My rabbit Poko was treated for mites about 2 months ago, my boyfriend and I noticed that she had a massive bloody scab on her back under her fur and a lot of her fur had been pulled out. The scab was quite deep too.
Everything was fine and we took her to the vet and she was given the revolution mite medicine for kittens, she had two doses of this over the course of three weeks.
The scab healed and the fur is growing back.
A week ago another scab has appeared right above where the other one was... could she have mites again??
I thoroughly clean her cage every two-three days and vacuum everything out and scrub it with disinfectant because she had E.C. a few months ago and also to get rid of mites.
I also vacuum the house frequently and moved all the furniture and did under the beds and couches as I was paranoid.
Has anyone had their rabbit do a similar thing? Could it be the mites again or maybe stress related?
I will be taking her to the vet again.
Here is a photo of what her wound looks like:
UPDATE:
Okay so I've just come back from the vet's today.
He believes that it was most likely a reaction from the vaccine and it probably went unnoticed until now.
The first scab she got was definitely from having the mites though.
He checked under a microscope for mites but nothing was found, regardless he said I could treat her for mites again at the end of the month.
The white flecks on her fur was just her own flaky skin.
I will be keeping an eye on her to see how she goes.
Everything was fine and we took her to the vet and she was given the revolution mite medicine for kittens, she had two doses of this over the course of three weeks.
The scab healed and the fur is growing back.
A week ago another scab has appeared right above where the other one was... could she have mites again??
I thoroughly clean her cage every two-three days and vacuum everything out and scrub it with disinfectant because she had E.C. a few months ago and also to get rid of mites.
I also vacuum the house frequently and moved all the furniture and did under the beds and couches as I was paranoid.
Has anyone had their rabbit do a similar thing? Could it be the mites again or maybe stress related?
I will be taking her to the vet again.
Here is a photo of what her wound looks like:
UPDATE:
Okay so I've just come back from the vet's today.
He believes that it was most likely a reaction from the vaccine and it probably went unnoticed until now.
The first scab she got was definitely from having the mites though.
He checked under a microscope for mites but nothing was found, regardless he said I could treat her for mites again at the end of the month.
The white flecks on her fur was just her own flaky skin.
I will be keeping an eye on her to see how she goes.
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