For a week or so, Coffee has been spreading love around the house. Poops flung everywhere. Then the spraying started. Then chin rubbing. Those behaviours are 100% male. Is Coffee a boy?
Between Coffee’s back feet kicking and constant wriggling I tried to check the rabbit’s sex. I conceded that I needed help to check because it was basically pointless me doing it by myself.
It was then that I noticed pinworms in her poops. Little white wriggling worms. Oh no. That’s a bad infestation for them to be coming out like that. I needed to do something fast.
Now, I know I have said that it is not important to worm your rabbits, but because coffee will be desexed soon, it needed to be cleared up before hand. Some vets won’t operate of a rabbit who has worms.
I was freaking out, because I knew Selamectin wouldn’t do the removal process and other chemicals like fenbendazole will either kill the worms or the rabbit. I decided to call a vet to get information.
The closest exotic vet was in Williamstown, The Bird and Exotic Animal Clinic. Well, it was either that or The Rabbit Doctors in Coburg. I booked an appointment. Coffee was going to the vet.
Coffee didn’t like being in the car. But after a while she settled down and fell asleep.
The vet clinic seemed quite pleasant. They sold Oxbow and Burgess, which is the usual food brands. It didn’t have that typical vet disinfectant smell, which was brilliant. The usual vet smell makes bunnies uncomfortable. Coffee was such a well behaved bunny.
The Vet, Dr. Wong, checked Coffee over. The typical Thermometer up the bum – even though Coffee clenched and made it difficult for it, teeth check, weight, and a sex check. Coffee is a boy!
It was then that the vet said that she will give him some Selamectin to help with the worms. Selamectin? I questioned that. She said that two doses, two weeks apart will kill the worms. Really? Apparently, it’s the amount of Selamectin in the blood stream that helps remove the worms.
I will update the Selamectin page with this information.
Coffee didn’t like being poked and prodded and wanted me to save him. The vet commented that he obviously loves me.
I will need to get another dose of Selamectin for Coffee for the 10th of October.
This vet makes a neutering appointment a month after the initial consultation. Even though I didn’t book Coffee in yet, I will have to soon.
At home Coffee needed a big hug. I don’t blame him.
I left the cage on the floor, and Bella decided it was a great bed.
Once Coffee got over the shock of going to the vet, he started playing. He would jump from the small round black pad, to the blue house, then into the cage. It must have been fun, because he did that over and over again.
Coffee still spreads poops and sprays everywhere, so he gets limited free-roaming time. Once the rainy weather goes, he will be outside more.
I’ll be organising his neuter shortly.