Hesperus
Warren Veteran
Hello everyone,
My bunny is nearly 5 and a VERY lazy lop. He had an eye infection a couple of weeks ago and was taken to the vet for a check up and got antibiotics. This has all cleared up just fine now and the eye is looking much better now and not leaking so that's fine.
However, he's not very good at cleaning himself. He's far from incontinent (peeing as usual in his pee corner) but he seems to be less good at not putting his feet in it. The problem is that he sometimes gets the pee off his feet up a tiny bit to his legs and this got a bit sore, especially when he had the eye infection and was down in the dumps. To be honest, he's never been a spotless bunny but I don't want him to get smelly!
Yesterday he had a mini-bath (just his back legs) and a thorough clean and trim. But today, he's trodden in a tiny bit more wee (nothing too bad). I've wiped it all off with a damp towel and dried them and I'm also changing any wet bedding twice a day.
He's absolutely fine in all other ways, hopping and jumping like a baby still, absolutely ravenous 24/7 etc. He's not fat because he has a tendency to overeat and so his food is limited.
Does anyone have any advice about any 'baby wipe' style products that I could use just to keep his feet clean? Obviously, he's been to the vet only last week (and goes three times a year for health check-ups) and there's nothing wrong with him apart from this. So any tips on how to keep on top of the problem before it gives him sore skin would be ideal!
Thanks for reading such a long post!
My bunny is nearly 5 and a VERY lazy lop. He had an eye infection a couple of weeks ago and was taken to the vet for a check up and got antibiotics. This has all cleared up just fine now and the eye is looking much better now and not leaking so that's fine.
However, he's not very good at cleaning himself. He's far from incontinent (peeing as usual in his pee corner) but he seems to be less good at not putting his feet in it. The problem is that he sometimes gets the pee off his feet up a tiny bit to his legs and this got a bit sore, especially when he had the eye infection and was down in the dumps. To be honest, he's never been a spotless bunny but I don't want him to get smelly!
Yesterday he had a mini-bath (just his back legs) and a thorough clean and trim. But today, he's trodden in a tiny bit more wee (nothing too bad). I've wiped it all off with a damp towel and dried them and I'm also changing any wet bedding twice a day.
He's absolutely fine in all other ways, hopping and jumping like a baby still, absolutely ravenous 24/7 etc. He's not fat because he has a tendency to overeat and so his food is limited.
Does anyone have any advice about any 'baby wipe' style products that I could use just to keep his feet clean? Obviously, he's been to the vet only last week (and goes three times a year for health check-ups) and there's nothing wrong with him apart from this. So any tips on how to keep on top of the problem before it gives him sore skin would be ideal!
Thanks for reading such a long post!