From what I have read, I understood that you should treat them all regularly anyway, but I am new to buns. I am just going to start treating mine with panacur for the first time.
yeah I asked my vet about this years ago and she said there was no point as rabbits rarely catch worms, so should only be treated if they show symptoms - I then mentioned e-c prevention and she said the dose for worming was too low to prevent e-c, so there was no point in bothering with that either...now I'm slightly confused as the rabbit wormer paste says it treats e-c :? she's a very good small animal vet so I have no idea what's true but I guess there's no harm in treating Maa at the moment - if I can get her to take the medicine that is :?
the website I'm looking at has 10% solution for cats and dogs - not small animals (or is it the same?)
yeah I asked my vet about this years ago and she said there was no point as rabbits rarely catch worms, so should only be treated if they show symptoms - I then mentioned e-c prevention and she said the dose for worming was too low to prevent e-c, so there was no point in bothering with that either...now I'm slightly confused as the rabbit wormer paste says it treats e-c :? she's a very good small animal vet so I have no idea what's true but I guess there's no harm in treating Maa at the moment - if I can get her to take the medicine that is :?
the website I'm looking at has 10% solution for cats and dogs - not small animals (or is it the same?)
I meant to ask my vet about that, maybe the paste is slightly different?
If its any help my bottle from the vet says Panacur for cats and dogs, but like I said I'm not expert so wouldn't want to tell you the wrong thing. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will be along soon
i find the whole thing very confusing!! 9 days, 28 days, 4 weeks?! i can't figure it out.
i did read that more than half of rabbits are born with worms because of the mothers (i suppose like cats), although you may not know for months.
am i right in thinking it's something about worm infestations that causes EC?
oh right that helps fenbendazole (the active ingredient in panacur) isn't licensed for use with rabbits, so that would explain it maybe?
You just use less of the paste to the 10% liquid, that's all. Sooz has already listed the dosage for the 10% liquid. It's a 6 week course whatever you use.
e-c is a little parasite like an amoeba - it's spread by spores in the rabbit's urine, which other rabbits eat if they eat off the floor. It usually attacks the kidneys and the brain, and because of this it causes a wide range of often very vague symptoms, possibly recurring stasis too if the lesions are in the stomach - that's debatable. According to what I've read, the majority of rabbits test posistive for it in a blood test, but most rabbits don't show any symptoms.
the treatment for worms is 9 days - the treatment for e-c is 4 weeks (which is 28 days) - although some vets say 6 weeks for e-c - it's all a bit experimental still :? Even if you treat a rabbit and kill the parasite, you can't undo the brain and kidney damage they've already sustained