Can dusty hay cause a 'snotty' nose and weepy eye as well as sneezing?
I bought some from Sainsburys the other day to keep me going as my online order was held up for a little bit, as well as something new for the buns to try.
However, one thing I noticed was that it was quite dusty. However, I empty all my hay into one of those popup laundry baskets, so I figured I'd give it a day or two to 'air out' and then use it.
It seemed fine the first time, and they loved it, so I bought some more and did the same. However, a day or two ago I noticed Rex sneezing. He was nosing about in the hay so I thought maybe he got a bit of dust up his nose. However, he's done it a few more times since, and today his eye is a bit weepy.
I was also woken up in the night (must be my paranoid-mummy-radar as it takes a lot to wake me usually!) by more sneezing. However, popping my head over the bed (which is above the rabbit crates/pen before you get confused!), it didn't look like it was Rex sneezing as he was half dozed off. This morning, I've seen Squishy do several of these sneezes, and on inspection his nose is wet.
All 3 of the trio are booked into the vet for 12:30 but I was wondering if it would be something as simple as the hay? Although the pair in the crate next door have had exactly the same stuff with no problems, and Mary who's part of the trio hasn't either.
One alternative I'd considered was molars, but Rex has never had a problem with his as his malloclusion was due to snapping an incisor and it growing back tilted and pushing the others out of line. I'll ask them to check all of their molars while I'm there though, as I know on the last checkup the vet said Squishy's were a bit longer than normal but not causing a problem.
It just seems strange that it would start on one rabbit and then another does the same. I would've thought if it was the hay, the sneezing would've started straight away and all the buns would be sneezing.
They've not been in contact with other rabbits to catch anything, but all were originally petshop buns at shops I've worked in and I've ended up taking them home for various behavioural problems or illnesses! So it may be possible they were carrying something which is flaring up now? :?
If it's not one thing, it's another! Hope they'll let me off consultancy charges today else it'll work out rather expensive! 3 buns, ratty with an infected wound and 2 chinchillas that have gone off their hay!
I bought some from Sainsburys the other day to keep me going as my online order was held up for a little bit, as well as something new for the buns to try.
However, one thing I noticed was that it was quite dusty. However, I empty all my hay into one of those popup laundry baskets, so I figured I'd give it a day or two to 'air out' and then use it.
It seemed fine the first time, and they loved it, so I bought some more and did the same. However, a day or two ago I noticed Rex sneezing. He was nosing about in the hay so I thought maybe he got a bit of dust up his nose. However, he's done it a few more times since, and today his eye is a bit weepy.
I was also woken up in the night (must be my paranoid-mummy-radar as it takes a lot to wake me usually!) by more sneezing. However, popping my head over the bed (which is above the rabbit crates/pen before you get confused!), it didn't look like it was Rex sneezing as he was half dozed off. This morning, I've seen Squishy do several of these sneezes, and on inspection his nose is wet.
All 3 of the trio are booked into the vet for 12:30 but I was wondering if it would be something as simple as the hay? Although the pair in the crate next door have had exactly the same stuff with no problems, and Mary who's part of the trio hasn't either.
One alternative I'd considered was molars, but Rex has never had a problem with his as his malloclusion was due to snapping an incisor and it growing back tilted and pushing the others out of line. I'll ask them to check all of their molars while I'm there though, as I know on the last checkup the vet said Squishy's were a bit longer than normal but not causing a problem.
It just seems strange that it would start on one rabbit and then another does the same. I would've thought if it was the hay, the sneezing would've started straight away and all the buns would be sneezing.
They've not been in contact with other rabbits to catch anything, but all were originally petshop buns at shops I've worked in and I've ended up taking them home for various behavioural problems or illnesses! So it may be possible they were carrying something which is flaring up now? :?
If it's not one thing, it's another! Hope they'll let me off consultancy charges today else it'll work out rather expensive! 3 buns, ratty with an infected wound and 2 chinchillas that have gone off their hay!