astroaurora
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Hello, I have a couple of rabbits I've only had for a month and a half. My female has a couple of bald spot near her hips. The bald spots are white and flaky with scabs in the center. I didn't know what was going on at first but in reading about it it appears she has mites. I have gone to the vet and picked up some ivermectin injectable in syringes. My female only weighs 1 lb. 8 oz. and my male only weighs 2 lbs. 6 oz. The syringes that the vet gave me have 1/10 (0.10) of a milliliter of medicine in them. If the proper dosage is 0.018 ml per lb, then I calculate that my female will need about 0.027 mL and my male will need 0.045 mL. According to these calculations the 0.10 mL that are in my syringes will be 4 times as much as my female needs and 2 times as much as my male needs. I want to know if there's a way that I can dilute the ivermectin so that I can split up the doses and give them the amount that they need. I also suspect that it is possible that my female could be pregnant and I have concerns with giving her too much. Thank you for any and all advice.
ALSO! I'm pretty sure the mites have gotten in our house as we have had the rabbits in the house a lot. The day I discovered that she was losing fur I had been cuddling with her. Later that day I discovered bumps all over my chest that look like little bites. Then a couple of days later I woke up with them all over my legs. I have read that the mites can't live on humans but they can live on other animals. I have concerns because we also have a cat and 2 dogs that have been in close proximity with the rabbits. So I'm worried that we might need to treat the other animals too but I don't have any medicine for that. The vet thought that it might not be necessary but I'm concerned that if I'm getting bit in the house that the pets might have them too.
ALSO! I'm pretty sure the mites have gotten in our house as we have had the rabbits in the house a lot. The day I discovered that she was losing fur I had been cuddling with her. Later that day I discovered bumps all over my chest that look like little bites. Then a couple of days later I woke up with them all over my legs. I have read that the mites can't live on humans but they can live on other animals. I have concerns because we also have a cat and 2 dogs that have been in close proximity with the rabbits. So I'm worried that we might need to treat the other animals too but I don't have any medicine for that. The vet thought that it might not be necessary but I'm concerned that if I'm getting bit in the house that the pets might have them too.