toria
Warren Scout
Hello,
I got up late this morning and went to see my 2 rabbits. As usual Toby, my male lionhead comes barging out his hutch. I noticed I could see his skin on his back. Looking, I found a cut and dry blood. I absolutly panicked. It was dry but must`ve happened over night as I had brushed him the evening before and he was fine. I was panicking so much I couldn`t see in my rabbit books what I could do to help. I called the vets anyway and they wanted to see him asap. I feel awful as I said I didn`t know if I could go until I had gone to work. Well, the early appointment went so I had to have a later one after work. When I went home for dinner, it looked like he had been picking at it and some more fur was missing.So I rang up and took him to the vets then. I thought he could`ve done it on his hay rack or litter tray, which were both upturned this morning. But the vet said these were old wounds tht he had adjutated. And looked like he had been`scooping` under something. I realised he does duck down and run backwards and forwards under his hutch door when open. So it must be this. Anyway, he was given some steroid cream (fuciderm) which I have to put on twice a day. I feel so awful because it was my fault, letting him do it. He`s obviously done it a while ago and either I adjutated it brushing it last night or he knocked it or whatever. I just feel useless sometimes as I`m not very good with bruises and blood. Toby was a good boy having the cream put on tonight, so I just hope he`ll be ok now and not pick at it.
I got up late this morning and went to see my 2 rabbits. As usual Toby, my male lionhead comes barging out his hutch. I noticed I could see his skin on his back. Looking, I found a cut and dry blood. I absolutly panicked. It was dry but must`ve happened over night as I had brushed him the evening before and he was fine. I was panicking so much I couldn`t see in my rabbit books what I could do to help. I called the vets anyway and they wanted to see him asap. I feel awful as I said I didn`t know if I could go until I had gone to work. Well, the early appointment went so I had to have a later one after work. When I went home for dinner, it looked like he had been picking at it and some more fur was missing.So I rang up and took him to the vets then. I thought he could`ve done it on his hay rack or litter tray, which were both upturned this morning. But the vet said these were old wounds tht he had adjutated. And looked like he had been`scooping` under something. I realised he does duck down and run backwards and forwards under his hutch door when open. So it must be this. Anyway, he was given some steroid cream (fuciderm) which I have to put on twice a day. I feel so awful because it was my fault, letting him do it. He`s obviously done it a while ago and either I adjutated it brushing it last night or he knocked it or whatever. I just feel useless sometimes as I`m not very good with bruises and blood. Toby was a good boy having the cream put on tonight, so I just hope he`ll be ok now and not pick at it.