By: Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:02:25 +0000

Two weekes ago, ignorance turned from bliss into horror. We had 3 rabbits. Now we only have two. I live in Rhodes, Greece. The weather suddenley got very hot. One of the rabbits didn’t come running as usual when she heard the food bag. As It was very hot on the ground around their hutch, I put up an umbrella and decided to wait until the sun moved before getting her out of the hutch. My plan was to clean the hutch anyway and if she was still not feeling well, visit the vet during his afternoon clinic. A little while later she began to eat so I wasn’t particularly worried and left any further investigation (I thought) for the vet later. When I took her out of the hutch a few hours later, her belly was swarming with maggots. They had eaten all her soft belly skin and were crawling about inside her. The vet put her to sleep. She had been suffering with wry neck for 2 1/2 years so we regularly washed her bottom as she couldn’t do it herself. I still feel so terrible that it could have perhaps been avoided if only I had looked at her earlier, or put a mosquito net over the hutch as I have now. My vet said if we inject the remaining rabbits with IVOMEC that should protect them. I hope so. I will ask him if Rearguard is available in Greece. Thank you for the information.

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By: Barbara Brown