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Mama Doe
Just out of curiosity, how easy is it for rabbits to clean directly under their lower jaw? Not the chest, or even the neck... basically, the underside of their jaw...
My rabbit, Barney, has had fur feel almost knotted there before. He's a Dutch rabbit, so it's not as if his fur is unusually long. When I first felt this, I freaked and ended up sitting feeling it for ages, before taking a look and seeing it actually WAS just fur, but slightly tangled or something. Anyway, a few weeks later, it had vanished. Recently, due to a very heavy moult, we've been syringing him pineapple juice to help with the build up of fur. And I know the first few times, my mum pushed the syringe down too fast and some dribbled down him (and me). So the other day, I could feel knotted fur again, and it looked slightly yellow... Obviously, I freak and believe it's an abcess. I had a close look yesterday, and no, it's not. It's the fur, not the skin. The yellowish tinge seems to be sticky pineapple juice. I've seen him wash his face, but not under his chin. And the fur is too thin there for me to trim, it's too close to the skin and I wouldn't ever try it.
My rabbit, Barney, has had fur feel almost knotted there before. He's a Dutch rabbit, so it's not as if his fur is unusually long. When I first felt this, I freaked and ended up sitting feeling it for ages, before taking a look and seeing it actually WAS just fur, but slightly tangled or something. Anyway, a few weeks later, it had vanished. Recently, due to a very heavy moult, we've been syringing him pineapple juice to help with the build up of fur. And I know the first few times, my mum pushed the syringe down too fast and some dribbled down him (and me). So the other day, I could feel knotted fur again, and it looked slightly yellow... Obviously, I freak and believe it's an abcess. I had a close look yesterday, and no, it's not. It's the fur, not the skin. The yellowish tinge seems to be sticky pineapple juice. I've seen him wash his face, but not under his chin. And the fur is too thin there for me to trim, it's too close to the skin and I wouldn't ever try it.
