Help! Snuffles!

[Amelia]

So I have had this rabbit for abouut 6 mo and i believe she has snuffles

I will be gone all of next week… and i dont have time to take her to the vet (which is across town) would it be safe to leave her for the week…. and is snuffles curable.? Also we have guinea pigs so i was wondering if it was zoonotic and they could get it

I’m worried right now because this is my first rabbit! Help!

[Mikey]

According to google, yes, your guinea piggies can catch it too. It would not be best to leave right now, it would be best to take your bun to the vet to be tested. If it is snuffles, curing one is a lot easier (and better on the wallet) than trying to cure many at once

Dont be too nervous yet. Snot doesnt always mean it is snuffles. It could be an allergy, or increase of dust in her area (food dust, normal dust, shedding dust, ect) causing her nose to act up. Its also fairly normal for bunnies to have slightly moist noses, and hay dust can easily turn bunny noses green or yellow because of it. However, you wont know until you go to a vet and have her checked out and nose swabbed

Edit to add: Yes, snuffles is curable. Easier for some than others, though. One of my buns had it pretty bad but only needed 2 weeks of antibiotics to get better, whereas there is(was?) a user on here who needed about a month or two worth of treatment for their bunny’s snuffle case

[Yilina]

Hi Amelia,

As Mikey said, snot doesnt always mean it is snuffles. My bunny had daily sneezing fits, scratched his ear and the fur around his eyes was wet (all possible symptoms for snuffles) and it turned out it was just a bunny cold that was cured in 5 days with antibiotics. Also, his litter trail material had to be changed. What do you use for her?

Anyway, the vet told us that the sooner you take her, the easier it will be to cure her, whatever illness it it. Even bunny colds can be very bad.

Hugs.

[Amelia]

1: She has had it for about a month til i noticed — but she hasnt gotten any worse

2: I talked to someone who has both guinea pigs and rabbits and it doesn’t spread between them (she breeds them)

I’m not so sure about it now. I cleaned off her nose yesterday to see if its still discharging — so far so good

[Amelia]

Also, I leave tomorrow and have some finals today. But i am going 

[MoxieMeadows]

Hello and welcome to BB! I’m sorry to hear that you think your bun may be sick. Having a sick pet is never fun.=(

I would advise getting a culture sensitivity done as soon as you can, as it will help diagnose if she actually has Snuffles. Pasteurella Multocida is extremely contagious to other rabbits, and the virus is contagious to most animals like dogs, pigs, chickens, cattle, cats, rodents etc. Theoretically, it can also be contagious to humans too (although I honestly wouldn’t worry about that if you’re healthy and don’t allow your rabbit’s bodily secretions into cuts/scrapes on yourself). 

Pasteurella can be a “short term” issue, or a “long term” issues. Although factors like stress or having their immune system compromised can cause a Pasteurella episode.

Although it’s good to be informed, I wouldn’t immediately jump to conclusions about it being Pasteurella (although it is pretty common). Nasal discharge can also be caused by allergies/dusty hay. I would just have the vets check her out. =)

Good luck!

Here’s a link that I think covers the basics pretty well:

http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/reso…tocida.pdf

[Author]

Messages