Thanks, Myia!
Couple updates on Mr. Gus:
We finally got him treated with Revolution back in February. He definitely was infested. He went fromscratching and flicking his ears CONSTANTLY, to scratching maybe once or twice a DAY! It's amazing how quickly it worked too. Within about 24 hours and the scratching stopped!
Plus, he seems to have had a personality-ectomy. He was always grumpy before and would spend almost the whole day sitting under the table or in his box and didn't even like to be pet much. Oh, he'd like a good ear scritching at first, but a few seconds in he'd try to nip you or nudge your hand away and then start scratching again. Anyway, now he's turned back into that curious, out-going, mischievous little rabbit he used to be. He's even better about being picked up and held! (Not that he likes it or anything...
) He's started jumping up on the couch and onto the chairs around the kitchen table. Something he's NEVER done before! It's really amazing!
The one thing that hasn't stopped is the shedding.:rollseyes But it has slowed down a bit. He's a bit overweight (he's got a chubby bunny bum!), so I'm going to try to slim him back down (no more bananas, raisins, or tortilla chips!) and see if that helps at all.
Anyway, for anyone who suspects their rabbit has mites, I'd recommend getting their vet to check and get them treated. I can only imagine what Gus must've been suffering all this time! Poor bun bun!
Also, I think--no, I know--Gus has started digging in his litter box.I'm not sure how long he's been doing it (I suspect a couple months now). At first I just thought he was kicking some sawdust out when he'd jump in and out of his box (it was mostly in the far back cornerbehind his boxand not immediately noticable till I took out his box for its cleaning), but nowhe's getting itall over his cage. I've neverseen him do it (I'm sure it's something he does atthree in the morning when we're all sound asleep!), but there've been a few mornings where his cage has literally been covered in sawdust. Now I just gotta figure out how to get him to stop. :grumpy:
And finally, twice this week, the little bad bunny has managed to sit in pee. I can't figure out where he's peeing that he'll sit in it, other than it's in his cage. Buthe's definitely sitting in it somewhere. Both mornings he's had sticky, yellowish-pink fur on his butt, tailand feet. :yuck
Anyway, he's now had his first butt bath. He didn't think too much of that. Kept trying to jump out of the tub. But once I'd got as much of the pee out of his fur as possible and him wrapped up in a towel, he seemed to calm down. Then Iblow-dried himfor 15-20 minutes till his fur was as dry as I could get it. He DID seem to like that! He actually turned around at one point and lay down again so Icould aim the hair dryer at the other side! Silly rabbit!:rofl:
Oh, and some sad news. Remember Buttercup the class rabbit? Well,I recently learnedthatlast summer he ended up going to the SPCA. I hope that means he's got a new home now (and a better diet and is neutered) and didn't end up PTS! Even hubby was upset when he heard that! He called him a "cool little bunny." And he was, even if he did keep trying to attack poor Gus while we bunnysat him!
Rue
