Keeping the rabbitry as clean as possible will help hold the fly population down. Fly strips, fly traps, insecticide dispensers, and parasitic wasps can all help reduce the fly population. The back end of a rabbit is especially susceptible to fly strike, for obvious reasons. Rabbit urine, diarrhea, and night droppings are are very attractive areas for flies. This basically removed the hair from that area.
Open wounds are also susceptible to fly strike.
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