PLEASE HELP! Rabbit with bloody nose!

[RabbitGirl321]

My little Dolly, a dwarf hotot doe that's expecting her first litter next month, had a bloody nose this morning! Between this and also waking up to my only showable dutch kit in my last litter being frozen, and on my birthday no less, I'm all kinds of stressed... aside from the bloody nose, she also has watery eyes. Her face almost appears crooked, like one side of her nose is up higher and the same side her lips almost seem pulled up. I'm going to try and get pictures soon to show you guys. In my google searches I saw where it said it could be an injury to her teeth/tooth, which I'm thinking could possibly be what's going on as her teeth aren't looking real good either. Just... any ideas on what this is and what to do for it would be greatly appreciated! :cry1:

 

[RabbitGirl321]

Alright, I tried to get pictures. Sorry they're not the greatest, it's dark out plus when it came to teeth picture is was hard taking the picture AND holding lips back lol. Couldn't really get pictures to show the bottom teeth by myself... but one of them looks normal while the other faces the back of her mouth more rather than going upwards.

 

[ladysown]

hard to say for sure what is going on... she definitely has something not quite right.

Could she be pulling on the wire and messed up her teeth?

 

[RabbitGirl321]

She is one of the few I don't really see pulling on the wire, so I really don't think so but I can't be 100% sure.

 

[JBun]

The lop sided face can be due to an ear infection. The bleeding may also be linked to the ear infection or it could be due to a problem with the teeth. The watery eyes can also be linked to either of these. I would suggest having your rabbit seen by a vet to further investigate what might be causing these symptoms.

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Neurology/Otit/otitis.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Dental_diseases/Differential/D_problems1.htm

 

[RabbitGirl321]

We have no vets around us who will even look at a rabbit, thought I wrote that in my post but perhaps I forgot too, knowing me I did. That is why I am here. Thank you, I'll check the links out.

 

[squidpop]

In the third photo her teeth look sideways, or is that just the angle of the camera. Do her teeth align with the bottom at all? I'm wondering if she could have some how banged them against something and knocked her jaw sideways. Its important to find out what is going on as soon as possible because if the front teeth go crooked the back teeth will follow and its hard to fix the back. With something like this it takes a specialist vet- I have to drive three hours out of my town to find a vet that really knows how to work on rabbit teeth.

 

[RabbitGirl321]

Yes, they are not straight. It is not the angle. That is the reason I was wondering if it could be a tooth injury like one thing had said. Though I'm really not sure what on earth she could've hit it on, but it's been my best guess. From what I read the bloodied nose and watery eyes are both signs of a tooth injury, but there's still so many other things it could be... needs to be more rabbit vets for goodness sake!

 

[ladysown]

she could have gotten frightened by something and ran hard into the side of the cage. Wouldn't be the first rabbit to do that. A bang outside, predator sniffing about, something falling close to her... anything really.

 

[Whiterabbitrage]

1+ Ladysown. I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[Preitler]

1+ Ladysown. I was thinking the exact same thing.

Me too. Does she eat? If not that may be the first issue to adress..

 

[RabbitGirl321]

Yes, when I saw how she looked that was my first concern. But she eating hay real well still, and seems to be eating her pellets well too.

 

[RabbitGirl321]

And I forgot to say, she seems perkier today. Both in the way she looks and acts. As far as I can tell, her nose isn't bleeding as much anymore either. She certainly doesn't look good still, but better... fingers crossed she continues to get better.

 

[RabbitGirl321]

Updated pictures. Looking and acting better! Ran up to see me today, yesterday all she wanted to really do was sit in the corner of her cage. She's certainly moving around more today and acting happier!

 

[Azerane]

The other option when one side of the face is drooping is a stroke. The teeth may have been growing like that for a bit of time now, but it's possible whether it was a stroke, or a fright that she got, she has hit the side of the cage, knocking her teeth which has in turn caused the bloody nose, and possibly the eye to weep.

 

[squidpop]

The problem with rabbit teeth is they grow super fast, up to 2mm a month so a small problem can become a big problem very quickly.