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Fur Loss Around Eyes

22 11:14:52

Question
After trying Selecemtin unsuccessfully, we gave our pet rabbit (Tock) Revolution to combat his fur loss on the face.  It worked well, and Tock looked great for about seven weeks.  Then he started losing fur again, so we gave him another dose of Revolution.  All of his fur loss was on his head (mostly around his eyes), so we applied two drops on the back of the neck and two drops midway down his back.  That was ten days ago, and now he is losing fur again.  Will it hurt Tock to give him another dose now?  Also, it appears that he begins to lose fur again whenever we put him in his outside pen (as opposed to his inside cage).  Is it possible that the mites or their nits are in his outdoor pen?  If so, is there anything I can treat his pen with to kill them?

Thank you,
Alan Christian


Answer
If you haven't used the entire montly dose of the medication, you could give him some more.

If he has mites in his outside pen, then it would need to be treated for whatever sort of mite it is, and you wouldn't want your bunny in there while you are doing that and for a week or two afterwards, so all the parasites die off.  It's certainly likely that he is picking them up outdoors.

There's more info about mites at http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabrefs.html#mites

Kim