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Question about Honeys Lady Bits?

Tinytoez

Tinytoez

Warren Scout
I went down to see Honey today, shes doing brilliantly, when shes out in the garden you wouldnt believe she was the same bun I rescued only 3 weeks ago, we actually had trouble catching her to put her away!!

But, Katie turned her over to show me how her bum was doing, it seemed ok with just a tiny amount of poo on it, but she put a pair of gloves on and showed me the two folds at either side of her bum (Im sorry I dont know much about bunny anatomy yet), and as she parted the skin I noticed a slight smell and what I can only describe as crusty yellow pieces that almost looked like ear wax all over the insides of the folds.

Would anyone know what this is without a photo?
Is it something she can deal with herself, is it natural, do we need to clean it and should I tell the vet

I am taking her for her VHD tomorow, she had a runny bum after that for a few days, so Im expecting that again, but she has a runny bum one day and is ok the next.

I am also a little bit worried that Katie "may" be washing Honeys bum too much - is that possible? as I dont want her getting sore or painful.
 
They are her scent glands.
You can gently clean the waxy build-up from them using a cotton bud dipped in vaseline :)
 
Not to hijack a thread, but I noticed the same thing in my baby girl when she was about 10 weeks or so, but it wasn't yellow. It was a pinkish/reddish. Is that a cause for alarm?

I will have to check her again when I go home.
 
Lol we did notice it wiffed a bit, and werent even cleaning it.
Ive just been reading about it on a link I googled, but its making me feel a bit queezy. What about getting the vet to do it tomorow?:(
 
To be honest its best to learn to do this yourself its all part of keeping rabbits ;) . I just wrap the bun in a towel turn them over and clean with wet cotton wool , if you soak it a bit before cleaning it will soften it so it will come out easily ;)
 
I know it is, but is there a right way and a wrong way of doing this - I dont want to cause her any more hassles than she already has with her bum by doing it wrong because I know no better.

I wasnt even aware of this till I asked tonight.
 
just dont pull it if its stuck there ;) , sometmes it will come away no problem ans sometimes it needs to be softened ;) . Sorry i do forget that people dont always know these things x
 
Its cool, as my Intro post said 3 weeks ago, Im hitting the ground running!!
I know more about looking after Parrots than I do about Bunnys.
 
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