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Flystrike!?! Really Worried.

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CarlyLouise_x

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I went to put my rabbit into her hutch after having a nice little run in the garden. Noticed a fly sitting quite confortably on her back end! :(
Had a look through her fur and noticed she has loads of small black 'dots' near the roots of her fur.

Iv been sat trawling through google for ages and i cant find anything that would say it was definately flystrike but nothing else really fits either!

There are no signs of maggots or anything like that as yet and cannot see any fleas etc.

What sorta signs do i need to look for?? I really dont know what to do right now.. HELP!
 
hurricanhoney said:
http://www.rabbithaven.org/Q&A/flystrike.htm

Here's an article that might be useful. I would personally get the rabbit to vets immediately. Do the black dots look like fly eggs?
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She doesnt appear to have any of those symptons listed... it looks more like she has small brown/black flakes.. not sure if theyre eggs or not..
I gave her a bath today to try and help.. not sure if it will have helped or caused more of a problem.
 
Fly eggs are whit and layed very close together so it looks like a clump, but very small. They would hatch out in 24 hours. Black dots in the fur sounds like flea poo. You may want to use some flea drops on your bun. val
 
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