Tallulah gets bad hayfever so not sure if its been brought on through this. But just given her a quick bath, clipped her hair and nails and her nose has started bleeding? She does get abit hay fevery when her hair is cut. But I've NEVER seen her have a nose bleed?! Is this an emergency?! I am very worried. Its not pouring but its enough to make it obvious...
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Nosebleed ?!?!
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If it is not too bad and it doesn't recur, I don't think you need to be too worried. However, if it worsens or reoccurs, I would recommend seeing a vet.
Okay thank you. She seems fine in herself and it has stopped. I think it may have been because she has been snotty with hayfever I was cleaning her nose abit and got off abit of try snot and that may have caused a cut or something. Poor girl!
My Mowbray had a nose bleed the other day while stressing out during having her claws trimmed. No idea what caused it really though. I don't think she has hey fever. She hadn't been sneezing or sniffling before hand.
Laura-CCC4
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I understand the worry, Harrison had specks of blood around his nose and on his paw a few weeks back, I eventually found the tiniest little cut inside his nostril.
I agree that if it's just a tiny bit of blood, monitoring it should be fine, but there may be ways to reduce her hayfever symptoms - what do you do to manage it at the moment?
I agree that if it's just a tiny bit of blood, monitoring it should be fine, but there may be ways to reduce her hayfever symptoms - what do you do to manage it at the moment?
She seems to get it everytime I muck her out and put new hay down, but we have got the hay without dust and it has helped abit. She also gets it when I clip her which cant really be avoided or her hair gets in a state.
We have decided to take her to the vet sometime this week just to get her checked up because she had a sneezing fit earlier today and there wasnt any reason for hayfever from what I could see. Someone on guinea lynx said it could be a sinus infection but will hopefully have some reasons within the week.
We are trying a new vet (someone who specialises in small mammals) so fingers crossed she is really good.
We have decided to take her to the vet sometime this week just to get her checked up because she had a sneezing fit earlier today and there wasnt any reason for hayfever from what I could see. Someone on guinea lynx said it could be a sinus infection but will hopefully have some reasons within the week.
We are trying a new vet (someone who specialises in small mammals) so fingers crossed she is really good.
Laura-CCC4
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The only thing that would suggest to me it's less likely to be a sinus infection is the fact that she's had it for a long time and it's not got worse. As far as I know, bacterial infections tend to get progressively worse.
Have you tried shaking the hay out in a cardboard box before giving it to the girls?
There is something you can give to treat the symptoms of hayfever, but reducing the cause is still important.
Have you tried shaking the hay out in a cardboard box before giving it to the girls?
There is something you can give to treat the symptoms of hayfever, but reducing the cause is still important.
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