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Mites!!

Angie22

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My little chap 'George' dwarf lop to my horror has mites. He has reactived to Xeno spot on treatment so my vet is treating him with vacinations but the mites are not going :cry: Vet has told me ALL rabbits have these micro mites but they only flare up on some but ive also been told by bun could have caught them from the hay (meadow). Can anyone enlighten me further?
 
How many vaccinations has he had?

They can take a few weeks to completely die off. No need to freak out about it, people do say that all Rabbits have them and they can flare up at times of feeling low or illness.
I think that the mites on hay are a different type of mite, i dont think that they would live on your buns fur.

Have you been treating any area where the bun goes? When my two had mites i had to chuck out all the hay, hoover all the carpets and spray with johnsons mite spray, takes 30mins before you can put buns back in the area, but needs to be done as eggs can fall on the floor then hatch and get back on bunny.
 
Aww poor George! Sorry he reacted to the xeno but the injections should sort him out. One of mine is being treated now for mites and yet the others are fine. You would think if one has them they all would, but Cheeky has always been the bun with problems requiring treatment, pasturella when young and dentals a bit later, so maybe they flare up in buns with a lower resistance.
I do hoover their area every day and have changed all their hay and washed the bedding on a high temp as well.
Hope he's better soon :wave:
 
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