I need rabbit help!

• I need rabbit help! georgie4682 Posted : 7/18/2006 4:38:16 PM My rabbit, Thumper, is five years old.  Lately, I've noticed he has been wet when I go to check on him and feed him, etc.  I think it's from his water bottle, but now he is making a weird noise, kind of like a sneezing noise and it seems to be continuous.  I don't know what to do.  I don't know if it's serious.  Could it be hiccups?  Why is he wetting his face, is he too hot?  We have a ceiling fan in there.  I just don't know a lot about rabbits...he is a pet my fiance and I inherited when his mom passed away.  Any help would be appreciated![&o] LIKE 8 REPLIES 192 VIEWS LAST POST GEORGIE4682 Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Firestorm Posted : 7/18/2006 4:44:10 PM Sounds like he has snuffles and that requires him seeing a Rabbit vet or vet that normally deals with rabbits.  Make sure it is a vet that has experience with rabbits that is extremely important.  Snuffles is treated with antibiotics.  You need to get him there very soon.  If it isn't treated,and it is snuffles  it is likely he will die from it.   Good luck to you and your rabbit.  Keep me posted. This will give you some information on Snuffles. [linkhttp://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/02/022802-2.html]http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/02/022802-2.html[/link] Here is another website that may offer some helpful information [linkhttp://www.rabbit.org/faq/index.html]http://www.rabbit.org/faq/index.html[/link] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• georgie4682 Posted : 7/18/2006 4:49:57 PM Thank you so much for the quick response.  I now have to try to find a vet who will se rabbits.[&o] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Firestorm Posted : 7/18/2006 4:56:01 PM No problem, just keep rabbit cool and quiet in this heat.  Best of luck and let me know how he is.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Melissa Camiel Posted : 7/18/2006 5:25:04 PM I'm pretty sure that rabbits (and other rodents) are prone to respitory infections. It could be from not having a clean enough cage, getting wet too often, letting ammonia build up in the cage, etc. I agree that you should go to a vet. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• magilacudy Posted : 7/18/2006 5:44:00 PM Its true rabbits can get sick from reasons listed above. But they can just get sick like all other animals too. Usually most vets will see rabbits. I had a rabbit with the same problem last year. She survived with some antibiotics. But this is a sign that your rabbit does need to be seen. Good luck. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• georgie4682 Posted : 7/18/2006 7:38:38 PM Thanks everyone!  We just got back from the vet.  She said it looked like he has a cold and she gave me some antibiotics to give him 2x a day for ten days.  If he doesn't get any better in the next 48 hours I am to take him back.  Hopefully, he will be ok.  Thanks again! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• jennie_c_d Posted : 7/18/2006 10:02:34 PM Rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs[] Rabbits do NEED probiotics. They have quite sensitive little GI tracts and can become gravely ill from their gut flora being off. Something like BeneBac is generally reccomended, given AWAY from the antibiotics. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• georgie4682 Posted : 7/19/2006 3:23:36 PM ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d Rabbits aren't rodents, they're lagomorphs[] Rabbits do NEED probiotics. They have quite sensitive little GI tracts and can become gravely ill from their gut flora being off. Something like BeneBac is generally reccomended, given AWAY from the antibiotics. Thanks.  Could these be found at a regular Petco or Petsmart? 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login