la~la~land
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Hey there,
I had started another thread on here a while back about how some of my rabbits had fur mites. I treated with ivermectin, but the second time I dosed them my buck Jet had a bad reaction so I stopped after that. A few weeks later everyone's fur is back and they look fine so I bred my doe. Shes due on the 14th and I had her out checking over her today. Shes broken black and on some of her black patches there seems to be a bit of dander (Jet also looks to have a little) so I checked closer. After about 10 minutes of going through her fur I found two very tiny orange specks that move if you watch very closely. These are what I presumed to be fur mites before except there were lots of them. She doesn't have any fur loss (if she does its so little that you can't even tell). Are these mites? I've basically sworn off ivermectin so won't be using that again. My local TSC carries diatomaceous earth but never has it in when I go. Its also getting rather cold here (below freezing at night) will the mites die off?
Thanks for your help!
I had started another thread on here a while back about how some of my rabbits had fur mites. I treated with ivermectin, but the second time I dosed them my buck Jet had a bad reaction so I stopped after that. A few weeks later everyone's fur is back and they look fine so I bred my doe. Shes due on the 14th and I had her out checking over her today. Shes broken black and on some of her black patches there seems to be a bit of dander (Jet also looks to have a little) so I checked closer. After about 10 minutes of going through her fur I found two very tiny orange specks that move if you watch very closely. These are what I presumed to be fur mites before except there were lots of them. She doesn't have any fur loss (if she does its so little that you can't even tell). Are these mites? I've basically sworn off ivermectin so won't be using that again. My local TSC carries diatomaceous earth but never has it in when I go. Its also getting rather cold here (below freezing at night) will the mites die off?
Thanks for your help!