Clementine, mites and wet eye..

So Clementine is moulting atm, she's had stringy poos but without jinxing it she's been doing okay etc.

Was grooming her with my hands which is kinda like plucking her (very gently[emoji38]) she grooms everything and me whilst I do it. It's difficult because her rex coat I've never found brushes that useful, there's a few I use sometimes but for the velvets it's mainly just my hands.

Well this picture is where she's moulting from, is this normal? It may be, just never seen her moult like this before. And I'm convinced she has mites, you can see white dandruff stuff on the fur but when you look close up and part the fur which is really hard with her coat, her skin has the white flakes all over too. My mini lop had mites and it looks exactly the same. What's the treatment for mites? With my mini lop she always had the mites and whatever we tired never got rid of it.. So just wondering what the best treatment method is? My hamster had a mite injection the other day Idk what it was called, but maybe it's something similar for buns?

Also one of her eyes looks a little wet and odd.. Wondering if she's a bit low for some reason.. Obviously ima take her to the vets just wondering if anyone has advice on if that kind of moulting could be normal and also best treatment for mites?

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That can be a normal moult pattern for a Rex The weepy eye may be due to her getting a bit of moult fur in it. I usually bathe my Rexes eyes with cooled boiled water or cool Camomile Tea . I have also used these eye drops (on Vets advice)

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp...ng Eye Drops:,tired, sore, uncomfortable eyes.

But if there is any milky white discharge this may indicate infection, so a Vet check would be needed.

From the photo I cant say if it looks as though Clementine has Mites. But as she has been poorly recently it's a possibility. Also, did she have any injections when she was poorly ? The moult pattern fits with a Bun who has had injections/vaccinations in the last few weeks.

I dont like treating a Rabbit for mites unless I am certain they have them, but this link gives info re treatment

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Parasitic/Cheyletiellosis.htm


Hope some of the above is useful x

Jack's-Jane said:

That can be a normal moult pattern for a Rex The weepy eye may be due to her getting a bit of moult fur in it. I usually bathe my Rexes eyes with cooled boiled water or cool Camomile Tea . I have also used these eye drops (on Vets advice)

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp...ng Eye Drops:,tired, sore, uncomfortable eyes.

But if there is any milky white discharge this may indicate infection, so a Vet check would be needed.

From the photo I cant say if it looks as though Clementine has Mites. But as she has been poorly recently it's a possibility. Also, did she have any injections when she was poorly ? The moult pattern fits with a Bun who has had injections/vaccinations in the last few weeks.

I dont like treating a Rabbit for mites unless I am certain they have them, but this link gives info re treatment

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Parasitic/Cheyletiellosis.htm


Hope some of the above is useful x

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Thanks Jane, good to know they can moult like that! No milky white discharge just looked a little bit watery etc she doesn't seem different or bothered by it etc but will get the vet to look at it, I'll bathe it if necessary with cooled boiled water until we see the vet

No injections for a long time now, probably last time was me trying to do SQ fluids [emoji51][emoji38]

Thanks for the link I'll have a read, I'm convinced she has mites, having seen it before, it seems unmistakable to me but I'll let the vet decide and hopefully whatever it is can be treated, if it was one of the white buns I'd take a better picture for you, but parting the dense rex fur and getting a picture was tricky earlier I gave up [emoji38]

All very useful and I appreciate your opinion x

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Hi Graciee

My Rex lop moults massive amounts like that, and it’s completely normal. (My rabbit vet reassured me of this)

I had to treat both of mine with mites, and they were given an initial vaccination and then a paste/ gel I topped up at home

She’s very pretty, for some reason I thought Clementine was a Californian !

Zigzag said:

Hi Graciee

My Rex lop moults massive amounts like that, and it’s completely normal. (My rabbit vet reassured me of this)

I had to treat both of mine with mites, and they were given an initial vaccination and then a paste/ gel I topped up at home

She’s very pretty, for some reason I thought Clementine was a Californian !

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Ah good to know

Did the mites clear up quite quickly?

[emoji38] Clementine and Atticus are both castor rexes and Penelope and Apricot are both californians

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