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Rabbit meat is tasty and healthy, doctors classify it as a dietary food group. Today, many Russians are engaged in breeding these fluffy pets. But like any living creature, a rabbit is susceptible to many diseases. Most often, such ear diseases occur in rabbits:
- ear mites or psoroptosis;
- myxomatosis;
- purulent otitis media.
There are many causes of diseases: infections, parasites, inappropriate temperature conditions. To raise a healthy population of rabbits, you need to be attentive to the pets, monitor their condition, know the symptoms of diseases, and ways to provide assistance. Most often, users type the phrase: “rabbit diseases ears symptoms and how to treat them. " We will try to answer these questions in the article.
Ear mite - psoroptosis
Psoroptosis is scabies, a contagious disease that can affect an entire rabbit herd in a short period of time. The reason for its appearance is a yellow ear mite, which reduces the immunity of the animal.
Symptoms
You can determine the onset of the disease by the following symptoms:
- A sick animal becomes restless, stops eating. Constantly shakes his head and rubs his ears against the cage. In addition, the ears fade.
- Small bumps appear inside the ears, then bubbles of fluid. The liquid flows out of the bursting bubbles, scabs form (tissue dies off), sulfur accumulates.
- Females refuse to mate.
If you do not start the timely treatment of psoroptosis, then the brain is affected in the rabbit.
But sometimes the disease starts without the typical symptoms. It's just that the rabbits begin to scratch their ears intensively and constantly move in the cage. If you have the slightest concern of animals, you should contact your veterinarian. After examining the rabbit, he will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
Treatment
Experienced rabbit breeders understand the symptoms of ear diseases and begin treatment. They recommend treating the ears of pets with a mixture of turpentine and vegetable oil for psoroptosis. As medications, you can use:
- Cyodrin;
- Acrodex
- Dicresil;
- Psoroptole.
Disease prevention is an easy way:
Myxomatosis
Myxomatosis is a serious disease accompanied by inflammatory processes, purulent conjunctivitis. Bumps and blisters appear on the body. Late recognition of the symptoms of the disease in one rabbit can lead to the death of the entire livestock.
Symptoms of the disease
Obvious symptoms of the disease appear, as a rule, only 20 days after the onset of the infection. But with a daily examination of animals, the disease can be detected at an early stage: red spots appear on the skin, and small nodules on the ears and eyelids.
What are the symptoms of the disease:
- The temperature can rise to 41 degrees, then return to normal.
- The eyes are watery, and purulent clots appear on them, as in conjunctivitis.
- Tumors appear on the body, growing to the size of a pigeon's egg.
- On the genitals and head, gelatinous edema may occur.
- In rabbits, ears droop, folds appear on the scalp.
- The oral cavity becomes inflamed. This symptom is accompanied by purulent discharge, wheezing.
Treatment features
If you notice the symptoms of rabbit disease in a timely manner, then the treatment has a positive effect. It is carried out by a veterinarian with strong antibiotics and immunomodulators. Recommended for subcutaneous injections:
- Gamavite;
- Ringer;
- Baytril.
In addition, special drops are instilled into the nose, iodine is used to treat the wounds.
Sick and recovered animals are kept separately from the main herd. Rehabilitation after recovery takes two to three months. Keep rabbits in a warm room.
Many rabbit breeders shoot videos about treating their pets at home:
Traditional methods of treatment
Such an ear disease in rabbits, as myxomatosis, can be treated independently with folk remedies if it is detected at an early stage:
- Sunflower oil is fried and treated with lesions.
- Wounds on the ears are treated with urine, keeping it in the sun for at least 3 hours.
- Feed rabbits with ear disease with fresh leaves of horseradish.
- The food should be nutritious, you can add pumpkin pulp and freshly made pineapple juice to it.
- If breathing is difficult, aromatherapy is performed using eucalyptus oil.
- For injection, a solution of camel thorn is injected into the lower leg.
Prophylaxis
As a rule, myxomatosis begins in late spring, when insects, carriers of the virus, appear. How to protect eared pets from illness:
- Block insect access with safety nets.
- Examine rabbits' skin, ears and fur 2-3 times a week.
- Provide timely vaccinations at an early age.
- Keep cells clean, treat with special agents.
Cell processing after disease
Cells after diseased animals are treated:
- Glutex;
- Virkon;
- Ecocide C;
- 5% alcohol solution of iodine.
You can cleanse cells with folk remedies:
- whitewash with lime;
- treat with hot liquor;
- wash with a whiteness solution.
Purulent otitis media
Otitis media is an inflammatory process that affects the inner, outer or middle part of a rabbit's hearing system.
External ear disease can be caused by:
- fungus;
- the presence of an insect;
- wound;
- accumulation of large amounts of sulfur.
Symptoms
- The constant itching in the auricle makes the rabbit constantly shake its head, tilt it to the sides, scratch its ears.
- Pus flows from the auricle.
- The rabbit won't let you touch its ears.
- The animal becomes lethargic, eats practically nothing.
Symptoms are similar to ear mites (scabies). Only a veterinarian can make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the correct treatment. Most often, drops are prescribed to relieve inflammation, itching and pain. Ointments for lubricating the ears or intramuscular injections of oxytetracycline 10 mg / 1 kg of body weight are also prescribed.
Other ear diseases
Ear diseases in rabbits are not necessarily caused by viruses or parasites. The auricles can suffer from cold and heat.
Cold ears
Rabbits, especially small ones, have great difficulty in surviving low temperatures. The ears are the first to suffer. With symptoms of frostbite, they become cold, swollen. Pets do not allow touching them.
There are three stages of frostbite:
- In case of frostbite of the first stage, you need to immediately rub the ears with snow and bring the rabbit into the heat. When the pet is dry, both ears need to be lubricated with petroleum jelly, camphor oil, goose fat.
- Stage II frostbite is characterized by watery blisters on the ears. After a while, they will open, painful sores will appear.If the animal has cold ears, there is no need to wait for the bubbles to burst on their own. They should be opened, and for processing, use zinc, iodine or camphor ointments.
- The third stage is characterized by wrinkling, drying out of the skin. In a word, it dies.
Hot ears symptom
In summer, rabbits' ears can get hot at high temperatures. If these symptoms occur, the animals should be given more water and the cages should be moved to a cool room. If lethargy and immobility persist, then the reason for hot ears is not in the increased air temperature. I need the help of a veterinarian and proper treatment.
Let's summarize
Raising healthy rabbits can be done with careful grooming. In addition, preventive measures are needed. Rabbit cages should be kept clean and disinfected. All animals, starting from an early age, must be vaccinated in a timely manner. When the first symptoms of the disease appear, you should immediately start self-treatment or seek advice from a veterinarian.
