joey&boo
Wise Old Thumper
Mouse has a baldy patch on her loppiest ear It is gradually getting bigger, there is no dandruff that I can see. None of the bunnies are scratching more than usual.
I suspect that it is either Boo over grooming her or she has mites.
Boo, as I have posted on here before, spends many hours assertively washing Mouse's ears, especially the one that is more loppy & going bald. I'm curious about why Mouse might be so badly affected by mites too, she is a super clean bunny & has never seemed healthier.
I can't get to my usual vet without a day messing round on trains taxis & buses which is super stressful for them (or wait 10 days til OH can take me). As such I am thinking of taking them to a pets@home vet owing to their proximity & easier access hours & that treatment is simple? but am I missing something? I know not to be fobbed off with the topically applied invectermin. I'm aware my trusted vet would attempt to check Mouse's teeth but equally aware Mouse will accept no such attempts from any vet. She is the perfect bunny but far from the perfect bunny patient (very squirmy & nippy).
I'm also considering whether it would be useful to go down the diagnostic route 1st & ask vet to do skin scrappings prior to treatment - how effective are they as a diagnostic tool? Because half of me thinks it is Boo I'm more reluctant than usual to go straight in with drug treatment
Any thoughts or comments would be very welcome? Apologies if this sounds all over the place, that's what comes from thinking aloud:lol:
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I suspect that it is either Boo over grooming her or she has mites.
Boo, as I have posted on here before, spends many hours assertively washing Mouse's ears, especially the one that is more loppy & going bald. I'm curious about why Mouse might be so badly affected by mites too, she is a super clean bunny & has never seemed healthier.
I can't get to my usual vet without a day messing round on trains taxis & buses which is super stressful for them (or wait 10 days til OH can take me). As such I am thinking of taking them to a pets@home vet owing to their proximity & easier access hours & that treatment is simple? but am I missing something? I know not to be fobbed off with the topically applied invectermin. I'm aware my trusted vet would attempt to check Mouse's teeth but equally aware Mouse will accept no such attempts from any vet. She is the perfect bunny but far from the perfect bunny patient (very squirmy & nippy).
I'm also considering whether it would be useful to go down the diagnostic route 1st & ask vet to do skin scrappings prior to treatment - how effective are they as a diagnostic tool? Because half of me thinks it is Boo I'm more reluctant than usual to go straight in with drug treatment
Any thoughts or comments would be very welcome? Apologies if this sounds all over the place, that's what comes from thinking aloud:lol: