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Nipping bunny.

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Abbiebutler

Young Bun
So we had a disaster during cleaning out today.

We have 3 female bunnies. 2 live in a pair and one lives alone (don't worry, we are working on getting her a friend)

Basically one of the pair managed too get too the lone bunny and the lone bunny bit her nose, now she is bleeding. She seems fine in herself and is eating.

What should we do about the bite? Clean it up? And it will heal it's self? There isn't tonnes of blood, but we definitely don't want an infection.

Thanks in advance x
 
Ouch poor thing. I would want my bunny to see a vet to check the bite & to help stop any infection. You could call an out of hours vet for advice. You said there's not a lot of blood but is it continual or does the wound look deep?

Sometimes its good to post a pic then the more knowledgeable members can give you the best advice. A snap shot with your phone would be fine :)
 
If you're not experienced with wound care a trip to the vet is best, as it needs the bulk of any scab cleaned off and checked in case their is fur in the wound. Then I might want to cover with baytril, depending how deep the wound is and infection potential. If an infection did develop I would want her on penicillin. I second that a picture would be helpful :)
 
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