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Heavy Breathing

Krinnie

Young Bun
When we went into the hay and feed store to pick up Floyd and thought he was sold, I came away worried about how fast his little nose was wiggling and how hard he seemed to be breathing, I figured it was the heat but even now he still breathes pretty hard, his head bobbing and his body occasionally shaking when he does. He seems completely content but my dutch rabbits don't breath like this and I'm starting to wonder if it's a cause for concern.
 
Is he indoor or outdoor? It's very hot. It's quite normal for them to have heavy breathing during this time, even when it is indoor.
 
Happy Hopping said:
Is he indoor or outdoor? It's very hot. It's quite normal for them to have heavy breathing during this time, even when it is indoor.

Sorry about the delayed response, I've checked the forum on a computer that isn't mine and I thought I posted, then I remembered I had forgotten my password :lol:

Anywho, I have one adult outside, and 3 babies inside, the mini-lop is in my room and the dutch-es are in my animal room. I've never seen any of my rabbits breath quite like this lop aside from heatstroke (although this is ongoing) his whole body shakes and his head just, like I said before, bobs.

My room is in the front of the house and gets a lot of sun (bunny is right below the window but I have the shutters closed on the bottom) but I'd say that even with the rising temperatures as of late in California the rooms have been around the same temperature. It just worries me because I don't see the same behavior from the dutch bunnies.

As far as I know; rabbits don't sweat so they cool themselves off through the ears, perhaps since the other little ones have uppety ears and Floyd's are down they're cooling down better? I'm going to try misting his ears tomorrow and see if he breathes any easier.
 
why don't you move him to the same room w/ the dutch and see what happens?

The important thing is, is his diet the same and drinks a lot of water? Remember their diet do drop due to the hot weather. So whatever the amt. that he eats Last Summer, should be the same as what he eats this summer.
 
Happy Hopping said:
why don't you move him to the same room w/ the dutch and see what happens?

The important thing is, is his diet the same and drinks a lot of water? Remember their diet do drop due to the hot weather. So whatever the amt. that he eats Last Summer, should be the same as what he eats this summer.

I've only had for him about a week and a half, he's a wee-one. So there's no way of knowing how much he ate last summer :lol:

As for the "animal room" it's being renovated, things are a bet messy as I moved 4 hamsters out of my room and we're looking for a good way to keep them in there catsafe, we've found that kitty isn't interested in the shelves not much bigger then the cages themselves so we're looking into buying another unit tomorrow even (returned the one we were experimenting with as it was rubbish) birdcage is still on the floor as we haven't hung a hook in there, the other baby buns are in a hugee crate that's wrapped in mesh that's very undesirable to catch the corner on ( the outside of the cage only!) -

needless to say just organization...not so oraganized- it's getting there but there's no room right now for me to stick Floyd in there with his "run" unless I confine him to his crate which is far too small...one of the reasons I didn't stick him next to the other rabbits immediately for bonding.

I'm scheduling him a vet visit tomorrow because I'm starting to believe he may have mites; and I've been pushing a basic health checkup anyways. Will have the breathing looked into - and also am there to see about having him fixed.
 
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