Beau Belle
Mama Doe
Hello All,
After a stressful day with a so-far-so-good ending, I want to highlight the importance of checking your bunny’s bottom.
This morning, OH picked up our four buns one by one to check, and all seemed fine. Later on during the day, he picked one of them up again and saw what he (rightly) believed to be maggots.
He called the vet, who told him to bring Bella + her bonded partner straight in (OH didn’t see anything on Bertie) and he then called me (I’m with family in Sweden).
The Vet found two maggots on Bertie and more on Bella. Thankfully my OH caught it very early and B & B are now back at home resting, with shaved backsides and medicin.
I was, of course, aware of fly strike and all our buns were fly striked in May; we change all trays twice a day and we check bums regularly ... I thought I did everything to ensure they were safe, and STILL this happened.
Had my OH gone out for the day as planned, he wouldn’t have picked Bella up a second time and we would likely have lost one if not both of them...
Dear bunny owners, please please please check your bunnies often, and if something seems to be going on, take them straight to a bunny savvy Vet.
Today has taught me that this can happen in the space of a few hours and whilst they're now at home with OH, we’re not yet out of the woods. OH will be checking them hourly through the night, and bring them back to Vet for a check up on Tuesday.
Make bum-checking a regular thing. Once s day, twice or thrice if it’s hot. It may save your bun’s life.
After a stressful day with a so-far-so-good ending, I want to highlight the importance of checking your bunny’s bottom.
This morning, OH picked up our four buns one by one to check, and all seemed fine. Later on during the day, he picked one of them up again and saw what he (rightly) believed to be maggots.
He called the vet, who told him to bring Bella + her bonded partner straight in (OH didn’t see anything on Bertie) and he then called me (I’m with family in Sweden).
The Vet found two maggots on Bertie and more on Bella. Thankfully my OH caught it very early and B & B are now back at home resting, with shaved backsides and medicin.
I was, of course, aware of fly strike and all our buns were fly striked in May; we change all trays twice a day and we check bums regularly ... I thought I did everything to ensure they were safe, and STILL this happened.
Had my OH gone out for the day as planned, he wouldn’t have picked Bella up a second time and we would likely have lost one if not both of them...
Dear bunny owners, please please please check your bunnies often, and if something seems to be going on, take them straight to a bunny savvy Vet.
Today has taught me that this can happen in the space of a few hours and whilst they're now at home with OH, we’re not yet out of the woods. OH will be checking them hourly through the night, and bring them back to Vet for a check up on Tuesday.
Make bum-checking a regular thing. Once s day, twice or thrice if it’s hot. It may save your bun’s life.
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The Vet called me twice, which was lovely.
