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Which flea treatment?

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Oryctologus_cuniculus

New Kit
I found fleas in bunny's coat on Saturday. I sprayed her with Johnson's Insecticidal Spray Extra for small animals (contains permethrin) at the weekend. There are still fleas there today.

I am considering:

Advantage from the vet (£21)
Xenex Ultra Spot on (permethrin) (£12)
Xeno 450 Spot on (ivermectin) (£22)
(should I give panacur too in case she gets worms from the fleas?)

Which will do the job? Or will all of them?
We only have bunny (still searching for husbun) and some flealess guinea pigs so we can't work out where she got them from.
Any other advice? Do I need a flea bomb for the room (she is an house rabbit) or will they die off with no host to feed from? Bunny is 2.2 kg.

Finally YUK .
 
Advantage definitely! :wave:

Rabbits don't get worms from fleas, so no need to panacur

I wouldn't bother about treating the house unless it's a bad infestation.

Are you sure it's definitely fleas BTW?
 
Advantage from the vet is the stuff.
Xenex will just harm your bun,Xeno450 wont kill fleakies.
Best of luck.xxx


Have you a cat????? de flea the house too.....
 
yvette said:
Advantage from the vet is the stuff.
Xenex will just harm your bun,Xeno450 wont kill fleakies.
Best of luck.xxx


Have you a cat????? de flea the house too.....
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This. Xenex killed one of my bunnies, I had no problems with treating 17 with Advantage, and Xeno does nothing because its the wrong active ingredient.

I also agree about treating the house. Far better to tackle the whole problem to ensure that it doesn't come back, and yes, cats and dogs need treatment too.
 
yvette said:
Advantage from the vet is the stuff.
Xenex will just harm your bun,Xeno450 wont kill fleakies.
Best of luck.xxx


Have you a cat????? de flea the house too.....
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Hi, Thanks. No cats just the bunny and the guinea pigs. Bunny does not go in all of the rooms. She doesn't like the stairs and (theoretically) is not allowed in the kitchen.

Definitely fleas. They can jump and are big enough to see with the naked eye (actually I wear glasses).
 
Oryctologus_cuniculus said:
Hi, Thanks. No cats just the bunny and the guinea pigs. Bunny does not go in all of the rooms. She doesn't like the stairs and (theoretically) is not allowed in the kitchen.

Definitely fleas. They can jump and are big enough to see with the naked eye (actually I wear glasses).
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Im really stumped as to how your bunny got fleakies if there are no cats in the equation!!!:shock:
 
Hedgehogs or other peoples cats can share them about outside, so maybe brougt in on clothing? Seems unlikely though, but possible I guess?
 
Oryctologus_cuniculus said:
Me too. It seems really wierd. Can they be brought in by wild mice? I did find one in my daughter's school bag the other day.
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Its possible I guess.
Do treat the house.You can get spray and then hoover really well.I have 3 cats...a barrel of laughs when it comes to fleakies!!:roll::roll::roll:
 
Yeah...this is a puzzelment for me too, I had fleas in my slippers!!!(the fluffy lining boot type). Checked the rabbits, they seem fine. Can't see anything. Cleaned and sprayed their abode, checked their bedding -even with a hand held microscope! The buns don't scratch. We have no other pets.
First noticed I'd a reaction to something a couple of weeks ago whilst pulling down ivy, cleaning bird boxes, and put it down to the ivy. It's only now I've found fleas! I believe fleas need a host to survive.
I've not found any evidence of mice either since we had the new rabbit home(shed). Although there is a saying saying if you've got mice there arn't any rats....(I think that's based on predatory hierachy).

Am keeping a close eye on the situation....
 
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