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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 12/03/2015 at 9:21 PM
  Zeppelin Bunny
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  Hello everyone! I am fairly. New to this website and I am really excited to be able to get to know some rabbit owners just like me! So back to the whole Help part… I have a 2 year old male Holland Lop rabbit that we just recently rescued from a home were he was not properly taken care of. He was well under weight and his diet had only consisted of lettuce and carrots. He is white with light brown and black spots, mostly white around his face! He is now on a full time diet consisting of Oxbow Timothy Hay pellets, as well as Oxbow Timothy Hay with a digestive support tablet every once in a while. He is back up to a normal weight and is much more active then when we first rescued him, he really enjoys chewing on his toys and running around freely as he is a house rabbit. I love him to death and I get fairly paranoid about his health, as I am a fairly new rabbit owner. His poo has been perfectly fine, no change in color, texture of size, he drinks his water normally and recieves plenty of fresh veggies everyday. He is a very active boy, and he loves to have his ears rubbed. As to his face being mostly white in color, outlining his nose there is a slight yellow color, he does not have any discharge around his eyes or nose, he does not have any problems with sneezing either. I know that all of those are symptoms of ‘Pasturella’ but he has been acting fine this entire time. Do you think anything could be wrong? I’m fairly worried about my boys health. Thank you for your responses!
  
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- 12/04/2015 at 2:01 AM
  Bam
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  It doesn’t sound like anything wrong. Could his fur just bee stained by sth he eats? Could you get us a picture?
- 12/04/2015 at 2:18 PM
  Eepster
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  Staining around the nose can be many things: Bunny is sniffing at something that stains his fur. Bunny is a messy eater. Bunny has faint markings and the fur there is not actually white.
  
  If it was a health problem, the fur wouldn’t simple be colored, it would be crusted with mucus.
- 12/04/2015 at 11:24 PM
  blubudgie
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  Does the slight yellow area feel very much wetter than usual?
  
  To be safe you can always take a trip to the vet just to make sure he is healthy and to establish with your vet what is normal for your bunny.
  Lops and other flat faced bunnies can have issues with their teeth that can cause discharge in the nose so a vet could get that checked out as well
  
  especially for a rabbit that has been living off lettuce and carrots and no hay to help keep teeth in check.
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