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Rabbit behavior advice needed!!!

lucy pepsi

Warren Scout
Dexter is becoming much stronger and is a very fiesty little chap!! This is making his treatment a bit tricky though!!!!

When i need to clean up his wounds (4 times a day) i open his door and sit on the floor in front of it with my bunny towel on my lap. He just jumps onto my lap, and i wrap him up and clean the wounds. However, as soon as i start he frantically starts biting at the towel - it is looking like swiss cheese!!! Is this frustration because the wound cleaning is hurting him?

When i put him back in the cage he frantically boxes at all his furniture as though he is having a little tantrum. I worry that he is mad at me :roll::oops::?

Also because he is so thin and has wounds all down one side i tend not to pick him up - i either wrap a towel around him first or let him come to me. This morning i had to catch him as he did a runner :roll::lol: and he grunted when i picked him up - was he cross because he doesnt like/isnt used to it? or did i hurt him??? xxx
 
well he's obviously not going to enjoy it, and it will hurt him I guess, so he's associating you with an unpleasant experience. Bit unfortunate but not much you can do except take him to the vets so he associates the vets with the nasty stuff - but if it's 4 times a day then that's not practical really :( I think you are doing a fantastic job though - I couldn't do it at all! :)
 
Maybe you could try a small treat after you've cleaned to wounds to help him forget about it. Then he might stop associating you with the upset.
 
Thanks guys.....
i just tried something different tonight! I gave him his pellets (he has 3 small bowls a day now with his baytril on) and put them in the corner of his cage so that i could get to his poorly side whilst he was eating. He just stood there eating when i gave it a really good clean!!! :shock:

Is is really bad that i am offended he doesnt want cuddles??!!!!!:roll::lol:
 
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