BevBunny
Mama Doe
There was me at the vets yesterday bragging to the vet about how happy and healthy the buns are - I should have kept my mouth shut!! :?
I picked Charlie up a while ago to check his bum (mr delicate tum) and there was like a liquid bit of poo coming out of his bum with 4 worms on it! They're opaque white, about 6mm long and maybe half a mm wide, and basically look like nematodes to me (I'm used to be an invertebrate biologist). Am I right in assuming he has worms? They're definitely not maggots.
I'll call the vet first thing in the morning, but is this common? I didn't know buns got worms? Anyone know what the treatment is? Should we treat them preventatively?
Is Lavender likely to have them too?
Also, he seems fine but lately we've been having problems keeping his weight on - would this perhaps show that he's had worms for a while!?
Oh and this will make you laugh cos we're always on about studying poo - I've just taken a handful of poo and a pile of caecotrophs that were in his cage and examined them extremely closely with a torch and a cocktail stick - and them moaned to O/H that I wish I still had my microscope! :shock: Geek alert! :shock:
I picked Charlie up a while ago to check his bum (mr delicate tum) and there was like a liquid bit of poo coming out of his bum with 4 worms on it! They're opaque white, about 6mm long and maybe half a mm wide, and basically look like nematodes to me (I'm used to be an invertebrate biologist). Am I right in assuming he has worms? They're definitely not maggots.
I'll call the vet first thing in the morning, but is this common? I didn't know buns got worms? Anyone know what the treatment is? Should we treat them preventatively?
Is Lavender likely to have them too?
Also, he seems fine but lately we've been having problems keeping his weight on - would this perhaps show that he's had worms for a while!?
Oh and this will make you laugh cos we're always on about studying poo - I've just taken a handful of poo and a pile of caecotrophs that were in his cage and examined them extremely closely with a torch and a cocktail stick - and them moaned to O/H that I wish I still had my microscope! :shock: Geek alert! :shock: