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Sore looking skin

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happy little bunny

Warren Scout
I've just been through to clean the bunnies out there in the spare room at the moment because they have both had nodular myxi. I picked muffin up to give him a cuddle and under his tummy and around his genitals hes got fur missing and his skin looks really red and sore it felt a bit dry too. any idears hat it could be ? ive bathed it in salt water and given him some baytril until i can get him to the vets.

Any suggestions would be appriciated
 
No i don't think so the genitals are not swollen at all and all muffins scabs fell off weeks ago. Its just that a week ago he had thick white fur there now its just sore looking skin very red thats why i bathed it with salt water.
 
Its just urinary incontinence is common for inflammation of the skin around the bottow as the urine burns the skin.

Its often a result of either a urinary tract infection or EC.
 
If its inflammed you may want to see your vet to see if he can prescribe an anti-inflammatory cream such as Fuciderm.

You can use vaseline or Sudocreme to moisturise it and work as a barrier cream to prevent any urine touching it (if thats what is causing the problem).

Baytril will treat a UTI but you would need Panacur for EC, has he been wormed at all?

Another thing that can cause urinary incontinence is kidney stones or bladder sludge.
 
Another thing that can cause urinary incontinence is kidney stones or bladder sludge.[/QUOTE]

Bladder sludge ive never heard of that :oops: no he has never been wormed should rabbits be wormed :shock: i didn't know that i feel like such a bad bunny mummy now:cry:
 
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