This is driving me (and Olly) insane
it is very, very strange. Around his rump area, mainly the sides,he has scabby/flaky areas that are really itchy. He bites them and makes them worse
he has finished a full course of vet strength ivermectin as we thought it must be mites, but it is now worse, if anything. Doesn't look like ringworm at all. But the really strange and worrying part is the way he reacts if I start messing around his rump area. Sometimes I don't even attempt to look at the scabby areas, but even if I am removing bits of loose fluff or something from his back end, it's as though it does something to his brain and he loses control... he starts furiously grooming another area, like his dewlap, or his foot, and he can't stop doing it
he bites and licks at whichever area he's chosen (not the scabby areas!) to the extent he falls over, and it almost looks like some kind of seizure
his body goes stiff, but he carries on furiously licking/biting himself. It's really upsetting to see, and I'm at my wits end. The vet doesn't have a clue, though we have another appointment on Tuesday. This time she is going to do a skin scrape and bathe the areas with hibiscrub to see if it helps. Please, has anyone come across anything like this before?? I am really really struggling right now, as all three bunnies have issues, and I am stressed to hell ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Just to add, the ONLY time he does that is if I am messing with his fur around the back end. The rest of the time he behaves completely normally!!
Just to add, the ONLY time he does that is if I am messing with his fur around the back end. The rest of the time he behaves completely normally!!
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