Hi all, I'm a new rabbit owner and we got our mini lops 3.5 weeks ago when they were 11wks old. After the initial 3 days in the hutch to settle we brought them out to briefly handle and allow to run around out lounge. We noticed that the female was sneezing occasionally and we began checking on them more frequently to see if it was happening in the hutch too. We saw her having sneezing fits in the hutch too and so I contacted the breeder and she checked her over, listened to her chest and saying her chest sounded clear, she suggested it may be an allergy so she gave me some antihistamine to put in the water. After 3 days no improvement and her nose now appearing damp and white snot just inside her nostrils I messaged the breeder again. She told me to administer it orally from now on. 4 days later, there being no difference, the male began to sneeze and his nose too appeared wet and snotty. The breeder asked me to bring them both up as now they were both sneezing she was concerned. She listened to the both and said her chest was still clear but his sounded a little crackly and she gave me some broad spectrum antibiotics saying it could be a virus that went undetected in mum that she's passed to the littler, as they were siblings. I gave these antibiotics for 5 days and the sneezing seemed to stop in him and almost stop in her so the breeder gave me some more and said it sounded like it was working and gave me some more saying a few more days and it should have cleared. They've just finished this last lot and the female is still sneezing and her nose appears wet. He too has a snotty nose but it only seems to be snotty when he's in the house. In the hutch it looks dry.
Does anyone have any experience with this at all that can help me.
I've decided really I need to go to the vet with them but the breeder said swabs don't work as the virus dies by the time they get it to the lab. What do I do? Thanks in Advance.
Does anyone have any experience with this at all that can help me.
I've decided really I need to go to the vet with them but the breeder said swabs don't work as the virus dies by the time they get it to the lab. What do I do? Thanks in Advance.