legs is dry and matted? So i picked him up to check him over and they're dry and crusty, and his nose is wet. I've read this is from wiping his snotty nose.
He occasionally makes a snorting nose, like he's blowing out his nose really hard, but there's no mucus. Its just wet and a little slimey to touch.
He otherwise actually seems really healthy. He's really quite active, runs around his pen happily. Been doing some binkys, cleaning himself regular.
Other than the lack of eating and the wet nose he seems fine? I took him to the vets for pets for his free health check, the lady said he seems really healthy. She did ask me if he'd been sneezing, i said he had (as i didn't really know how else to describe this noise he was making) She checked his nose and said he was fine. (this vets isn't my usual vets)
I'm worried its pasteurella? But, just noting that he'd been being fed the pets at home own brand nuggets and hay while at the store (where he had been up for adoption for 2 days) which, i'm gonna go out on a limb and say was different to what he'd been being fed before. I brought their brand hay and nuggets, to aid the change over process to our hay and nuggets. I've noticed the hay is REALLY dusty, could it be this?
I just wanted a little advice before he goes to vets again. Thanks!
Adopting from there gives you a free health check, and neutering from the in house vets (So i thought great)
He's really skittish, i don't think he's been handled much and he's a bit nervous from the move, which is as expected! So i haven't really been able to get a proper look at him yet till yesterday.
He's not been touching his hay, or other dry forage I've been offering, not really touched his nuggets but has been eating all the fresh food I've given him. It seems like he's hardly touched his water either.
My OH noticed that the fur on his front legs is dry and matted? So i picked him up to check him over and they're dry and crusty, and his nose is wet. I've read this is from wiping his snotty nose.
He occasionally makes a snorting nose, like he's blowing out his nose really hard, but there's no mucus. Its just wet and a little slimey to touch.
He otherwise actually seems really healthy. He's really quite active, runs around his pen happily. Been doing some binkys, cleaning himself regular.
Other than the lack of eating and the wet nose he seems fine? I took him to the vets for pets for his free health check, the lady said he seems really healthy. She did ask me if he'd been sneezing, i said he had (as i didn't really know how else to describe this noise he was making) She checked his nose and said he was fine. (this vets isn't my usual vets)
I'm worried its pasteurella? But, just noting that he'd been being fed the pets at home own brand nuggets and hay while at the store (where he had been up for adoption for 2 days) which, i'm gonna go out on a limb and say was different to what he'd been being fed before. I brought their brand hay and nuggets, to aid the change over process to our hay and nuggets. I've noticed the hay is REALLY dusty, could it be this?
I just wanted a little advice before he goes to vets again. Thanks!
