Rear guard or tiny farm friends keep it clean?

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- 07/19/2016 at 4:40 AM
  Leah
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  Hi everyone,
  
  I am just concerned about the use of rear guard on my bun to protect from fly strike. My bunny lives in the house but as he had a bout of stasis a couple of weeks ago, although we keep his bum clean, there is a slight smell sometimes. As I said he is a house bun but no matter how much you try there would still be a fly or two gets into the house. As soon as I catch them and turn round there are more, they are house flies though not blue or green bottles, I never see them in the house. I have searched this forum and see that some people have commented on rear guard having killed some buns? I found this product which says it can reduce the risk of fly strike and can be sprayed on the bun directly https://fetch.co.uk/supreme-tiny-fr…5011 
  
  Any views on this, I live in Ireland but actually at the moment the temperatures are pretty high.
  
  Many thanks xx
- 07/19/2016 at 5:05 AM
  Bam
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  Rearguard has cyromazine. It can have side-effects according to a webbinar from the Rabbitvet (vet John Chitty) that I listened to in June 2016. They actually showed the Rearguard bottle in the webbinar. It’s often recommended for rabbits by rabbit-people, but I don’t know anything about lethality.
  
  Anyway, vet John Chitty said you shouldn’t rely 100% on sprays and spot ons but be very careful about environmental hygien (change litter often etc) and check your bun’s rear daily. For a rabbit kept outside he recommended checking 3 times/day during hottest season, because flystrike can develop in as little as 6 hours when conditions are favorable. Your bun is inside, so checking once a day should do.
  
  I can’t find an ingredience-list for the Tiny Farm Friends Keep It Clean. It says it’s safe, but I’d like to know what’s in it.
- 07/20/2016 at 8:06 AM
  Leah
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  Thank you for your reply.. I have decided to give the rear guard a miss, do not want to risk it after him being so sick with stasis a couple of weeks ago.
  
  I bought the tiny friends farm cleaner and there were no ingredients on it but managed to find the contents online…
  
  <5% non-ionic surfactants, disinfectant, perfume
  
  Coumarin, Linalool, Limonene, Geraniol
  
  Thanks
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