Mites on rabbits

[Barbarag]

My rabbit has a bad infestation of mites and I am going to take him to the vet. BUT I have read all kinds of horror stories on the internet about how vets don't know much about rabbits and inject them with the wrong mite killer so as the rabbit dies. I don't want this to happen as I love my rabbit . Is there some magic cure that I can use on him without risking a vet who doesn't know about rabbits.

[HowardKennitby]

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http://forums.rabbitr...ndex.php/t-96489.html

[Ratty2E]

You can get Ivermectin spot on from almost any pet shop under various brand names. There's no need to see the vet unless it's causing other health problems. As far as I know ivermectin is the active ingredient in all mite treatments and I think the stories you may have read are to do with ivermctin being injected which I know in rats can cause painful blisters so it's much better to go with the spot on.