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Oh no Milly has mites :(

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hoppetylop

Mama Doe
I got home from work earlier to find Milly having a good old sctratch.On closer inspection I found that shes got mites:shock:

Ive done a forum search and have ordered some Advantage from my local vets.I can collect it tomorrow.

I was wondering how she got them :shock:and how I can get rid of them in her enclosure.I will get the hoover on it tomorrow but is there a solution I can use to kill them?Would a weak bleach solution be my best bet?I assume I will need to be very particular about getting into every nook and cranny.

I will treat her husbun too as hes bound to have them.

Poor buns.:(
 
I've only had a case of mites once, many years ago, and I reckon they got them from a bale of farm hay.
 
Yep, smudge got mites once, bless him... Being a lop, he had a real miserable time with his as not only did he scratch and cut himslef, Willow found the taste of the treatment very lovely and groomed him constantly, till he got really peeved

I hope treatment goes well... Xxxxxx
 
I use Virkon disinfectant, anyway, in hutches and runs , but guess the bleach solution would do the trick.
 
hoppetylop said:
I got home from work earlier to find Milly having a good old sctratch.On closer inspection I found that shes got mites:shock:

Ive done a forum search and have ordered some Advantage from my local vets.I can collect it tomorrow.

I was wondering how she got them :shock:and how I can get rid of them in her enclosure.I will get the hoover on it tomorrow but is there a solution I can use to kill them?Would a weak bleach solution be my best bet?I assume I will need to be very particular about getting into every nook and cranny.

I will treat her husbun too as hes bound to have them.

Poor buns.:(
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Oh sorry about that :cry: Her immune must be a bit run down.

I use Ivermectin for mites, and Advantage for fleas ......

Bleach and water is a good disinfectant, as is steam cleaning the area ....

Hope you get on top of it :wave:
 
Sorry about the mites, but it's good you caught it early.

I agree with Mightymax. Advantage will only treat fleas. Xeno(ivermectin) will take care of the mites. Just be careful the dosing is correct. I seem to recall someone on here had a problem with an OD due to faulty instructions. And I believe retreatment is needed one or two more times, 10-14 days apart.

Revolution/Stronghold(selamectin) is also used for mites here in the US.

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00dis/Parasitic/Cheyletiellosis.htm
http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Parasitic/furmite/fur_mite.htm
 
Thankyou everyone for your replies.We just got back from the vet where she and her husbun had Ivermectin injections (two more to have at weekly intervals)I hope treatment works.Id love to be able to put them in another enclosue for 2-3 weeks to allow the mites in their enclosure to die off as 2-3 weeks is the life span of the little s*ds apparently.

Thanks again folks for the very useful info.
 
Did they give you Canaural ear drops or drops too to put in the ears?....or something similar to help with itchiness and to kill them off?

Glad you've been to vets..... They'll feel so much better

Fee xx
 
hoppetylop said:
Thankyou everyone for your replies.We just got back from the vet where she and her husbun had Ivermectin injections (two more to have at weekly intervals)I hope treatment works.Id love to be able to put them in another enclosue for 2-3 weeks to allow the mites in their enclosure to die off as 2-3 weeks is the life span of the little s*ds apparently.

Thanks again folks for the very useful info.
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And because their life span is 2/3 weeks, the doses of Ivermectin should be at TWO week intervals and not weekly (three doses in total) x
 
MightyMax said:
And because their life span is 2/3 weeks, the doses of Ivermectin should be at TWO week intervals and not weekly (three doses in total) x
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Just spotted your post A.I didn't realise this.(Im using a local vet for this treatment-not rabbit savvy one)I will tell them.
 
I know:roll:Not the vets with the terrible poster though.Shes due to see rabbit savvy vet to have a possible dental but he didn't want to hospitalise her with mites as most of his patients are rabbits-which I do understand but it means we have to get treatment underway first.Poor little girl,shes got a lot to contend with but we will get her sorted.
 
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