Me had never heard of E Cuniculi until it was suggested as a possible cause of what was making my friend Hershey ill and eventually lead to her crossing the rainbow bridge.
With her human family at first Hershey was shy earning her the nickname Hershey the Meek, with her guinea pig friends on our virtual pirate adventure she was a CHEEKY MISS instigating the great bum pinching scandal.
When she got ill Hershey showed her Mummy and Daddy she loved in the best way she could by over coming her shyness and accepting and demanding attention even play fighting with Daddy over the syringe, the best gift of memorys she could have left with them.
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[/caption]So what is E Cuniculi?
E Cuniculi is a protozoan parasite largely found in rabbits.
It is a Zoonose which means it can pass between different species eg from rabbbit to guinea pig.
The spores are eaten from infected hay where they can survive for months.
Once inside they travel round the body before leaving in the urine which in turn leaves spores on whatever is peed on to be eaten again.
Like mites in guinea pigs in rabbits it is believed to lie dormant until other factors such as stress, dehydration or a different infection allow it to take hold.
Even though a rabbit may have no symptoms they can be a carrier.
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