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Fly Repellant?

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Charlie

Young Bun
I'm quite worried about my rabbit as her bottom often gets covered in poo.
I noticed today that flies were starting to go around this area and am worried that this might lead to maggots and infection.
Does anyone know what can stop this problem, would fly repellant be of any help, and is there any that you can actually spray onto the rabbit?
 
You can get rearguard from your vet. It is in a bottle with a sponge on the end and you apply it to the fur around the rabbits bottom.
Do you know why she gets a dirty bottom? Can she reach it to clean it? Does she have alot of greens?
I have a bun who cannot reach her bottom because she is an odd shape and I have to clean it every couple of days and watch what she eats.
Flystrike is deadly so if you can work out why she gets messy it would be a great help.

Louisa
 
Hiya :D Although fly repellant may help, the best thing to do is to work out why your bun keeps getting her bottom covered in poo and sort that out. In the meantime, your vet can give you a product called 'rearguard', you put it on your bun a bit like shoe polish, and it prevents fly eggs from hatching. While your bun is there, ask the vet to check his teeth, as a sticky bum can be caused by a bun with dental problems not being able to eat the sticky poos (caecatrophs) that she is supposed to.

A couple of other questions - is your bun overweight or have bone/joint problems at all? These can mean that she can't reach round to eat the poos either.

The most common cause is a dietary imbalance though. What are you feeding her? Too much protein in the diet and not enough fibre is the most common cause of this problem.
 
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