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🌐 Translation under veterinary review. The French version prevails.

Exotic pet emergencies: recognising them and reacting

Exotic pets instinctively hide illness: by the time the signs are visible, it is often already an emergency.

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Seek veterinary advice without delay if you notice:

  • Complete refusal to eat (life-threatening emergency in rabbits and rodents: >12 h without eating = gut stasis).
  • Difficulty breathing, open beak or nostrils, wheezing.
  • Prostration, an animal that stays motionless, hunched up, in a corner.
  • Bleeding, injury, fracture, or contact with a predator.
  • Heatstroke (ferret, chinchilla): panting, weakness — cool the animal down and seek veterinary advice.
  • Convulsions, paralysis, loss of balance.
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Find an exotic pet vet Not all vets are trained in exotic pets. View the directory or call directly: Au Furet practice : +41 21 811 55 11.