Furry-Holic
Alpha Buck
I'm saving up to buy a rescue Hamster and 2 Guinea Pigs but was wondering if bunnies can catch any of their possible problems such as wetail in Hamsters and mange in Guinea Pigs etc.x
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What can bunnies catch from other animals?
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RedFraggle
Warren Veteran
Mange is transmissable to all other animals I think but the majority of diseases are animal specific and don't cross infect. Wet tail is thought to be a bacterial infection by bugs that are commonly known to cause food poising in people too. Good hygeine can prevent this being passed on to you, I'm not sure how susceptible bunnies are to bacterial gut infections.
Furry-Holic
Alpha Buck
Thank you for this..I've heard of a lot of animals having mange likes Guineas, foxes etc so I did think that buns could probably get this too. I think Wetail probably is animal specific as I've never heard of any other animal, other than Hamsters, having it. Hmm it's very interesting and I just like to know in advance of all possibilites
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