Fur Mites

[bluepez]

I think my Finding Nemo 4month old buck MAY have fur mites. He is missing some fur..not to the skin..but much shorter then the rest of him..along his side by his ribs.

So I am going to treat with Revolution..I have treated before with that as a preventative last summer..but stopped in the winter.



What do you all think?

 

[polishgurl47]

did u check? can u see them?

 

[polly]

Is the skin dandruffy looking? That's usually one of the easiest signs just to check it's not that he is going into a bad moult or something else.
Mind you sometimes it's worth treating anyway we usually treat once or twice a year with ivermectin esp on our show rabbits cause if they chew their coats it can take them Ages to go through a full enough moult to clear it

 

[bluepez]

I can see white flakes and but crusty on one spot in his head.

And I know vet is only way to see them and I have appt already in place so shall see here soonm

 

[bluepez]

Yes I can see some dandruff like stuff...so I treated with revolution...hope it helps

 

[tonyshuman]

It should be fine to do Revolution. Remember, though, that you may need to treat again in 14 days. I have yet to hear of a bad reaction to Revolution.

 

[MyRabbits]

We use ivermectin, and the one time when I didn't know that was the treatment and that it was available at Tractor supply, I took the rabbit to the vet, and he gave ivermectin. So when it showed up again with another rabbit, I knew I didn't need to go to the vet after all.

We give our show rabbits injectable invermectin once every six months as a preventative, though I have also found that the horse paste ivermectin is also usable in rabbits, and from other breeders, have started using that instead.

As you have an actual case of it, you will need to give a second treatment after about ten days if you use the ivermectin, as that corresponds with the lifecycle of the mite.

 

[tonyshuman]

A caution with ivermectin: some bunnies have an adverse reaction to it. Also, if you're going to give the horse paste, it is best to push it all out of the tube, mix it up very well in a bowl, and then dose it to the bunnies. The reason is that sometimes the drug is not evenly distributed throughout the tube and there can be spots where the concentration of the drug is higher or lower. That's the case often with drugs where you're supposed to give the entire tube to a single animal--it doesn't matter if there are medication "hot spots" in the tube if a single animal gets the entire tube, but if the tube is used to dose several animals, it can be a problem.

 

[polly]

tonyshuman wrote:

A caution with ivermectin: some bunnies have an adverse reaction to it. Also, if you're going to give the horse paste, it is best to push it all out of the tube, mix it up very well in a bowl, and then dose it to the bunnies. The reason is that sometimes the drug is not evenly distributed throughout the tube and there can be spots where the concentration of the drug is higher or lower. That's the case often with drugs where you're supposed to give the entire tube to a single animal--it doesn't matter if there are medication "hot spots" in the tube if a single animal gets the entire tube, but if the tube is used to dose several animals, it can be a problem.

Thats really interesting to know I dont think we get thepaste over here but its a giid piece of information to store away for future use

 

[luvthempigs]

tonyshuman wrote:

Also, if you're going to give the horse paste, it is best to push it all out of the tube, mix it up very well in a bowl, and then dose it to the bunnies. The reason is that sometimes the drug is not evenly distributed throughout the tube and there can be spots where the concentration of the drug is higher or lower. That's the case often with drugs where you're supposed to give the entire tube to a single animal--it doesn't matter if there are medication "hot spots" in the tube if a single animal gets the entire tube, but if the tube is used to dose several animals, it can be a problem.

Just wanted to point out that an entire tube of horse wormer is notnecessarily given to a horse. Horses weight's are different and the tubes of wormer have a dial on them so that you can adjust for the weight of your horse. Example, The entire tube will treat a 1,200 pound animal but your smaller horse may only weigh 800 pounds so you set the dial to deliver enough medication to treat 800 pounds.

 

[tonyshuman]

OIC, thanks Maria. At the least, though, the horse is given a large portion of the tube, and a rabbit would get just a tiny bit.

 

[pamnock]

polishgurl47 wrote:

did u check? can u see them?

Fur mites are microscopic.

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