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- 09/14/2015 at 12:20 AM
  Victoria
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  Lulu and Cinnamon are in the process of bonding. Cinnamon is from a shelter where she has scabs from mites. Lulu is chewing her fur & scabs. How can I stop this?
- 10/22/2015 at 7:33 PM
  Jadeo09
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  Hi
  Sounds like they need a vet if they have scabs it could cause a very nasty infection if they keep messing with them.
  They will probably give you some cream and maybe painkillers for their pain
- 10/22/2015 at 7:34 PM
  Jadeo09
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  When you have rabbits bonding or bonded its its pretty essential to always take them to the vets ect together.
- 10/22/2015 at 7:53 PM
  vanessa
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  That sounds difficult. One of my bonded pairs, Morgana and Avalon, recently had a medical episode. Morgana had Flystrike, and had 2 open wounds the size of my thumbnail. Avalon was licking her wounds. I separated them for 36 hours, (including a visit to the vet) and I was afraid of them unbonding if I left them separated long enough for her wounds to heal, and the fur to grow over. I decided to let her out with him. My first bonded pair could withstand a week of separation, But I didn’t think Avalon would be able to make it. So put them together. He continued to lick her wounds, and even when they closed, he licked the bare skin. It did get somewhat raw. But her fur grew back quickly enough, that I didn’t need to do anything about it. Your case might be different. I would definitely have her checked out at a vet. Some shelters have their bunnies examined before adopting them out. When I adopted Lancelot, he had an indepth set of medical records from the Humane Society. Not all shelters manage that. Is Lulu licking the scabs or actually chewing the fur? Could you post pics of the scabs? I think many vets would put health and recovery above bonding, and would recommend to keep them separate. I would make that a personal choice depending on each bunny, and the nature of the health problem.
- 10/24/2015 at 4:44 PM
  Jadeo09
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  Someone on here separated their bun for one trip to the vets and has had trouble since, as the other one is aggressive toward the other now. If you have to separate for health reasons though I’m sure your vet will tell you, so don’t worry.
  Jade
- 10/24/2015 at 4:46 PM
  Jadeo09
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  Vanessa I’m really sorry to hear your bun got fly strike it must have been incredibly terrifying.
- 10/25/2015 at 8:21 PM
  vanessa
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  Jade I live in a rural area, cows, horses, goats, in the neighborhood. Impossible to prevent flystrike. I will never let my bunnies outside again. It was horrible. I pulled a warble out myself.
- 10/25/2015 at 10:19 PM
  BB & Tiny
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  From what i have read, when they groom, the biting is for ” burrs ” in the fur. So perhaps the bunny is mistaking the scabs for burrs ?
  
  Miss Josephine will groom my eyebrows and bite looking for burrs, even though I don’t have any !
  
  I took one of mine to the vet without the other one, they were fine when i brought her home.
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