Folks,
You may remember some time ago that we lost two bunnies (Bonkers and Pearl) in rapid succession, within a week of each other.
We had path tests done on Bonkers and fairly conclusive results came back a couple of days ago. Viral Haemorrhagic Disease.
Apparently there is a vaccination for this, although I didn't know about it.
If you haven't had yours done you may want to seek some advice from the vet.
The concern is where they may have got it from. They boarded for a week 8 days before the first one died and the second died 7 days later.
It can be carried by insects or birds too but they were very pampered house bunnies, so not overly exposed to this. We just can't say.
The timings seem weird too. Cited incubation time by various sources says 1-4 days. Maybe a new strain going around ?
Anyway the virus is considered active for 3 months at even room temperature, so we'll not be replacing them just yet.
Thanks for all your help and advice over the last few weeks.
Rob B.
You may remember some time ago that we lost two bunnies (Bonkers and Pearl) in rapid succession, within a week of each other.
We had path tests done on Bonkers and fairly conclusive results came back a couple of days ago. Viral Haemorrhagic Disease.
Apparently there is a vaccination for this, although I didn't know about it.
If you haven't had yours done you may want to seek some advice from the vet.
The concern is where they may have got it from. They boarded for a week 8 days before the first one died and the second died 7 days later.
It can be carried by insects or birds too but they were very pampered house bunnies, so not overly exposed to this. We just can't say.
The timings seem weird too. Cited incubation time by various sources says 1-4 days. Maybe a new strain going around ?
Anyway the virus is considered active for 3 months at even room temperature, so we'll not be replacing them just yet.
Thanks for all your help and advice over the last few weeks.
Rob B.
