I have a 11 (possibly older) bunny, Bertie. I’ve had him just over 10 years and he has always been snuffly on and off since I got him. Sometimes he is fine, sometimes he is bad. At the moment he is particularly bad!
I have mentioned it to vets over the years, tried antibiotics occasionally but it always comes back.
Bertie currently has a small ulcer on his eye due to a cut. He is blind in that eye and occasionally pokes it with hay. He has antibiotics for it. I saw a different vet yesterday who seemed particularly knowledgeable on rabbits who suggested the breathing problems were most likely Pasturella, especially as they have not improved after a few days of metacam. I think this might have been mentioned once before to me many years ago but at the time we wondered whether he had allergies instead as he always seemed worse during a moult.
We didn’t really discuss it much at yesterdays appointment apart from her saying it was unlikely to be cured. She was more concerned with his eye as his eyelid is crinkly rather than flat against his eye which is something she hasn’t seen before.
I’ve had a Quick Look up on Pasturella and can see that it is worse at times of stress (he makes an awful noise at vets and at the bunny sitters), worse during a moult and worse during the cold weather that all seem to match up. It’s also got worse since he has been a lone bunny (his parter died in January) but this could also match up with the damp weather.
Can anyone give me more details about pasturella?
It never passed on to his partner in the whole 9 years they lived together!
I also read something that Pasturella can cause eye problems. Which may be why he went blind. We had initially thought it was down to EC and treated him for that, but maybe it was the Pasturella?
I have mentioned it to vets over the years, tried antibiotics occasionally but it always comes back.
Bertie currently has a small ulcer on his eye due to a cut. He is blind in that eye and occasionally pokes it with hay. He has antibiotics for it. I saw a different vet yesterday who seemed particularly knowledgeable on rabbits who suggested the breathing problems were most likely Pasturella, especially as they have not improved after a few days of metacam. I think this might have been mentioned once before to me many years ago but at the time we wondered whether he had allergies instead as he always seemed worse during a moult.
We didn’t really discuss it much at yesterdays appointment apart from her saying it was unlikely to be cured. She was more concerned with his eye as his eyelid is crinkly rather than flat against his eye which is something she hasn’t seen before.
I’ve had a Quick Look up on Pasturella and can see that it is worse at times of stress (he makes an awful noise at vets and at the bunny sitters), worse during a moult and worse during the cold weather that all seem to match up. It’s also got worse since he has been a lone bunny (his parter died in January) but this could also match up with the damp weather.
Can anyone give me more details about pasturella?
It never passed on to his partner in the whole 9 years they lived together!
I also read something that Pasturella can cause eye problems. Which may be why he went blind. We had initially thought it was down to EC and treated him for that, but maybe it was the Pasturella?
