Fleas

[Lightchick]

I know NOTHING about fleas.  When I was a kid and we had dogs my parents gave the dogs “flea-dips”–some sort of bath with flea-poison.  And then they had the anti-flea collar things…

So I caught Robbie the Rabbit in the park, and he was infested with fleas (this was on Friday).  I IMMEDIATELY took him to the vet, who gave me kitten/puppy Revolution, and told me to use half a dose.  But each dose is one itty-bitty clear tube with .25 ml (for the laymen–about 2 drops!) of clear fluid, and with a squirmy frightened feral rabbit, I managed to dump the whole thing on the back of his neck.  And then I freaked out, thinking I was going to poison him, and tried to swipe some away.  I did better with Lizzy’s dose (did them both just to be safe).   But I was feeding Robbie just now, and saw a buggy on his nose.  Assuming it was a flea…what else could it be?

I’m flea-illiterate…do I give him another dose, assuming I botched the last one entirely?  How do I keep the fleas from getting in my rugs/bedding/furniture without killing my bunnies, who are all over all of them all the time?  I haven’t seen any, except the one I thought I saw on Robbie’s nose (and it disappeared before I could get it), but I’m paranoid.

Help!?

I hate bugs…

[Ang]

NOOOOOOOO dont re-dose the rabbit.

it will take a few days to get rid of the fleas completely. the medicine is working. i would also make sure you vacume really good and then change the bag and take it outside. keep vacuming daily and repeating this process for about a week and then watch they should be gone. they dwell int he carpets and any fabrics ie: couch etc. the dose should work in a few days

[Sarita]

Yes, don’t redose him. You would want to wait 30 days IF YOU DID redose him.

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