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flystrike

cheekytikki

Wise Old Thumper
just had a card thgrough saying that teegra's myxi booster is due next month and with it they have included a leflet about 'rearguard' anyone tried/use this?? apparently it protects your bunny against flystrike for ten weeks (with one drop on treatment) by preventing the maggots 'developing into the harmful larval stages'. if it is any good i will find out the price when i take teegs to get his booster done, im guessing it is still worth getting done for house buns?!?!

abi
teegra and duchess
 
Some people do use it, if you do a search on rearguard you should turn some things up. It's a bit like one of those squeezy shoe polish thingies, you squeeze it out of a tube onto the sponge at the end and apply it all over the back end of your bun until they are soaking wet!

Some people use it routinely - personally I would only use it if a bun is high risk (e.g. arthritic, excess caecatrophs for some reason, unable to clean backsides, etc) because although it is great and I have seen dead fly eggs on a rearguarded bun, it is still a toxic chemical and I wouldn't want to routinely apply that to my buns unless I really needed to. Flies are usually (there are exceptions!) only attracted to wet, dirty places to lay their eggs. Personally I don't think it is any substitute for a good hygiene routine, regular cleaning, and regular all over bun checks. Equally I am sure other people will tell you that they use it on their healthy buns as an extra precaution :wink:
 
ok thanks i agree about the hygiene and cleaning (especially when they live in my bedroom lol :shock: :lol: ) i am just a paranoid bunny mummy and was wondering if it was something i should be doing that i wasnt (thought it might be like frontlining the dogs)

thank again
abi
teegra and duchess
 
mine is in a spray bottle, you just spray it on, i was given it by the vet for my old rabbit, he was old and smelly :lol: but we never got to use it so its unopened, so haven't tried it, but the tutors and vets at college say its exellent stuff :)
 
I used it on Winston afer Lilly had to be pts from fly strike. I doesnt cost much, and even though there is a lot in the bottle and they do get soaked, I think its well worth it just for the piece of mind. With fly strike you just want to do everything possible to prevent it, especialy in summer so I say go for it. Plus, I think Winston enjoyed having it put on, nice and cooling for his bits when it gets too warm :wink:
 
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