Rabbit ears

Re: Rabbit ears

Mark Hedberg — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:07:27 GMT

Brill, I see your diagnosis was "spot on"!!!

*runs and hides from the beatings*

Re: Rabbit ears

Kathryn Burton — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:13:32 GMT

Saw the rabbit back yesterday and is looking much better, owner very happy. So advised two further treatments two and four weeks after initial Tx.

Re: Rabbit ears

Gerry Henry — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:39:23 GMT

Sounds like notodres; I use stronghold, don't like xeno; really severe cases require a deep GA to debulk and clean affected ears.

Re: Rabbit ears

Zoltan dr. Szabo — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:50:25 GMT

Thank you Mark for your answer.

It's clear now.

Re: Rabbit ears

Mark Hedberg — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:43:56 GMT

Xeno is a brand name in the UK for topical ivermectin; there's a "Xeno 50" for birds and small furries (kisrágcsálók) and a "Xeno 450" for rabbits and larger exotic birds.

Cheers,

Mark

Re: Rabbit ears

Zoltan dr. Szabo — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:56:51 GMT

In my opinion it can be scabies.

I agree with James who suggested ivermectin, but the simple oil of sunflower solves the problem also.

May I have a stupid question? What is the "Xeno"?

Re: Rabbit ears

Mark Hedberg — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:11:44 GMT

Fair point; I never yanked off scabs, just the stuff that was flaking badly and was loose. Admittedly I wasn't very clear, sorry!

Re: Rabbit ears

James Allsop — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:52:38 GMT

I remember being told during my exotics lectures that cleaning these plaques off is very painful and leaves ulcerated sores. Having never cleaned the ears and just used ivermectin I have (so far) had 100% cure. I would be interested to hear others experiences of cleaning rabbits ears for cases of ear mites.

Re: Rabbit ears

Mark Hedberg — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:33:17 GMT

Sounds like a lovely case of ear mites; some gentle cleaning does help but you'll want to repeat the xeno as per the instructions for a few weeks.