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How to tell if rabbits have fur mites or just dry skin?

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AriaSwan

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My rabbit scratches often so I have been looking him over, and I found a few very small flakes that do not move, but also when I gently scratch his skin more flakes appear. Is this flaky skin or mites possibly?
 
You don't see mites, so it could be them.

The vet can take a skin scrape and put it under a microscope. It is a very simple process and the treatment is easy to apply if it is mites.
 
It recently cost us £40 for both my lops to be treated for mites. Vet only charged us one consult and one Ivermectin injection however as he did everything for Mischa (sellotape test and looking at it under the microscope), took one look at Mini and could tell it was the same thing. About three quarters of that cost was an Ivermectin spray which I've used on my other pair and on their home and also on them as a topup to the injection. The spray is going to last me ages and it's nice having it so that maybe once a year I can go over them just as a maintenance option. The dry skin hasn't completely gone yet but looks a lot better.

Incidentally since starting the mite treatment Mischa feels to the touch much better weight wise and is getting a bit of flesh on his spine so it's been affecting him in more ways than just the flaky skin (mine didn't itch much with it).
 
Schuette said:
It recently cost us £40 for both my lops to be treated for mites. Vet only charged us one consult and one Ivermectin injection however as he did everything for Mischa (sellotape test and looking at it under the microscope), took one look at Mini and could tell it was the same thing. About three quarters of that cost was an Ivermectin spray which I've used on my other pair and on their home and also on them as a topup to the injection. The spray is going to last me ages and it's nice having it so that maybe once a year I can go over them just as a maintenance option. The dry skin hasn't completely gone yet but looks a lot better.

Incidentally since starting the mite treatment Mischa feels to the touch much better weight wise and is getting a bit of flesh on his spine so it's been affecting him in more ways than just the flaky skin (mine didn't itch much with it).
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Okay, I'll probably go get my pair tested. It also might be fleas because they were out in the grass all summer and fall. Bentley has a very bony spine but a little squishy tummy underneath him :lol: but his fur feels very healthy and soft.
 
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