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Small Creamy clear worm in poo.

M

Mini-lop

Young Bun
Hi,
Just saw one in our house bunns poo!
Seemed to be dying fairly quickly in the air?

I presume it will be a pin worm but can humans catch them?
Just a little worried as we have a young lad (7)

The bun is only 14 weeks, so was a bit of a shock.

Any recommendations on what we can do with vets closed at the moment?

Should we treat the bunny any differently or are we OK and cat get cross infection
 
From what I have read it looks like they are species specific so cant be caught by humans as we have different pin worm and visa versa.
But would be nice for somone to confirm that on here as we have no vets until Saturday!
 
Mini-lop said:
Hi,
Just saw one in our house bunns poo!
Seemed to be dying fairly quickly in the air?

I presume it will be a pin worm but can humans catch them?
Just a little worried as we have a young lad (7)

The bun is only 14 weeks, so was a bit of a shock.

Any recommendations on what we can do with vets closed at the moment?

Should we treat the bunny any differently or are we OK and cat get cross infection
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You can treat these pinworms using Panacur which you can obtain through the vet or buy yourself. The vet can give you the accurate dosage per weight of bunny.

They usually affect rabbits and cattle, but there have been cases of cross transmission, so it's wise to treat as soon as possible, especially with a young child around.
 
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