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Fleas

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Suzanne

Mama Doe
My dad cleaned out the buns today and when i got home from work he told me that a flea jumped on him from inside Rosie and Leo's hutch:shock:

We've check all the buns and the cat throughly and found no more - thank god. Where could it have come from? Gea (cat) killed a mouse yesterday and hid it under a tree and I didn't find it until the buns had already been out. So it could have come from that or the squirrel in the garden. I've rung the vets and booked Rosie and Leo in for their Myxi on Wednesday - they are not due yet but I'm now so worried. i also noticed Leo had a bit of a runny eye which I'm hoping is just from the wind today.

The others had theirs done during the summer. It was also on central news tonight about Mxyi in the notts area, they were at a vet who had seen 10cases of Myxi today:(

Really worried now.:(
 
It may have just jumped into the hutch from a passing cat :D If you have checked them all properly and not found any just keep an eye on them for a week or so :D

I use Assisi Natural Grooming Lotion on my buns once a week, it repels fleas and doesnt contain any chemicals :D The bottle lasts ages and I promise it works because we had a problem with cats with fleas coming into our garden and I havent found one flea on my bunnies since I started using it :D

You can get it here, just click on for animals then grooming :D

http://www.bunnymail.co.uk/
 
Thanks - I have a look at that. I think it might have come from the cat as she's always outside. She is not infested so I think it might have just be a rogue flea. Just been doing some reading on Mxyi and I'm worried about Leo's runny eye now. I hope I'm stressing over nothing. I'll see what it's like in the morning and change the vet appointment if necessary.
 
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