Advice required... to rearguard or not to rearguard

Yesterday i found these little :evil: near the benjamins fur where his bum were.



I am inclined to think they are fly eggs - thanks to my other thread - http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=96073.

I do not use rearguard at present, but i am now so paranoid that i think i might. I am worried though, as i know that its not good for them is it? If they clean themselves they will end up ingesting it... but i also dont want them to get flies in their bum. Dilemma. Need some advice on this.

Oh and litter trays do get cleaned daily... and bum checks are daily too without fail.

I can't see what you mean in that photo ....fly eggs kind of look like tiny grains of yellowy rice. I can't open that link on this computer.

Does the Benjamin have any problems cleaning himself etc? If he is quite healthy then I think I would probably not use rearguard and continue with checking them twice a day. Not sure everyone would agree though :?

I think you can get some spray to deter flies from going near their hutches? And some people put a piece of net curtain over the run or mesh.

The benjamin is very healthy, not overweight or anything and has a very very clean bum... thats why i dont understand. Ive been looking at pinworm on the internet and it looks very much like that so i think its worms now. I am going to start checking twice a day from now on. I am so paranoid. They are all getting panacur today.

This is what fly eggs look like:
http://www.justbajan.com/health/articles/flyeggs/

They look really obvious when you see them- this is really disgusting but because Worm would never eat all her food there would always be eggs in it at the end of the day :mrgreen:

No they didnt look like that... they had an eye! :shock: Naughty worm!

Panacur it is then! :lol: now you just need to find out whether to give a 9 day or a 28 day course...

ewww that was nice while I had my breakfast :shock: :lol: As for rearguard, I've done all my rabbits except fudge who is a house bunny and twinkle who's never had so much as a slightly soft poo!!! I probably would have done her too just to be on the safe side had i not ran out of it though!!! I can't remember how long it lasts though? :?