New Rabbit

[bunnylady2]

Hi Everyone,

It's me, Patti's rescue buddy, Liz.

I adopted a girlfriend for my Snoopy on Friday and immediatley noticed her head shaking and ear scratching. Her eyes are a little crusty as well as her ears. Patti cameby and said it didn't look like ear mites. Well, off to the vets we go. She did a scraping , got nothing and said it could be scabies!

She and Snoopy were both treated with Ivermectin and will return in two weeks. We also got ear and eye meds just to cover any infection.

Has anyone had this experience before?

By the way, Patti named her Lucy!!

Thanks

 

[pamnock]

Sarcopic mites = scabies

Ivermectin is effective in treating these types of mites.

 

[bunnylady2]

Thanks!

I have been researching and everything I have ready is scary. It says it can take forever to get rid of. My vet didn't seem that concerned.

 

[Maureen Las]

I think that you should disinfect their environment as much as possible after each injection.

here is a print out on scabies in rabbits from medrabbit


http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Parasitic/burrowingmite.PDF