I have a 16 week old rabbit. 2 days ago I noticed a sore on the side of his nose. I have looked endlessly on the internet to see what it might be, I have gone to 2 vets and they don't know if it's an infection or just a sore.
It's an indoor rabbit and is not in contact with any other rabbits.
I have attached a photo of the sore, hope you can help.
Excellent pic, thanks Daphney. I'm not a vet so can't diagnose, especially from here, but do you suppose your rabbit simply injured itself on something sharp? If so, it will have healed within a couple days and be good as new.
That pic looks every bit like just a bloody scratch. I'm pretty sure that's all it is.
There's one other fairly unpleasant possibility, depending on what has happened with that sore since you snapped that picture.
Sure hope I'm wrong about this second guess. If the sore simply healed over, then all's well that ends well.
But, if that wound got reddened, moist or scabby before healing, I'd suggest visiting a vet and requesting a blood test just to make sure one way or the other.
The good news is that rabbit syphilis can be cured with penicillin...but I do hope I'm just barking up some odd tree, here!
I find that by trimming nails every 2 weeks my rabbits don't often get scratches on their nose.
When they do, I use a hydro cortisone spray.
Keep on the look out for flies - they will lay eggs in a sore. If the sore lumps up, sterilize it, sterilize a tweezer and pop the sore, get the pus out, then remove any maggots. Re-sterilize.
PS: If the rabbit is washing its face a lot, check for ear mites. There are ear mite medicines at most pet stores.