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Post by tess on Nov 13, 2007 10:11:24 GMT 7
Our baby bunnies have picked up fleas from the local wild rabbit community, can anyone tell me how we get rid of them? Our rabbits live in a huge run in the paddock under some nice big shady trees, but on checking them out last night we found that they have some small fleas on them, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by Mandav on Nov 13, 2007 14:01:06 GMT 7
hey there , kitten flea powder is pretty good, but if their exposed to dirt nuthin will really keep them away
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Post by Helen on Nov 13, 2007 14:14:23 GMT 7
I use advantage for cats on my rabbits. Just a drop on the back of the neck depending what size they are, not the whole tube of course. How big are, what breed etc.
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Post by Mandav on Nov 13, 2007 14:39:25 GMT 7
good thinkin
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Post by Peter on Nov 13, 2007 15:03:40 GMT 7
We have also does as helen has sugessted, Ivomec is also good, it is a oral medication that kills all parasites I would hit their pen with a mix of mallow wash (get this from the stock feed), mixed with water, spray all soil and wooden objects.
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Post by Helen on Nov 13, 2007 15:49:47 GMT 7
The other thing that I put around the place to keep the feas and like all these things is Phenyle, though it is poisonous (malawash is too) and I always remove the rabbits soak the area and let it dry before putting them back in. It stinks but it works. For my chooks I grow wormwood and throw the whole branch in and let them scratch it around for themselves but I have never been game to use this around the rabbits as it may be toxic to them. Also, if your rabbits have them odds on the guinea pigs will too.
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Post by Helen on Nov 13, 2007 16:17:47 GMT 7
Back again. i am trying to do too many things at once and not thinking properly. Just a word of warning. I f you have your rabbits outside unprotected from mosquitos you are running the risk of your rabbits getting myxamatosis. Can you cover their pen with shadecloth to keep them out? I am rather obsessive about this because 5 years ago I had it go through my rabbits. There were days when I buried complete litters and mums. I cried every day seeing what those poor things went through. I had rabbits for years without a problem and then I had the summer that I will never forget. All my rabbits are in a fly wired shed now except for some oldies who recovered from the disease and have developed an immunity to it. I was lucky and managed to save most of mine but that year there were people who lost complete rabbitries.
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Post by tess on Nov 14, 2007 10:20:56 GMT 7
Thanks for all the advice. We will definately get some shade cloth for the outside, I didnt think of that, thanks Helen. We also lost almost all our bunnies 2 years ago, we lost 7 all together over a couple of days, it was awful, and a have a huge pet sematary out the back of our place. Will also get something to put on them, whether its kitten flea powder or advantage not sure yet. The father is a Californian Giant, the mother is a Californian Giant crossed with a little guy we were given from the local vets who was badly burned in a barn fire, not sure what he is. The problem we have is that even though they are in a large run we move it around so they get the fresh grass while we still have some. Also where can I get wormwood?
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Post by Helen on Nov 14, 2007 14:30:48 GMT 7
The powder will only kill what is on them, the advantage will stop them for up to 6 weeks.
You can get wormwood from nurseries in the herb section or it grows easily from cuttings if you can find some. I would offer you some but I am a bit far away. If you can't get any let me know and I might be able to pot up some cuttings for you and get them to Midland if that will help.
Yes we have a garden that we call the Rabbit Warren where we buried all our rabbits when the myxamatosis hit and I have planted it with rosemary (for remembrance) and geraniums. It was heartbreaking.
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Post by Mandav on Nov 14, 2007 15:20:31 GMT 7
yeah sorry forgot to add it will only kill the ones on the it won't keep them away
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Post by tess on Nov 15, 2007 6:46:21 GMT 7
Thanks again for the advice. With the advantage, I would guess its ok to put on the mother and father, (the father is bigger than our cats) but what about the babies, I don't want to overdoes them?
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Post by Mandav on Nov 15, 2007 8:46:03 GMT 7
with the cali you could probably use one tube ( going by the size of a purebred cali if he's a cross then i'm not sure the reason i say this is because their no such thing as a califorian giant but their is a califorian and they are quite a large rabbit ) , the babies i'd just put one or maybe 2 drops depending on their size
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Post by tess on Nov 15, 2007 8:58:45 GMT 7
The babies were born on 18 October so they are still relatively small, although judging from the size of their feet they will probably be quite a decent sized rabbit when fully grown. We havent seen any fleas on the parents but if the babies have them they are bound to have them sooner or later.
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Post by Mandav on Nov 15, 2007 10:25:42 GMT 7
i'd use one tube on dad and just a drop or 2 on the babes , how big is mum ?
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Post by tess on Nov 15, 2007 11:26:27 GMT 7
Phoenix, the mother, is just about normal rabbit sized, even though her mum was huge, her dad is just a little guy, and she came out somewhere in between.
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