Pet Information > ASK Experts > Exotic Pets > Rabbits > baby bunny breathing fast and diahhrea

baby bunny breathing fast and diahhrea

22 9:51:21

Question
last week my one month year old ( i made the mistake by buying her at a young age) coco would not eat or drink any water..i rushed her to the vet and they put her on critical care and metacam. she was doing better.. she still however was not playful or moving fast but she looked alot better.. a week has passed and as i walked in on her last night i noticed she was pooping green sticky thick poop... it was not solid at all. i cleaned her off and noticed that the poop was running and her stomach was really really big. today i woke up to her fine.. she was playful her poop was kind of normal it was still sticky but it went back to little chunks of poop. about a  hour ago however i noticed her starting to breathe faster her whole body iskind of shaking.. she lays on her side of on her stomach... have you ever heard of any of this? one day shes fine the next shes sick and its just been repeating this whole week... she is also on tmp/smz .17 milliters once a day. anolther thing is shes been eating all day..

Answer
Dear Jessica

It's good that she's eating, but if she is breathing fast and having runny poop, then please see:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/sickbun.html

Green, smelly poop can sometimes mean an overgrowth of E. coli in her gut, and this can be treated with oral administration of ciprofloxacin from your vet.  Please get her to an experienced rabbit vet:

www.rabbit.org/vets

Also be sure to give her simethicone, since she may be having gas pain.  This can have very serious side effects.  Please read:

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html

and

www.bio.miami.edu/hare/ileus.html

I hope this helps.

Dana