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Worms! Advice please!

chloeturner

chloeturner

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I just picked Lola up to check her bottom because she's been having some excess cecals today, and on closer inspection it looked as though there were a group of pinworms hanging from her bottom!! They weren't moving, but they looked a hell of a lot like pinworms. I got my mum to come and clean them away while I held her, and there was a soft poop on the floor so my mum picked that up (with kitchen towel :lol:) and squashed it, and it looked as though there were a couple in there too.

I've never wormed a bunny before (I know, I know, I never saw anything like this on Misty though) so what should I do?
Does it need an urgent vet appt or will it wait until Monday because I don't get paid until Monday. Or, is there anything I can buy over the counter to administer? And what would be the least stressful way to do this? She weighed 2 kilo when she went to the vets to be weighed.

I bet poor Lola as a terrible itchy bum!

Also, what could've caused them? Unless she already had them when I got her and they're at the "coming out to be re-ingested" stage.

Help? :roll:
 
I thought Ludo had worms and he'd eaten carpet.

So, eherm, check it isn't carpet first. :oops::oops::oops::oops::oops::oops::oops:

Not that I'm suggesting you're stupid, I know you're not, but if your carpet is worm coloured it does look quite similar. :oops::oops::oops::oops:
 
you can worm with panacur which you can get from pet shops with an SQP, like pets at home, so no need for a vet trip unless you're worried :thumb:
 
Hesperus said:
I thought Ludo had worms and he'd eaten carpet.

So, eherm, check it isn't carpet first. :oops::oops::oops::oops::oops::oops::oops:

Not that I'm suggesting you're stupid, I know you're not, but if your carpet is worm coloured it does look quite similar. :oops::oops::oops::oops:
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She lives in the kitchen and they're tiles :| I don't know, there were so many, they really looked like worms. I'll keep checking her bottom, maybe there was just something she shouldn't of eaten, goodness knows what though :lol:
 
I'll pop down tomorrow and get her some, will it do any harm if it's not worms and just carpet or something :lol: better to be on the safe side! Sorry for all the questions :oops:
 
it wont do any harm if she doesn't have worms, some people use it routinely just in case. hopefully she's not taken a liking to your carpet :lol:
 
Definitely wasn't carpet, checked her bum and she has more so getting dressed and fetching some wormer, mothers had orders to clean her cage and litter tray so there's no wormy poos in the for her to eat, wish me luck in getting it down her :lol: not so laid back as misty, you could shove owt in her mouth and she wouldn't struggle. This one will definitely be different!
 
chloeturner said:
Definitely wasn't carpet, checked her bum and she has more so getting dressed and fetching some wormer, mothers had orders to clean her cage and litter tray so there's no wormy poos in the for her to eat, wish me luck in getting it down her :lol: not so laid back as misty, you could shove owt in her mouth and she wouldn't struggle. This one will definitely be different!
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Oh dear! Good luck! You can try sneaking it in a herb leaf or a crunchie or something :thumb:
 
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