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Loud breathing

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Question
About a month and a half ago, I went to pick up my rabbit and noticed that she was breathing really loudly. I brought her outside for her and her sister's daily hour of exercise, and she acted completely normal. When I brought her to the vet, she gave me some drops to put in her nose for a few days. About two days later, she was completely normal, although the vet said that she should get a runny nose or something after a few days of this medication. Now, she's still fine, but I want to know-what was wrong?

P.S. On an unrelated note, my rabbits are four years old and have never been spayed or given any vaccines. Is it too late now?

Answer
Hi Natalie.

I can't possibly tell you what is/was wrong with your little girl, unfortunately I don't know enough about veterinary matters, the best thing for you to do is to ask the 'expert' Dana Krempels, she's excellent on veterinary matters :-)

It's never to late to vaccinate :-) With regards to being spayed the best thing to do is to get your vet to check them over and have a good chat with your vet.

As long as your bunnies are healthy then there should be no reason not to vaccinate

Hope this helps and sorry I couldn't help with what was wrong with your girl

Gem x