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tobey has dermatitis now!

A

allyandtobey

Alpha Buck
tobey now has some dermatitis under his chin now, it seems like one thing after another for the poor little fella! :shock:

ive got to try and get him to let me put a bit of ointment on the area (its where his scent gland is where he would be chinning things) twice a day for a week, he keeps on tugging at the fur there and its all bald :(

its only since he had his teeth out, i did a bit of research online and there was suggestion that it could be to do with him drinking out of a bowl, i thought maybe as he has no teeth now the water was running out and onto his chin?

i've switched him to a bottle now but he's always had trouble with them, so hopefully he can figure it out!

arrrr, poor bunny :( maybe a whole month will pass soon when he hasn't had to have a trip to the vet! he does officially hate me now lol!
 
poor little mite... its so hard trying to convince them we've got their best interests at heart :roll: What are the symptoms of dermatitis?
 
i know :( it makes it so much harder not being able to explain to him what's happening all the time! he used to be so good at going in his carrier, but this morning he just refused and kept wagging his tail at me (which he does a lot these days :lol: ) but after some patient waiting he eventually was enticed in by a banana ;)

as for the symptoms, i first noticed him constantly tugging at this bit under his chin (even without teeth :shock: ), so i had a look and it was all pink where i could see his skin, i took him to the vet this morning and after having a proper look i could see all the bare skin and it was a little red and inflamed, it must be so itchy for him!
 
good on you for taking him to the Vets so promptly... I'm sure the cream will work its magic then you'll be forgiven :thumb:
 
Thats just what happened to Maisie. She was getting very wet under her chin and it was knotted too. Anyway, they shaved her at the vet and we applied the cream and the redness and soreness went. I changed her water bowl to a smaller one so that she was not laying across it and getting getting wet. I have to keep my eye on the bowl and top up throughout the day, but it hasn't come back.
 
gah, every time i put some cream on tobeys chin he just proceeds to lick it all off :? this can't be good for him surely, and obviously the cream won't be doing its job properly :(

what i can i doooo :(
 
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