toyabrooke
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
I have found a flea on our 10 week old baby Netherland Dwarf. We got him three days ago and has been settling in amazingly - bikines and flops on my leg in the first day! He loves being stroked while he lays flat on the ground, but today while he was purring away I saw a little black dot crawl across his face and go into his fur. I had hoped I was imagining thing, but when I stroked him later while he was laying in his litter tray, one crawled onto the tray! I managed to kill it after a lot of attempts, and Ray doesn't seem fazed by them (he grooms a lot but no itching or anything like that).
I know I would have to use a kitten grade flea killer for such a small bunny, but I did have a look over a small part of his back and couldn't see any fleas. Should I just do a thorough look over him (my mum will help) and kill any I can find rather than risk poisoning him with flea killer? He is so small and young I just don't want anything to happen to him. If we do find though that he is infested (which I highly doubt), should I then use the flea killer to make sure it doesn't get worse/spread to our apartment?
Any advice would be great.
T
I have found a flea on our 10 week old baby Netherland Dwarf. We got him three days ago and has been settling in amazingly - bikines and flops on my leg in the first day! He loves being stroked while he lays flat on the ground, but today while he was purring away I saw a little black dot crawl across his face and go into his fur. I had hoped I was imagining thing, but when I stroked him later while he was laying in his litter tray, one crawled onto the tray! I managed to kill it after a lot of attempts, and Ray doesn't seem fazed by them (he grooms a lot but no itching or anything like that).
I know I would have to use a kitten grade flea killer for such a small bunny, but I did have a look over a small part of his back and couldn't see any fleas. Should I just do a thorough look over him (my mum will help) and kill any I can find rather than risk poisoning him with flea killer? He is so small and young I just don't want anything to happen to him. If we do find though that he is infested (which I highly doubt), should I then use the flea killer to make sure it doesn't get worse/spread to our apartment?
Any advice would be great.
T