Bunny Medicine Cabinet

[M.R. Lops]

Honestly, I've never even taken any of my bunnies' temps. before. Rabbits are pretty healthy animals and most problems can be fixed by talking to another breeder. Pretty much, if you keep their cage area clean and feed your buns a healthy diet, then you shouldn't have any problems.

 

[Ms. Research]

Honestly, I've never even taken any of my bunnies' temps. before. Rabbits are pretty healthy animals and most problems can be fixed by talking to another breeder. Pretty much, if you keep their cage area clean and feed your buns a healthy diet, then you shouldn't have any problems.

I have to agree with your reply. I guess I just want to be prepared, if a rabbit gets ill and I can't get a vet or breeder right away, to be able to have some data to share when I do get in contact with them to ask questions. I would even come here, but you need data to be able to explain over the phone or on a computer what's going on. But dewey's explanation made me see that my theory would not work and I will not try it on the buns because it would be incorrect data.

Why try something when someone has given you a detailed reply of why it would not work. All I know is that when a rabbit gets sick, bad things could happen very fast if you are not on the ball.

 

[M.R. Lops]

Ya, rabbits don't get sick that often, but when they do, they are good at hiding it, and most of the time, by the time you figure out what's wrong you have to work fast or sometimes it may already be too late.

 

[Ms. Research]

Ya, rabbits don't get sick that often, but when they do, they are good at hiding it, and most of the time, by the time you figure out what's wrong you have to work fast or sometimes it may already be too late.

Sad but true.

 

[dewey]

M.R. Lops, pretty much same here.

Not saying there wouldn't be a time & place for it to be used, of course, but I really can't think of a time I'd feel it was really needed...most illnesses or issues I'd come across here would usually have symptoms that can either be eye-balled or eliminated off a list of common things with the help of other breeders like M.R. Lops said, for, in my case, treating at home, etc.

 

[CESpeed]

Both websites are GREAT! Thank you for posting this information. Also, thank you for pointing out that good care in the beginning takes care of most problems before they begin. I have three cats and I'm used to keeping them clean and I have been very forunate that they have required very few vet visits and I'm glad to read that the same should be true of rabbits.

 

[SarahMelisse]

Does anyone have remedies or preventatives for fly strike? Maybe some sort of herb to plant near the rabbitry that would repel flies? I don't have a problem yet, but I also keep chickens which tend to attract a LOT of flies.

 

[Ms. Research]

Does anyone have remedies or preventatives for fly strike? Maybe some sort of herb to plant near the rabbitry that would repel flies? I don't have a problem yet, but I also keep chickens which tend to attract a LOT of flies.

I feel that way with the mosquitoes around here. We don't have flies, but LOTS of mosquitoes. But the flies down the shore called "greenheads", well they bite to hurt. I'm trying to find something myself that I can put in the area of their permanent outdoor run. Hopefully like yourself, looking for something I can plant near the outdoor run.

If I find something, I'll post. Hopefully someone else is reading this and can give some kind of hint to where to look. Maybe even those raising larger livestock could help.

I believe in preventative management. If I can head something off before it happens, makes life much easier.

 

[SarahMelisse]

Does anyone have remedies or preventatives for fly strike? Maybe some sort of herb to plant near the rabbitry that would repel flies? I don't have a problem yet, but I also keep chickens which tend to attract a LOT of flies.

I feel that way with the mosquitoes around here. We don't have flies, but LOTS of mosquitoes. But the flies down the shore called "greenheads", well they bite to hurt. I'm trying to find something myself that I can put in the area of their permanent outdoor run. Hopefully like yourself, looking for something I can plant near the outdoor run.

If I find something, I'll post. Hopefully someone else is reading this and can give some kind of hint to where to look. Maybe even those raising larger livestock could help.

I believe in preventative management. If I can head something off before it happens, makes life much easier.

Me too! I rather not find creepy fly larve on my rabbits....

 

[M.R. Lops]

Does anyone have remedies or preventatives for fly strike? Maybe some sort of herb to plant near the rabbitry that would repel flies? I don't have a problem yet, but I also keep chickens which tend to attract a LOT of flies.

I have been worried about this myself. I have found maggots in my litter boxes about a month ago and I started freaking out. But after talking to some people on here and then finally getting ahold of a couple of my local vet.s I found out that you have nothing to worry about unless your rabbit has an open sore. So, as long as your rabbits don't have any open sores and their fur is dry, then you shouldn't have any problems with flystrike. But, to keep away flys is a pain. I have one of those fly strips that I hung up, and it does catch some of the flys but not all of them. I recently switched all my cages to stackable wire cages with pull-out trays which are a lot easier to keep clean, than the indoor plastic bottom cages that my buns were in before. And I haven't had a fly problem since I switched to the pull-out tray type cages. Just keep your cages very clean and you should be fine.