Treating Ear Mites
If you look in a rabbit ear and see a bunch of yellowish or brownish crusty crud, your rabbit probably has ear mites. Here is what you do.
Old school method - use a few drops of mineral oil in the ears each day to drown the mites. Keep it up for 10 days. Warning: Rabbit will shake head and sling droplets of oil an astonishing distance so have a towel ready to throw over the rabbit. Vegetable oil or olive oil could be used but be sure it is fresh, not old and rancid.
Modern method - Ivomec ivermectin 1% .018 cc per lb of live weight
Ivomec, ivermectin 1% (the product sold for cattle and horses)
The tested dosage for rabbits is 0.018 cc per lb of live weight
10 lbs is .18 cc
5 lbs is .09 cc
Inject under the skin between the shoulder blades of the rabbit.
Some people report good results by giving the solution orally to
the rabbit, squirting into the mouth by syringe with no needle.
This has not been researched clinically.
Some people report good results by squirting into the ear (ear mites)
with no needle. This has not been researched clinically.
Some people report good results squirting on the skin (fur mites).
This has not been researched clinically.
Repeat in 10-14 days to get the earmite eggs that hatch out. It would
be a good idea to treat all the rabbits in the herd at the same time.
Have a good day!
Franco Rios
If you look in a rabbit ear and see a bunch of yellowish or brownish crusty crud, your rabbit probably has ear mites. Here is what you do.
Old school method - use a few drops of mineral oil in the ears each day to drown the mites. Keep it up for 10 days. Warning: Rabbit will shake head and sling droplets of oil an astonishing distance so have a towel ready to throw over the rabbit. Vegetable oil or olive oil could be used but be sure it is fresh, not old and rancid.
Modern method - Ivomec ivermectin 1% .018 cc per lb of live weight
Ivomec, ivermectin 1% (the product sold for cattle and horses)
The tested dosage for rabbits is 0.018 cc per lb of live weight
10 lbs is .18 cc
5 lbs is .09 cc
Inject under the skin between the shoulder blades of the rabbit.
Some people report good results by giving the solution orally to
the rabbit, squirting into the mouth by syringe with no needle.
This has not been researched clinically.
Some people report good results by squirting into the ear (ear mites)
with no needle. This has not been researched clinically.
Some people report good results squirting on the skin (fur mites).
This has not been researched clinically.
Repeat in 10-14 days to get the earmite eggs that hatch out. It would
be a good idea to treat all the rabbits in the herd at the same time.
Have a good day!
Franco Rios
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