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Worming Rabbits Before Selling
Topic Started: Mar 7 2013, 07:40 PM (431 Views)
BunnyRabbitPassion
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I know some people worm their rabbits before they go to new homes, but I was wondering if it's bad breeder etiquette not to.
I only have around 20 something rabbits, and the ones that I sell (kits) live in my house till they go to their new homes. My breeders and show rabbits live outside, so they are separate from my kits.
I've heard that it sometimes makes a rabbit sterile. The rabbits I'm selling are going to homes as pets, most often they are the only rabbits in the household. I never wormed my rabbit when we only had one, and I never took her to the vet for a check up. I know the House Rabbit Society is encouraging people to treat rabbits more like dogs and cats and take them to vet and routinely worm them, but I feel it unnecessary if none of your rabbits present any signs.
I feel like a 6 week old rabbit is a little young to be giving medication to and I want to avoid it if possible.
I have never had worms in any of my rabbits before. I would worm them if one of my rabbits had a case.
Just wondering what all your opinions are on this subject.
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NeuBunny
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I only use wormer if I see symptoms in my herd.

But don't sell babies before 8 weeks old.
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sidd-says-gimme
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Yeah, I don't worm mine... but would if I saw a problem, of course. I don't think it's necessary to worm them before selling.
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BunnyRabbitPassion
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I've read they can get E.coli from their mother's placenta and supposedly, worming them keeps them from getting it. I'm not sure how that works, but I think that by 8 weeks old I would be able to tell if they got E.coli from the placenta or not.
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majorv
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We don't routinely worm. Our rabbits don't run in the grass and their poop/pee goes down into a drop pan they can't get to. If we ever saw signs of worms I'd be treating everyone, but until then...no.
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don't worm unless you know FOR SURE that you should.

that's how parasites, viruses etc build up immunity to drugs.
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Himadri Hollands
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Are you sure you are not thinking of e. cuniculi? E. coli is a bacteria, and would not be affected by deworming, E. cuniculi is a parasite, and is implicated in some cases of wryneck, and sometimes responds to treatment with ivermectin and fenbendazole dewormers.
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