Sorry to be twp - but whats rear guard?
It's a product that you apply to the rabbit. It doesn't repel flies, but it stops the maggots developing.
Gemma,before you buy it for Mimi, check she isn't sore anywhere, as it can't be applied to broken skin.
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Flystrike case at work today
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It's a product that you apply to the rabbit. It doesn't repel flies, but it stops the maggots developing.
Gemma,before you buy it for Mimi, check she isn't sore anywhere, as it can't be applied to broken skin.
Gemmapookie
Wise Old Thumper
Shes definatly not sore anywhere yet, we've been doing our best to avoid that. So better get on it ASAP! xxxxxxxxx
Loosy
Warren Veteran
I've got the Beaphar stuff too. I have no idea whether it works well, but I used it last year.
Does anyone know how long it lasts in the bottle when opened? I've had mine opensince about this time last year and I don't know whether it will have gone off or anything :? There's an expiry date but I assume that's for a sealed bottle...
Gemmapookie
Wise Old Thumper
Oooh, just another question (sorry to high jack the thread :lol if Im using sudocrem around her bum region which i will be anyway, will that help avoid flystrike aswell??
:lol if Im using sudocrem around her bum region which i will be anyway, will that help avoid flystrike aswell??Oooh, just another question (sorry to high jack the thread
No. Also, if you have to wash Mimi at all, you will be washing the Rearguard off.
Gemmapookie
Wise Old Thumper
Hmmm rock....hard place! Ok well I have to wash my girl so I think i'll leave the rear guard out and just take steps to keep the flys at bay as much as poss. Thanks for the advise xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Living_a_lie
Mama Doe
Just ordered a packet too. And I have the johnsons fly strike prevention spray. I just checked her, I think I might be stupid but I don't know if I'm looking in the right place :shock:
Grin
Wise Old Thumper
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
I guess it depends on how you look at it :? I have lost 2 animals to flystrike in the past, both times they have been at the end stages of terminal disease and both times it has been caught extremely quickly and vet treatment given within 10 minutes of discovery. However both times our vet has decided the best course of action was pts as the animals were so ill and frail anyway and their chances of it happening again was too great as was the stress of recovery :? I did try to argue for treatment both times but at the end of the day you have to go on your vets advice
So did flystrike ultimately actually kill them or was it just another symptom of an illness that was killing them?
Wizzy Lizzy
Warren Scout
My vet advised that as long as I have healthy buns with dry and clean bum areas they should be ok. I still check every couple of days (they really don't like being picked up) and have also bought some rear guard but the vet did say that it wasn't too good for them to ingest it. Seeing as mine are often washing and grooming themselves in that area I have decided to just keep an eye on them for this year. I also 'muck out' their hutch at least once a day, sometimes twice a day.
Does anyone know whether there are side effects of rear guard?
Does anyone know whether there are side effects of rear guard?
Buuny_Friend
Mama Doe
Also please remember to check your bunnies EVERYWHERE!
Last year we had a bunny who had flystrike just under his eye as he had an untreated eye abscess that was smelly and weepy and, therefore, attracted the flies
Last year we had a bunny who had flystrike just under his eye as he had an untreated eye abscess that was smelly and weepy and, therefore, attracted the flies
My point was, that from whichever species of blowfly lays it's eggs (which are very visible) to the development of the first larval stage takes a matter of hours. For those young maggots to then go unnoticed, through three more stages, while they feed off the animal, destroying tissue and releasing toxins, sending the rabbit into shock, to a point where PTS is the only option, is not acceptable, no matter what the underlying cause was.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Also please remember to check your bunnies EVERYWHERE!
Last year we had a bunny who had flystrike just under his eye as he had an untreated eye abscess that was smelly and weepy and, therefore, attracted the flies
We have had this worry too and of course you can't apply rearguard to open wounds
Another place to check is in the folds of dewlaps especially if they are large. Also bunnies with dental problems who may have wet chins.
Buuny_Friend
Mama Doe
Also please remember to check your bunnies EVERYWHERE!
Last year we had a bunny who had flystrike just under his eye as he had an untreated eye abscess that was smelly and weepy and, therefore, attracted the flies
Just want to point out that this wasn't one of our own bunnies!
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Don't worry I knew what you meant
Just to add that our abscesses were not left untreated either. But with 3 weaping holes on her nose it was a real concern for us last summer
Buuny_Friend
Mama Doe
Don't worry I knew what you meant
The whole thing is just a nightmare!
Heather&Bart-MyLittleBuns
Mama Doe
I'm paranoid about fly strike, I've been cleaning their litter area bit twice a day and checking them 3 times a day They don't seem to mind though as I make sure I give them something yummy when I put them down, doesn't stop me worrying about them any less though
They don't seem to mind though as I make sure I give them something yummy when I put them down, doesn't stop me worrying about them any less though
Living_a_lie
Mama Doe
I didn't know where to look or what to check for!
I just looked at tons of pics online and found her bum haah!! I was like 'oh my god, my rabbit doesn't jhave a bum!!'
But yeah all is good now haha
MiniLopMum
Young Bun
I'm paranoid about flystrike too and am continually picking up my buns and looking at their bottoms - one good thing coming from my paranoia is that the rabbits have definitely got used to being handled!!
I've just recently treated both mine with Beaphar Flyguard, my only concern was that as soon as I'd treated them, they both spent a long grooming and licking the areas that had been sprayed. Will ingestion of the stuff harm them and will it lessen the flyguard's effect as they are licking it off. It didn't say any where on the packet that I should have prevented them grooming after application so I put them straight back into their run. Did I do wrong?
I've just recently treated both mine with Beaphar Flyguard, my only concern was that as soon as I'd treated them, they both spent a long grooming and licking the areas that had been sprayed. Will ingestion of the stuff harm them and will it lessen the flyguard's effect as they are licking it off. It didn't say any where on the packet that I should have prevented them grooming after application so I put them straight back into their run. Did I do wrong?
