tea tree oil and Bunny Rabbits

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Thanks Kathleen,

Tea Tree Oil on a bunny?! Don't you dare tell me it wasn't diluted or I'll

have to go punish you by tickling you for a whole hour.

 

I wouldn't use Tea Tree Oil on a bunny either. Bunnies have hyper immune

systems that tend to over-react to everything. That's why they can't sometimes

cure themselves of snuffes. (Their body form little pockets around the

infection and sometimes those break.) I would worry about the tea tree killing

the fauna in the bunny's digestive system too. Thus the bunny would eat, but

the fauna wouldn't be able to help the bun-bun digest it's food and it would

surly die.

 

You have to be very careful giving an anti-biotic to bunnies and give them a

pro-biotic at the same time.

 

Bunnies immune systems are more like cats. You can, for example, use can use

the cat version of Advantage on a bunny, but a much lower dose. For a 3 pound

bunny use ONE DROP rather than the whole tiny tube that you would on a cat.

Properly house rabbits usually don't get fleas, but if bunny get fleas it can be

very dangerous, as they can starch themselves so hard they will either bleed to

death or dehydrate.

 

Also, one would NEVER want to use Tea Tree on a cat: see

http://www.thelavendercat.com/ for more info on cats. Bunnies immune systems

seem more like cats than dogs. I wouldn't want to use that on a bunny for fear

of some of the same liver damage. You might have gotten away with it, but there

are known safe ear mite treatments for bunnies. I wouldn't want my dear pet to

be an experiment and have them suffer possible problems. (If you have info

about tea tree and rabbits please let me know.)

 

Since I know of no studies on EO's and bunnies, I prefer to error on the side

of caution. Bunnies can be wonderful little dear one full of great expression.

Like today, my bunny communicated: time to pet the bunny, it's hot why isn't

this air conditioner thing on?, YES I WANT A TREAT! And it's the perfect time

for a big nap.

 

The only EO that my bunny got into was an accident. A dropper of Cypress EO

was left where he got into to it, and he self anointed the top of his head with

a drop of the cypress. Now I do not recommend that! But he does seem fine

(that was over 5 years ago) and he did smell mighty nice for a good while.

(Course, he likes to eat pine needles, I think Yuck! But he likes them.)

 

Oh, and about Christmas bunnies verse summer bunnies? I would say that's the

stuff I scoop out of the litter box. Genetically they would be the same thing,

genetics can't seasonally change like that. Now the summer bunnies might get

let out more, get played with more by the kids on summer vacation and better

food by fresh veggies, but that's not genetics.

 

I will say that baby bunnies grown in warm climates tend to have longer ears

than a sibling of the same rabbit grown in cooler conditions. Here inland in

Southern California where people grow many breeds, the people that grow short

eared breeds on the cool coast, can raise them in the summer; where the people

in the hot valleys try to have baby bunnies in the summer or the ears grow too

long ears. (Bunny ears, like elephant ears, are a way they can cool their

bodies off so hot climate, longer ears.)

 

Oh, and remember, bunnies are NOT for juggling,

 

David Roman

 

" I have a question about tea tree oil will it hurt my toy poodle I use it on

> my rabbit for ear mites and it does fine but I read where it isn`t good for

> dogs anyone know?? "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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