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Eucalyptus is on the lists of plants toxic to rabbits that I've seen. These aren't always accurate, so I looked a little further.

A Cornell University page said this: 'The dermal LD50 for rabbits is greater than 5g/kg BW." This means that you generally have to put more than 5g of eucalyptus oil on the skin of a rabbit per 1kg of body weight of the rabbit, for it to have a 50% chance of dying.

That's a lot of oil! Still, eucalyptus oil can kill rabbits, and I'm sure some rabbits have much lower tolerance than others. With alternatives like food-grade diatomaceous earth available, I don't think I would chance using eucalyptus on my rabbits.

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/med ... calyp.html<br /><br />__________ Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:34 pm __________<br /><br />I've seen others on here mention Sevin dust (like for vegetable plants) for things like fur mites and fleas. I'm sure a search on here would find them.

Also found this: http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/fleas-ticks.html#rabbits
 
yea I wont chance it then. I know we can use it on dogs and cats. My old boss had it as he flea treatment. I used to be a dog groomer. Thank you for the help. I just hate fleas.
 

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