Flies

With warm weather, comes flies and lots other bugs....Yuck!
You really got to keep an eye on things during the summertime, to make sure things dont get out of hand...its possible for bunnies to get fly strike.  I personally never had this happen, thank goodness.  But, I hear its pretty bad, a fly can lay eggs on a rabbits bottom, the eggs hatch and you then have maggots & the maggots burrow into the skin and wreak havoc.  Make sure your rabbits bottoms are kept clean and dry, this will decrease your chances of fly strike.

In the indoor part of our rabbitry we have an automatic sprayer, that sprays every 15 minutes.  It works great, I highly recommend it.  Its a Country Vet Sprayer, that we bought from Tractor Supply.  It really keeps the flies down, and kills any other bugs that may also be in the rabbitry.  And whats best, is that its safe to use around the rabbits.  I prefer a spayer over using sticky fly strips.....although they work, they arent very attractive and if you arent careful they can get get stuck in your hair :P

The outdoor part of our rabbitry has lots of airflow, which is great but its almost impossible to keep flies away.  One thing we do is, sprinkle lime on the manuer beds to help keep the smell down~which helps keep the fly problem down.  So far we havent had a problem.....*knock on wood* lol

-Malena