I've just had to nip Coco to the emergency vets.
I went out to feed and lock up the bunnies, and Coco rushed to the food bowl and for a nose rub as usual.....
...however, after taking a few munches of her food...she hopped off away from the bowl...and started, what only can be described as wheezing, coughing, and looked to be struggling to breathe.
Her body and reactions looked similar to that of a human gipping/throwing up. The noise she was making was horrific....she looked like she couldn't breathe or was trying to cough something back up. Her nostrals were so fully open, and her whole body was straining.
I freaked out. I called the vet from my mobile, and took her straight there.
The vet I saw wasn't my usual 'rabbit savy' vet. He listened to her chest. She is sounding snuffley and snotty. Well I can hear that just by being near her. Her breathing sounds very very snotty.
The vet said it sounds like snuffles....and that she's probably always been a suffer of it, but it's flared up bad now because of the sudden drop in temperature.
He've given her some antibiotics I have to give her orally twice a day.
I've had a snuffley bun before, and yes, he did sound similar to how Coco sounds now. However, it never came on so quickly, and I've NEVER EVER witnessed a bun making the body reactions Coco was. I honestly thought she was going to collapse at the end and die It was truely horrific to see
I'm not happy leaving her outside. My mum was all for bringing her inside, where I could keep and eye on her....which I agreed, so started to set everything up in my room ready to mover her in.
However, when I went out to her, Bruce was really fussing over her (I think he knows she's not feeling herself), snuggling with her, and cleaning her back. I tried seperating them, but Coco freaked out, and her breathing worsened :? Being in her delicate state, I left her be, were she returned to Bruce and huddled up with him.
I thought about bring the two in, but Bruce sprays so bad :?
I've just put a couple of snuggle safes out there with them, and packed a load of hay in the hutch, but I'm still not happy.
I'm not happy with the vets vague diagnosis, and the fact I don't have Coco inside here with me.
I don't know what to do for the best. I've never seen a rabbit having so much diffculty breathing. I'm so worried.
I went out to feed and lock up the bunnies, and Coco rushed to the food bowl and for a nose rub as usual.....
...however, after taking a few munches of her food...she hopped off away from the bowl...and started, what only can be described as wheezing, coughing, and looked to be struggling to breathe.
Her body and reactions looked similar to that of a human gipping/throwing up. The noise she was making was horrific....she looked like she couldn't breathe or was trying to cough something back up. Her nostrals were so fully open, and her whole body was straining.
I freaked out. I called the vet from my mobile, and took her straight there.
The vet I saw wasn't my usual 'rabbit savy' vet. He listened to her chest. She is sounding snuffley and snotty. Well I can hear that just by being near her. Her breathing sounds very very snotty.
The vet said it sounds like snuffles....and that she's probably always been a suffer of it, but it's flared up bad now because of the sudden drop in temperature.
He've given her some antibiotics I have to give her orally twice a day.
I've had a snuffley bun before, and yes, he did sound similar to how Coco sounds now. However, it never came on so quickly, and I've NEVER EVER witnessed a bun making the body reactions Coco was. I honestly thought she was going to collapse at the end and die It was truely horrific to see
I'm not happy leaving her outside. My mum was all for bringing her inside, where I could keep and eye on her....which I agreed, so started to set everything up in my room ready to mover her in.
However, when I went out to her, Bruce was really fussing over her (I think he knows she's not feeling herself), snuggling with her, and cleaning her back. I tried seperating them, but Coco freaked out, and her breathing worsened :? Being in her delicate state, I left her be, were she returned to Bruce and huddled up with him.
I thought about bring the two in, but Bruce sprays so bad :?
I've just put a couple of snuggle safes out there with them, and packed a load of hay in the hutch, but I'm still not happy.
I'm not happy with the vets vague diagnosis, and the fact I don't have Coco inside here with me.
I don't know what to do for the best. I've never seen a rabbit having so much diffculty breathing. I'm so worried.