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bunny making grinding/grunting noise

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Question
Hello, I have recived my three newzealand white female bunnies and my mini rex/new zealand cross female bunny last friday, they got along great with my mini rex who is 5 months old(they met out of cage) so I joined there cages together and they are all now living happiliy in a group, all bunnys appered health when they arrived, all were silent, but the last two days one of the new zealand girls is almost constantly making a grinding/grunting noise, she eats well, drinks, potty well, is active and taming down nicely, she as well as the other gets timothy hay, carrots, parsley, martin brand pellets & chew sticks daily, therere bedding is newspaper and is changed daily, she isnt drolling and since shes eating well this can't be something wrong with her teeth, it seems to be like her noise is slightly blocked by the sound of the noise so I think its something to do with her breathing, the soonest I could get her to a vet is in two/four weeks, I was wondering if you knew what this could be? if the other bunnys can get it or if they probly already have it and if its easily treatable?, thank you for your help in advance.

Answer
If she is grunting, that could be hormones, or it could be a deviated septum or some other nasal issue.  If she is actually grinding her teeth, that would be pain and you would need to figure out why.

If the grinding continues, I would get her in to a vet so you can make sure she doesn't have anything contagious.

Kim