My rabbit has snuffles, on medication. When should I see improvement?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Male | neutered | 2.9 lbs
My recently adopted male rabbit bonded with my bereaved female - since adopting him before Christmas has developed Snuffles unexpectedly - brought him indoors as Vet suggested & is on Baytril, Ranitidene & Metacam. If which I have been feeding him 3 times a day via syringe of DualCare & giving him 10ml of baytril once a day & the other 2 twice a day - plus diluted tummy care by Beaphar that my Vet also said is ok to give him( 125ml throughout each day). Only started treatment Friday.
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Published on January 20th, 2018
Hello, and thank you for your question. It sounds like Snuggles has all the right medications to help resolve his Snuffles infection. I would give it a few more days to see improvement. If still no improvement by then, I would recommend taking him back to the vet. They may want to take a culture sample of his nasal discharge to check exactly what bacteria is present, or decide to switch his antibiotic type altogether. X-rays may also be recommended to rule out pneumonia, which is more serious and more difficult to treat. I hope this helps, and that Snuggles feels better soon!
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Published on February 18th, 2018
He is not likely to be on antibiotics forever but he might suffer from mild symptom of snuffles long term, eventually it might cause a few crisis through his life which will require a course of antibiotics each time. there is also a possibility that he will never have it again after the treatment is done.
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