How do you tell if rabbits have fleas?

Answer 1

Depending on what type of mites your rabbit may have, the symptoms will be different.

1. Fur Mites * Symptoms: Fur loss around the face, neck, and back. Flaky, red, or irritated skin. PLEASE NOTE: Some rabbits periodically lose fur about the neck area due to hormonal reasons. They will NOT exhibit any signs of flaky, red, or irritated skin.

2. Mange Mites

* Symptoms: Often seen scratching and in doing so may make themselves bleed, scratch themselves to point of injury, etc. Also notice a loss of hair on the chin, head, base of the ears, and the neck. 3. Ear Mites aka Ear Canker

* Symptoms: Often shaking their head and frequently scratching at their ears. If you look in their ears you may see an accumulation of what seems to be golden-yellow scabs or earwax on the inside of the ears. It may be obvious, or deeper down. This is often from a loss of blood and/or bacterial infection accompanying the mite infection.

In all these cases it is vital to get treatment for your animals from a rabbit-knowledgeable veterinarian, and to cull/ separate them from your other rabbits and animals to keep the mites from spreading.

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Answer 2

To check for fleas on your rabbit, examine the fur by running your hand against the way the fur grows for "flea-dirt" which is dark and crusty and attached to the fur or for the fleas themselves.

Answer 3

There are various things to look out for, loss of appetite, scratching, over eating, dragging their behind as if its itching, blotchy red marks on there skin, if I was you, I would seek advise from your local vet or RSPCA as they will be very informative!

Answer 4

Usually the rabbit will be scratching near its head area-- that's where the sweet blood is. If it is scratching all over its body, ask your vet to get a specially made "rabbit shampoo" to kill the fleas.

Answer 5

First answer: You will be able to see most worms in the stool or on the rabbits butt. Others will take a vet to detect and to get rid of. The ones in the stool can be treated with cat dewormer.

More information: Be very careful about giving anything to a rabbit that is made for a cat! Some products are safe, but many are toxic to rabbits, and unless you know the exact, specific difference, you may be endangering your rabbit. If you don't have experience treating rabbits for worms, take your rabbit to the vet the first time so that you don't make a deadly mistake.

Answer 6

There are several kinds of parasites that can infect a rabbit, and all of them have various symptoms. If you see flaky skin around the ears, they might have ear mites. If they are losing weight, they might have some kind of worm. You will have to ask your vet if you suspect parasites in your rabbit.

--Newfoundland97

Answer 7

If your rabbit has small black or brown dots on it, place some on a tissue and drop a tiny bit of water on it. If it "bleeds" red, the your rabbit has fleas.