Liz47
Wise Old Thumper
So the scent glands either side of the rabbits bottom, Jasmine is a white rabbit and I noticed while my partner had picked her up for whatever reason a 'black bit' near her bottom. When I looked it was her scent gland which was obviously full as I spotted it from a distance. It cleaned very easily, the other side you could also see some material in there which I cleaned out. It was quite dark and fairly solid. I checked against Jake's, which looked ok. You had to open the slit slightly on his and the material was more brown and waxy as I read its supposed to be, although both of his did get a gentle clean.
Some websites say checking/cleaning the scent glands should be part of a routine check, others say they only need a clean when it's a bit of a red flag to other problems. What do you think? I do have slight concerns over Jasmine's mobility, which she is at the vets for next week so will mention it then also, I've seen her walking rather than hopping on occasion and she seems to be slipping on the lino quite often. I've only ever cleaned the scent glands on a previous bunny when she got older and had arthritis and spondylosis so wasn't very mobile.
Some websites say checking/cleaning the scent glands should be part of a routine check, others say they only need a clean when it's a bit of a red flag to other problems. What do you think? I do have slight concerns over Jasmine's mobility, which she is at the vets for next week so will mention it then also, I've seen her walking rather than hopping on occasion and she seems to be slipping on the lino quite often. I've only ever cleaned the scent glands on a previous bunny when she got older and had arthritis and spondylosis so wasn't very mobile.