Baytril is a broad spectrum antibiotic that’s often first choice for snuffles. many., many of our members have used it with their buns. It’s effective against the bacteria that most commonly cause snuffles – pasteurella and bordetella and pseudomonas.
It is very common for snuffles patients to require several weeks long courses of antibiotic treatment. If Baytril doesn’t do the trick, it can be combined with for example penicillin injections (penicillin can never be given by mouth to rabbits). It can be a week before you see real improvement, but if your bun gets worse, you should contact your vet. Signs of snuffles getting worse are, for example, wheezing breathing sounds, bun sitting with it’s chin up and breathing through it’s mouth (rabbits should only ever breathe through their noses) and/or frequent head shaking or head tilt. Also keep an eye on appetite and poop. You can supplement his diet with a probiotic (benebac is a much used brand) because antibiotics are tough on the gut microorganisms and rabbits have senitive tummies.