Alicia
Mama Doe
Joey has never been very good at cleaning himself, I've had him for about 4 years and he's never really cleaned his back end much. It's not terrible but it seems like he almost constantly has some mess around his bum, some of it is loose and some of it is just normal that's got stuck in his fur. I've tried cutting the hair short around his bum but it doesn't seem to make a difference so now he's having almost daily bum baths, which I don't mind doing but I'm still worried about fly strike especially as the weather gets warmer. I bought fly free and use that on him too. I've never taken him to the vets because I'm not sure there's anything they would be able to do about this. He's quite old now (around 8/9 I believe) but he's always been like this. He's not overweight. Him and Izzy share 3 small handfuls of pellets a day, they have unlimited hay and also access to grass as well as veg/fruit in the morning which is normally a mixture of apple, carrot, celery, cucumber, baby corn and kale varied throughout the week. They don't have all that every day. Can anyone offer any advice? Would the vets be able to do anything?