shazza
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one of my champagne/nzr/harlequin mix mutt bucks had mites so i gave him an ivermectin injection about three days ago. he hadn't been eating much the subsequent days, so i was preparing to move him to a hospital cage for closer observation this evening and found him dead in his cage. he was in otherwise great health before outside of some nerve damage in a hind foot from a dog attack a few months ago (he still got around fine, he just had an odd gait and his toes didn't spread right.) i had tried to breed him around the first of the month and unfortunately my does didn't wanna cooperate so i don't think i'll get any kits from him, sadly.
i'm pretty convinced he had an allergic reaction to the ivermectin as like i said, he was otherwise in perfect health, and a voracious eater. he will be the second animal that i've lost to a medication allergy, the first being a 6 week old kitten that died after being given a dose of albon, a coccidia medication.
i know that vienna markings can predisposition rabbits to having ivermectin sensitivities, but is that the only breed/marking known? i ask mostly out of curiosity - how common is it that rabbits have this issue, and also because i have that rabbit's mother and if there's a breed predisposition i would like to know in case she also gets mites or something in the future. i've always heard that rabbits with white feet will generally be sensitive, i'm assuming this is related to the vienna and not that any brokens will be sensitive? i don't have any vienna rabbits but i do have some brokens, and i'm going to be picking up a pair of blanc de hotots in the near future and with how rare/expensive they are i'd hate to kill them after a routine ear mite treatment or something.
i'm pretty convinced he had an allergic reaction to the ivermectin as like i said, he was otherwise in perfect health, and a voracious eater. he will be the second animal that i've lost to a medication allergy, the first being a 6 week old kitten that died after being given a dose of albon, a coccidia medication.
i know that vienna markings can predisposition rabbits to having ivermectin sensitivities, but is that the only breed/marking known? i ask mostly out of curiosity - how common is it that rabbits have this issue, and also because i have that rabbit's mother and if there's a breed predisposition i would like to know in case she also gets mites or something in the future. i've always heard that rabbits with white feet will generally be sensitive, i'm assuming this is related to the vienna and not that any brokens will be sensitive? i don't have any vienna rabbits but i do have some brokens, and i'm going to be picking up a pair of blanc de hotots in the near future and with how rare/expensive they are i'd hate to kill them after a routine ear mite treatment or something.