Given that there have been a few rescues or individuals that have sadly suffered with outbreaks of diseases amongst their rabbits, I thought it might be a good idea for people to discuss quarantining and if/when/how it should be done
I know that some rescues on here keep their rescue rabbits seperate from their pet rabbits, but do you keep your new arrivals (either rescue or your own) seperate for a quarantine period incase they're carrying something nasty? Especially as I imagine lots of the rescue buns come in unvaccinated and several of them poorly.
What about owners with several buns, do you quarantine new arrivals? Infact, it could apply to anyone getting an addition bun to the one they have - unless you're 100% sure they're not carrying anything would you keep them seperate from your other bun?
I personally kept Rose seperate from Ben (different buildings, as I've got the animal shed) when she first arrived but I never thought to do it with past buns (though they did all come from my old workplace's quarantine room so technically had been through a long quarantine in a seperate airspace, which is probably the most effective kind!) and I know lots of members on here are in a hurry to get a new bun for an old one that's pining for company, so quarantine isn't done. Are we right to assume buns from rescues will be healthy or should we err on the side of caution?
What about those rescues that have buns come over for bonding? This could potentially cause the spread of disease if the visiting bun carried something and was tried with several partners, or if the area they were bonding in wasn't disinfected heavily afterwards (e.g. EC spores left in the urine)
What do you guys think?
I know that some rescues on here keep their rescue rabbits seperate from their pet rabbits, but do you keep your new arrivals (either rescue or your own) seperate for a quarantine period incase they're carrying something nasty? Especially as I imagine lots of the rescue buns come in unvaccinated and several of them poorly.
What about owners with several buns, do you quarantine new arrivals? Infact, it could apply to anyone getting an addition bun to the one they have - unless you're 100% sure they're not carrying anything would you keep them seperate from your other bun?
I personally kept Rose seperate from Ben (different buildings, as I've got the animal shed) when she first arrived but I never thought to do it with past buns (though they did all come from my old workplace's quarantine room so technically had been through a long quarantine in a seperate airspace, which is probably the most effective kind!) and I know lots of members on here are in a hurry to get a new bun for an old one that's pining for company, so quarantine isn't done. Are we right to assume buns from rescues will be healthy or should we err on the side of caution?
What about those rescues that have buns come over for bonding? This could potentially cause the spread of disease if the visiting bun carried something and was tried with several partners, or if the area they were bonding in wasn't disinfected heavily afterwards (e.g. EC spores left in the urine)
What do you guys think?