Thread: Sarcoptic Mange

Quote: Originally Posted by Tuckerbunnies I don't know, I can remember when I use to have a horse years ago and myxi was about and I saw so many rabbits in the fields eaten away with the disease some had gone blind and they became easy pickings for rats and you could hear them now and then screaming as rats got them. I never got over it and still cry about it today. Myxi is awful. Oh how awful. I don't think I would ever be able to...

Quote: Originally Posted by sidereus7 Oh how awful. I don't think I would ever be able to get over that either. Those poor rabbits. You just want to help them all but of course you can't and for most they were beyond help. It's just so sad __________________ BUNNY BURROWS RESCUE . http://www.bunnyburrows.btik.com/ Charity Number. 1090006

Sarcotic mange It,s awful; seeing the foxes with mange some have been totally bald you know that they must be suffering which is why i got EH in to help them only they culled them instead Its a parasite infection that burrows under the skin My vet said that he had treated loads of dogs with this all had been in contact with foxes he also said that rabbits were not affected by it but they are fur bearing so i suppose that they can be...

The only help I can give is that sarcoptes scabei is highly contagious as a human disease too - scabies. Itching burrows usually start between the fingers. I'd be surprised if Milo had it & it hadn't spread to Eddison & you. I really feel you need a vet. Rightly or wrongly I have heard that lop eared buns are more prone to wax, low grade bacterial, & yeast infections of the ear. I can only wish you all the...