Hi :wave:
Can anyone give me info on their own personal experiences of pinworm?
In 20 years of having rabbits I had never come across it before (although now I'm inclined to believe I just didn't know they were there). I got my youngest rabbits two days after Christmas...and I found out a short while later that she came to me quite heavily infested with Pinworm. I freaked out and put all of my rabbits on a nine day course of panacur. During the first few days of being on it A LOT of worms were dead in her litter tray and then i saw no more...so I thought it had worked. However, five months on I now discover she has got them again! I was going to worm routinely twice a year but now I think i'll have to do it more often. I know vets say stress can cause an infestation to show, and she has had a pretty stressful time these past six weeks, first she was spayed and didn't do well after that, then a week later she was attacked my another rabbit and had to have emergency surgery so I don't know if that has got anything to do with it.
Does anyone have any suggestions about where it could be coming from? she is a house rabbit so doesn't go on the grass and her hay I buy from my local pet store but it comes from a farm bale. I am obsessed with cleaning and clean everything every day and disinfect everything every other day so I don't think it's anything to do with that. Could it be that she was never completely rid of them when I finished the worming and I just haven't seen any more worms to realise they were still there??
I hate stuff like this
Can anyone give me info on their own personal experiences of pinworm?
In 20 years of having rabbits I had never come across it before (although now I'm inclined to believe I just didn't know they were there). I got my youngest rabbits two days after Christmas...and I found out a short while later that she came to me quite heavily infested with Pinworm. I freaked out and put all of my rabbits on a nine day course of panacur. During the first few days of being on it A LOT of worms were dead in her litter tray and then i saw no more...so I thought it had worked. However, five months on I now discover she has got them again! I was going to worm routinely twice a year but now I think i'll have to do it more often. I know vets say stress can cause an infestation to show, and she has had a pretty stressful time these past six weeks, first she was spayed and didn't do well after that, then a week later she was attacked my another rabbit and had to have emergency surgery so I don't know if that has got anything to do with it.
Does anyone have any suggestions about where it could be coming from? she is a house rabbit so doesn't go on the grass and her hay I buy from my local pet store but it comes from a farm bale. I am obsessed with cleaning and clean everything every day and disinfect everything every other day so I don't think it's anything to do with that. Could it be that she was never completely rid of them when I finished the worming and I just haven't seen any more worms to realise they were still there??
I hate stuff like this