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[PrimroseMom1]

The vet said it was from a common virus called pasture... Something and said it lies dormant in rabbits then pops up. She has a free range type enclosure during the day and locked in a clean hutch at night. Even the other vet she rabbit just gets it twice a year. I've only had this rabbit about 3 months.

 

[PoultryPower]

Pasteurella multocida. If you rabbit has this, it's very contagious so be sure this rabbit is staying far, far away from your other rabbits. Also, be sure your not sharing food, toys, etc. with your other rabbits.

What other symptoms does your rabbit have? Runny nose? Sneezing? Watering eyes?

You should never breed this rabbit, she will never recover from this illness, she will always have it, but you can control the symptoms.
The fact that she came down with this is a sign that she has a weaker immune system, which she could possible pass down to offspring.

It can be a very long, difficult process to find the right antibiotics, not from personal experience, but from hearing from people who have tried antibiotics. When a few of my rabbits starting showing symptoms, I culled them. It was a very difficult decision, but I firmly believe it was the right one.

Wishing you and your bunnies the best of luck with this annoying bacteria.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Pasteurella multocida. If you rabbit has this, it's very contagious so be sure this rabbit is staying far, far away from your other rabbits. Also, be sure your not sharing food, toys, etc. with your other rabbits.

What other symptoms does your rabbit have? Runny nose? Sneezing? Watering eyes?

You should never breed this rabbit, she will never recover from this illness, she will always have it, but you can control the symptoms.
The fact that she came down with this is a sign that she has a weaker immune system, which she could possible pass down to offspring.

It can be a very long, difficult process to find the right antibiotics, not from personal experience, but from hearing from people who have tried antibiotics. When a few of my rabbits starting showing symptoms, I culled them. It was a very difficult decision, but I firmly believe it was the right one.

Wishing you and your bunnies the best of luck with this annoying bacteria.  

Thank you so much. The rabbits are separate from her and have been for a couple of months because when I got her she had infected ears and I kept her separate. For that and never mixed her back in when
She developed this latest thing. They also don't share toys or anything else glad I did that. I really appreciate the advice.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

I know how to clean her cage if I ever need to use it for another rabbit, soap, water and chlorox mix. But what about the ground? She has been spending days in a playpen enclosure on the ground. It has been enclosed and confined to one area. Of my other rabbits would ever be in that area, how would I clean the ground?

 

[CicisBunnyBarn]

I know how to clean her cage if I ever need to use it for another rabbit, soap, water and chlorox mix. But what about the ground? She has been spending days in a playpen enclosure on the ground. It has been enclosed and confined to one area. Of my other rabbits would ever be in that area, how would I clean the ground?

There isn't really a way to "clean" the ground. When I had a buck with and abcess I moved the pen from where he had been.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

There isn't really a way to "clean" the ground. When I had a buck with and abcess I moved the pen from where he had been.

Thanks so much. I have a plan.

 

[CicisBunnyBarn]

No problem!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Pasturella is a tricky and strange disease. Some people have had success in eradicating it by giving heavy doses of sub-q antibiotics. Some types of pasturella live in lots of animals... It's projected that 90% of rabbits carry pasturella, and that it isn't always deadly, or contagious beyond the minor virus that almost all mammals carry. And eye-witness reports on the disease VS studies have been conflicting. I've read studies that showed that acute pasturella of the kind that kills bunnies is not contagious and were conclusive towards environmental and immune system changes in individual rabbits... And then I've read eyewitness reports about whole herds catching it and dying. Hard to say what's the real background cause of it.

I'd definitely do antibiotics and isolation. Wash your hands between handling rabbits or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I know how to clean her cage if I ever need to use it for another rabbit, soap, water and chlorox mix. But what about the ground? She has been spending days in a playpen enclosure on the ground. It has been enclosed and confined to one area. Of my other rabbits would ever be in that area, how would I clean the ground?

Well, you could sterilize the ground by building a good sized fire there, if nothing flammable is too close by.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Well, you could sterilize the ground by building a good sized fire there, if nothing flammable is too close by.

My house is 3 feet away. What about apple cider vi gear?