We discovered tonight that one of our rabbits has ear mites. We were hoping to mate them this week but won't at this time. They are highly contagious and the other rabbit does not have them. After spending time on online and reading our rabbit care book, looks like we will be calling vet in the morning for some advice. Thumper's case is probably beyond the mineral oil stage. From everything I read she will need 3 injections of an antiparasitic spaced 2 weeks apart. We will also have to put her in our temporary cage since mites can live up to 3 weeks without a host. They said the only way to nonchemically get rid of them is to clean cage and keep her out of it for 6 weeks. We will put her in the shed in our temporary wire cage for the time being after she is treated tomorrow. Hopefully, vet will be able to give me proper dosage and show how to administer the rest of the injections. Will keep you updated on how it is going .
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