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If it isn't mites

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Nicole+Alex

Warren Scout
Hi, 3 weeks ago we noticed flakey patch on our male house bunny, we have just moved house and took him him and our female to the new vets who applied topical cream. they did a sticky test but no mites were found. Things improved for a while but then the flakes came back and they had an injection of the mite stuff. However things don't seem to be clearing up. We're booked in for another injection in 2 weeks, but were wondering if it isn't mites what else it could be?
 
did you thoroughly disinfect the environment during and after the mite treatments aswell? they are right pesky things to get rid of. my piggies got them 3x even when i thought i had cleaned really thoroughly. :evil:

what bedding do you use? maybe something is irritating his skin... woodshaving etc, even pet blankets washed in certain washing powders/not rinsed properly...

or maybe because the heating has been on more in this cold weather and dried his skin out a bit?

bisc and matt used to get flaky skin at the base of their ears and scratched alot... i was convinced they had mites but it turned out to be them getting used to the central heating when we moved here.

just some ideas :wave:
 
Not sure we disinfected the second time as my boyfriend had to have an operation. Also we've been trying to keep their stuff smelling of them to aid their transition to the new house. Not sure it's heating as it's a bit cooler here than in the old house. It is on the top of his back (a small 1inch spot) if that makes any difference.
 
that's ok... not to sure to be honest, hopefully someone else will be along soon who will have a better idea. :)
 
Unfortunately mites can take quite a few injections or ivertmectin treatments to clear the problem up. Vets are finding that mites are becoming more and more resistant to treatment but unfortunately there is no other treatment available.

The vet should be able to take a skin scrapping to confirm that its mites, it is quick and easily done and relatively inexpensive :)
 
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