Unfortunately little Tiggs has been back and forth to the vets again for almost 2 months now with a snotty nose.
With his tummy not liking Sulfatrim, we started out on Baytril and nebulisation. Seemed to work to begin with, then he'd take a good couple of bunny hops backwards and have a lot of snot to clear. So we wound up on Sulfatrim - a tweaked dose once a day to manage his tummy. Been on that a while now, he's a bit off his food but we've just about managed so far touch wood, with some careful hand feeding, favourite herbs etc (his appetite gets better the longer the time from his last dose was). Sadly this hasn't totally shifted the snot and discharge like it did last year, though has improved a little since introducing a twice daily dose of loxicom and pinch of bisolvin to his nebuliser regimen.
The vets have said he should probably come off the antibiotics, as long-term it's not good for him. She's consulting the the rabbit specialist we were referred to last year and we're waiting to hear back, and in the meantime completing the course of sulfatrim which only has a couple more days to go.
What concerns us is moving forward with him, managing a snotty nose without antibiotics. I'd hate to think his infection worsened or spread. Will the nebulisation suffice long-term?
I also wonder, could his nose 'just be snotty', as in, he has a snotty nose, but no real infection? I ask this because we do wonder if this has all been triggered by allergies. We've done all the CT scans, deep-cleans, changing hay, changing bedding, eliminating chemicals around the house etc etc etc. Owt you can think of, we've done it, trust me. We even follow the weather patterns as I noticed a correlation with the air pressure. One thing we could never truly dismiss however is allergies. He's a house bunny with a garden to play in. This all kicked off in early springtime last year. After about 8 snot free months, his snotty nose has returned more or less bang on when it started last year. Could allergies be making his nose run? It's odd that he's snufflier and snottier on the same days as me, and I'm on anti-histamines all year 'round.