Breathing trouble
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B&B Happy goats
Herd Master
I forgot where you are located and where you keep your rabbits ( in a enclosed shelter or outside in hutchs)
Sounds like a serious respitory infection, ... let me tag a few others..@AmberLops @promiseacres @Bunnylady @Baymule @Hens and Roos @Beekissed
Sounds like a serious respitory infection, ... let me tag a few others..@AmberLops @promiseacres @Bunnylady @Baymule @Hens and Roos @Beekissed
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Hens and Roos
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are you seeing any other symptoms with her...discharge from nose or eyes and wetness on the inside of her from paws? How is she acting? Eating and drinking?
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Baymule
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What are you using to treat the ear mites?
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Baymule
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That would work. I used mineral oil.
AmberLops
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Olive oil and mineral oil work well too..they're thicker than vegetable oil and seem to work faster.
Does she have any discharge from her eyes/nose? Is she sneezing? Lethargic?
A few months ago, one of my lop does had a bad breathing issue that sounds similar to your doe...raspy heavy breathing that sort of sounds like a pig. She had no discharge and no other symptoms and after some research it seemed like the problem was caused by the heat/humidity...apparently when rabbits breathe heavier and faster, they can easily wear out the mucus in their throat and nose and after a while it causes raspy breathing. She had a litter of kits at the time and none of them showed any signs of it so I knew it wasn't contagious.
It took about a month before she started breathing normally again, I put some 'breathe easy' essential oil on the bars of her cage and that helped a lot, and I put some echinacea tea in her water bottle. I hope your doe will be alright.
Does she have any discharge from her eyes/nose? Is she sneezing? Lethargic?
A few months ago, one of my lop does had a bad breathing issue that sounds similar to your doe...raspy heavy breathing that sort of sounds like a pig. She had no discharge and no other symptoms and after some research it seemed like the problem was caused by the heat/humidity...apparently when rabbits breathe heavier and faster, they can easily wear out the mucus in their throat and nose and after a while it causes raspy breathing. She had a litter of kits at the time and none of them showed any signs of it so I knew it wasn't contagious.
It took about a month before she started breathing normally again, I put some 'breathe easy' essential oil on the bars of her cage and that helped a lot, and I put some echinacea tea in her water bottle. I hope your doe will be alright.
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AmberLops
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Keep her cool, out of the sun and give her frozen water bottles. The essential oil made a world of difference for my doe
