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A question to help Maya???

J

JIMGRACIE

Mama Doe
As most will know Maya, my black lop has a tear duct problem. He has had them flushed and his teeth have been checked, and we will be keeping an eye on them (or should i say the vet will??).

He now has a new problem. I have noticed that he has sticky front legs, where he has been cleaning his face during the day. He hates his front legs being touched, so there is no way i can get a brush near them. Is there an easy way of cleaning his front legs?

Any ideas appreciated
 
Oh Karly you have just reminded me...i was given some clean wipes when my female himi had an ulcer on her lady bits. Maybe i can try and wipe his front legs with them.

Thank you for the memo :)
 
Unfortunately sticky front legs is a sign that Maya probably has a snotty nose :( It is one of the indicactors for snuffles as the rabbit wipes away the snot with their front feet, often not letting it stay there long enough for you to see that there is a discharge. It could be that the discharge is from the eye though if he is wiping that with his paws :?
It is quite hard to get off. Using a very fine toothed comb may help, but chances are it will be straight back anyway :?
 
Thanks Doorkeeper, for your concern.

The gunk on Mayas front legs is from his eyes. He has tears, because of his tear duct problem. I can't get a comb near his legs he hates it!!

I have managed to clean them tonight with warm water and a flannel. I am sure once he gets used to his legs being touched with the flannel he'll be fine.

Its part of mine and Mayas daily routine to have his tears wiped and i guess it will be part of our routine to clean his legs too!!
 
Is Maya bonded yet (sorry I can't remember)?

If not then when you do get him a companion they may well clean up his face for him so his legs don't get so gunked up. I had a rabbit with a chronic tearing problem but her companion always kept her clean so I rarely had to clean her eyes once they were together.
 
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