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Wise Old Thumper
Was out checking the bunnies Saturday evening and Aboleth had a wet wee-y bum: she wasn't wet all the way through, just like she had sat in some wee (sometimes they wee on the bare metal floor of the mini-hutch upper level, no idea why, they're daft; could have been from there) for a short time (maybe to reach up for something) or shuffled through it. She has a weird superthick 'skirt' around her thighs and above her tail: I tell her she has a bum-dewlap :mrgreen: She didn't have it when she arrived, only after her first moult in mid-July. It's not been a problem before, even on wet days. We do brush it and hand-pluck fur out (gently!) but it is really thick and weird still.
I didn't have a chance to do much about it Saturday evening (not being wet through I reckoned she'd be OK) so I left her overnight and took a brush out with me Sunday morning. It was dry, slightly matted but nothing a good set of brushing wouldn't sort out. I got as much out as I could: I trapped her in the playhouse (shut the door to the tunnel out) and brushed her whenever she sat still: she was very good at sitting there taking it, though I did give her a good hour's break in between (mostly because my lungs needed to recover and I wanted breakfast!). I got out as much as I could so the mats were all frayed and loose at worst and they didn't get any worse during the day, and this morning she was a bit less matt-y and not wet again either.
Both bunnies are otherwise fine, eating, pooing, drinking, running about like lunatics as usual: no change in dietary habits, foods liked/left or general behaviour. There's some fur-linked poo occasionally (it looks more like Aboleth's fur than Lopsy's, but could be anybun's poo) but much less than the start of the moult, and they were fine health-wise through that.
I am slightly concerned that, given her bum was wet, she can't reach round there to clean. She has no poo issues: no poo around her bum, and she's definitely weed since (saw her do it) but she's dry as a bone under there now. But still somewhat matty. I will brush her daily this week to make sure she's not matted at all and not getting worse, but the fact she didn't clean herself up in the first place is the worrying part.
I'm loath to take her to the vets now, as she HATES the car journey (OK, I could walk, but it's a longer journey and she might just hate being in a moving carrier), but I think I'm right in saying I should if it happens again.
Any suggestions? She's a young bunny, she reaches to clean herself usually, she's not had any body shape change that I can see/feel and she's just as stretchy and seeking and bouncy as she usually is. Is she just having a bit of difficulty reaching round her skirt, or could it be something more sinister?
She has **** teeth though: vet told me on her checkup Poor kid: they're 'all over the place'! No issues (yet) though: great hay eater, never refuses hard food, just on the Watch list! But I don't think that would be affecting her cleaning?
I didn't have a chance to do much about it Saturday evening (not being wet through I reckoned she'd be OK) so I left her overnight and took a brush out with me Sunday morning. It was dry, slightly matted but nothing a good set of brushing wouldn't sort out. I got as much out as I could: I trapped her in the playhouse (shut the door to the tunnel out) and brushed her whenever she sat still: she was very good at sitting there taking it, though I did give her a good hour's break in between (mostly because my lungs needed to recover and I wanted breakfast!). I got out as much as I could so the mats were all frayed and loose at worst and they didn't get any worse during the day, and this morning she was a bit less matt-y and not wet again either.
Both bunnies are otherwise fine, eating, pooing, drinking, running about like lunatics as usual: no change in dietary habits, foods liked/left or general behaviour. There's some fur-linked poo occasionally (it looks more like Aboleth's fur than Lopsy's, but could be anybun's poo) but much less than the start of the moult, and they were fine health-wise through that.
I am slightly concerned that, given her bum was wet, she can't reach round there to clean. She has no poo issues: no poo around her bum, and she's definitely weed since (saw her do it) but she's dry as a bone under there now. But still somewhat matty. I will brush her daily this week to make sure she's not matted at all and not getting worse, but the fact she didn't clean herself up in the first place is the worrying part.
I'm loath to take her to the vets now, as she HATES the car journey (OK, I could walk, but it's a longer journey and she might just hate being in a moving carrier), but I think I'm right in saying I should if it happens again.
Any suggestions? She's a young bunny, she reaches to clean herself usually, she's not had any body shape change that I can see/feel and she's just as stretchy and seeking and bouncy as she usually is. Is she just having a bit of difficulty reaching round her skirt, or could it be something more sinister?
She has **** teeth though: vet told me on her checkup Poor kid: they're 'all over the place'! No issues (yet) though: great hay eater, never refuses hard food, just on the Watch list! But I don't think that would be affecting her cleaning?