Fleas – Rabbit

Introduction

Ctenocephalides felis felis are contracted by house-rabbits from dogs and cats in the same household. Imidacloprid (Advantage®; Bayer) and Permethrin (Xenex Ultra®: Genitrix) are the licensed products.

Spilopysyllus cuniculi, the 'European rabbit flea' and Echidophagia mymecobil, the 'stickfast flea', are both found in and around the ears of pet rabbits that have contact with wild rabbits and are best treated with Advantage®. Stickfast fleas are a vector of myxomatosis. Spilopsyllus cuniculi or 'European rabbit flea' is the common flea in Europe and Australia while Cediopsylla simplex (common eastern rabbit flea) and Odontopsyllus multispinosis (giant eastern rabbit flea) are the North American equivalents.