Hi all.. I'm just after a bit of advice about treating mites.
My two indoor buns had their half yearly checkup at the vets last week and noticed little brown specks in the white ones fur around her tail. The vet took a sample and confirmed after looking under the microscope that they are mites. We were told that they are not the usual 'walking dandruff' type usually associated with rabbits, and that they were actually a bit stumped about what type they were - but most closely resembles a dog mite.
As I said they are house rabbits and we don't have any other pets so can only assume the mites have come in on the new batch of hay I started them on the previous week.
Anyway they've had 2 tubes each of Xeno 450, I threw out all the hay, hoovered every area they've had access to including a proper clean of their room but I'm worried that won't be enough.
I need to do another treatment next weekend and again 4 weeks after that.
After the first treatment it looked as though we had a couple of says clear of the brown specks in the fur but they are now most definitely back.
Is there anything else I can do? Should the Xeno have cleared it up after the first treatment?
My two indoor buns had their half yearly checkup at the vets last week and noticed little brown specks in the white ones fur around her tail. The vet took a sample and confirmed after looking under the microscope that they are mites. We were told that they are not the usual 'walking dandruff' type usually associated with rabbits, and that they were actually a bit stumped about what type they were - but most closely resembles a dog mite.
As I said they are house rabbits and we don't have any other pets so can only assume the mites have come in on the new batch of hay I started them on the previous week.
Anyway they've had 2 tubes each of Xeno 450, I threw out all the hay, hoovered every area they've had access to including a proper clean of their room but I'm worried that won't be enough.
I need to do another treatment next weekend and again 4 weeks after that.
After the first treatment it looked as though we had a couple of says clear of the brown specks in the fur but they are now most definitely back.
Is there anything else I can do? Should the Xeno have cleared it up after the first treatment?
