[Petbunny] my poor madison

[Anne Walizer]

Well, we are off to the vets tomorrow afternoon.  Please send some be  
healthy vibes for our diva.

Her eyes are a bit watery (the fur around the corners seems matted and  
damp) and she seems to be snorting/sniffling when she breathes.  She's  
been laying around more in the last 2 days.  I caught her twice  
sleeping in the pootybox -- I know some rabbits do sleep there, but  
she never has before.  Pooty-production seems normal - but it's harder  
to tell since she has a mate.  Some pooties in their condo are smaller  
than normal but not all.

The cut on her nose looks just fine though and she has broken open the  
scab -- so no more bloody paws, THANK GOODNESS!  But she seems to have  
just gone downhill a bit too fast.  She'll be 9 in October, as far as  
we've estimated, but I"m just not ready to see signs of geriatics in  
any of my buns.  Mentally, I know it's coming, but emotionally, I'm  
far from ready.

She's still eagerly taking treats and grooming her face and moving  
around.

and for once, I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the wetness  
around her eyes (my knee-jerk reaction says pasterella/snuffles but  
why now?  Our warren is isolated from other buns - and I do change my  
clothes/shower after visiting the shelter buns so I have no idea what  
bug/viral thing she may have picked up.  Thoughts?  No other bun in  
the warren seems to be coming down with anything so hopefully it's not  
contagious (I don't have another dog-proof room to move anybody to if  
that's the case.)

I bought a bag of Oxbow Brome hay at the shelter - as a treat for our  
buns to see if they'd like something different than their normal APD  
orchard grass.  In the past, we've all had allergic reactions to Oxbow  
timothy hay (sneezing, watery eyes, my husband's asthma kicking him on  
his butt) so now I'm wondering if the small bag of Brome might be  
upsetting her.

--
Anne
Madison, Kazi, Ben & Princess Maya
www.walizer.net

"You do what you know, and when you know better, you do better." -  
Maya Angelou