1. Causes of a cold in rabbits
1. Most cases of a cold in rabbits are caused by cold, such as changing seasons Failure to keep warm during the season, exposure to rain, or the environment where the rabbit lives is too humid may cause the rabbit to catch a cold.
2. Summer is also a high incidence of rabbit colds. Because of the hot and humid days, once the temperature suddenly drops or the ventilation is too large at night, it is easy to cause rabbits to catch a cold.
3. Rabbits are easy to catch cold after shearing, which can also cause colds, so pet owners should pay attention to keeping them warm after helping rabbits shearing.
4. When rabbits experience excessive fatigue during long-distance transportation or encounter great changes in external environmental conditions, their resistance will also decline, and pathogenic microorganisms will take advantage of the intrusion and cause them to catch a cold.
5. The incidence of cold in young rabbits and adult rabbits with poor constitution will be higher.
6. If the rabbit body lacks vitamin A, it is easy for it to catch a cold.
All in all, wind-heat and wind-cold are common causes of colds in rabbits. Therefore, pet owners must pay more attention to changes in the weather in their daily life, keep their pets warm and preventative, and try to avoid Failure to take measures to cool down and reduce humidity or keep warm and prevent cold causes the rabbit to catch a cold.
2. Symptoms of a cold in rabbits
1. There is no early warning for a cold in rabbits. Sudden onset.
2. Rabbits usually show symptoms such as lack of energy, sneezing, runny nose, coughing, and inactivity when they have a cold.
3. Rabbit’s eyes often appear half-closed, tearful and conjunctival flushing.
4. The nasal mucosa becomes inflamed, the nose becomes red and swollen and accompanied by itching, so the rabbit will often wipe the nose with its forefoot.
5. Rabbits will have runny nose when they have a cold. In the early stage, the flow of water-like nasal fluid is gradually changed to mucus nasal fluid, and hard lumps are often formed, causing their nostrils to be blocked, making it difficult to breathe. , and make big or small grunts when breathing, which is the performance of the rabbit’s poor breathing.
6. Loss of appetite or even no appetite.
7. When the rabbit has a cold, the extremities, nose and ears are slightly cool, and sometimes there will be tremors, arched back, and unstable standing; the body temperature will rise.
If a rabbit’s cold is not treated in time, it is easy to cause secondary bronchopneumonia.
Three. Diagnosis of a cold in rabbits
According to the symptoms of a cold in rabbits summarized above, once the rabbit has lack of energy, loss of appetite, Symptoms such as elevated body temperature, cough, runny nose, sneezing, and flushing eyes can confirm the diagnosis.
Warm reminder: Rabbit colds can be cured quickly if treated in time. I hope all pet owners pay attention to their every move when taking care of rabbits. If there is an abnormality, please diagnose and treat it in time to avoid the deterioration of the condition and escalate the difficulty of treatment.
