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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Pasturella

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    • Emilyjo
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        So about a month ago my boyfriend and I finally took the plunge and decided to adopted our female lionhead a friend. We went to our local shelter and met a couple, her meet with one in particular went the best. It was an average meet, they sniffed each other but there was more ignoring then anything so we went ahead and adopted him. So we welcomed Marley (later changed to Jax as we already have a dog named Marley) who is 6lb, 1.5 year old American mix into our home.

        So we started the bonding experience slow, gave him a couple days the settle into his new (hopefully) temporary cage. So we started the meets in the bathroom for sort periods of time and it was going great, a little bit of humping here and there but overall good.. But then on the 7th I woke up and looked at my females eyes and they were swollen and watery. I immediately called my vet, who wasn’t in and called my two back ups who either were booked or also out of office. I finally found a good vet that had an opening and we took her in. After a few tests the vet told us she believed she had pasturella. So a ton of money later she was sent home with three medications. We have since halted the bonding experience all together until Arya is all better.

        BUT my main question is how difficult is it going to be to bond them now? The vet said it’s something that isn’t likely to ever fully go away and Arya could always have flare ups during stressful periods. I obviously don’t want to stress her out too much. The vet also said that we shouldn’t have to worry about Jax because he’s already been exposed to it being a shelter rabbit and seeing that he’s been around her, but his immune system is probably strong enough to fight it off.

        Has anyone had an experience bonding bunnies when one has pasturella? Any tips? How can I make bonding least stressful? I feel like she likes him, their cages are semi close and she just sits there and stares at him, she’s super curious about him as he is to her.

        P.S- I wasn’t sure if I should put this is bonding or general.


      • Megabunny
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          I’m doubting this is going to interfere with anything, since they haven’t had any big fights, which I think is more what you’d be in trouble over. I would put this in bonding if you don’t get other responses, though people don’t generally just stick to one forum anyway


        • LittlePuffyTail
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            From what I’ve read, it seems that most bunnies actually have pasteurella in their system but for the majority, it remains dormant and doesn’t cause any problems.

            I would go ahead with the bonding but just take it very slow. Increase time and space of bonding sessions only when both bunnies seem okay with the situation. This is how I would bond anyways, regardless of the health of the bunnies. Slow is best.


          • MoxieMeadows
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              My bun was diagnosed with Pasturella a few weeks ago, so I know where you’re coming from. I would take it slow to reduce the chances of another flare-up.

              May I ask what 3 meds she was prescribed? My vet only gave us 3 weeks of Baytril, which we are still on.


            • Emilyjo
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                The vet prescribed 2 weeks of baytril, 10 days of metacam, and then gentak for her eyes. Sorry to hear about your bun!


              • MoxieMeadows
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                  Hmm, maybe because the Pasturella hadn’t spread to my bun’s eyes? Well I hope your bun gets better soon!


                • Tibbs
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                    Metacam is hard on a rabbit’s system. I suggest watching your rabbit when using it… In my experience – unless your rabbit is in pain, it causes more harm than good.

                    A lot like cold sores in the human population(which 90% of the population have), pasturella is incredibly common in the rabbit world. A lot of rabbits can have it for their entire lives and it’ll have no effect. It is spread easily and quickly, and often the mother passes it on to their children through contact with her urine.

                    Honestly, the way you are describing her eye infection, it doesn’t necessarily sound like the affect of pasturella to me… often it reveals itself as snuffles as the primary infection. After prolonged snuffles symptoms you can see it in the eyes as a sludgy goopy look around the edges of the eye lids. I know this is awkward, but has your boy humped her face at all? Rabbits will hump each other’s heads to show dominance. I feel that perhaps this is more the reason of the eye infection…Essentially like pink eye in people – it is called conjunctivitis in both rabbits and people.


                  • Emilyjo
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                      One of the main reasons the vet thought it was Pasteurella was because she had conjunctivitis and her tear ducts were blocked (she did this test where she put this green liquid in her eye and used a black light to see if any of it came out her nose, which it didn’t) which with what I was reading, and from what the vet was saying can happen to a rabbit with pasteurella.

                      But she hasn’t been humped, she was the humper not the humpee. Lol


                    • MoxieMeadows
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                        So how’s the bonding going?


                      • Alice's White Rabbits
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                          So when we First tried to breed My female rabbit to our male and she humped his face she was just basically saying “hey im the boss here”?

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