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Forum DIET & CARE injured Bunny, Really Need Advice

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    • Dantevus
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        One of rabbits, an English Lop named TomTom, is injured and I want to make sure I do what’s needed to help him heal. He’s a grumpy bunny so it is hard to tell if he is feeling well or not due to him not being very active or cuddly to begin with. He is teeth clacking though so I know he’s not feeling good yet. He also has a head tilt from a prior ear infection that we are treating with physical therapy.

        The story: Due to his digestive problems he has been getting sticky poop built up on his tail. My girlfriend and I did not realize this was happening because we are new bunny owners and he had black fur so the tail looked normal to us whenever we saw it. Once we noticed it we tried grooming him and pulling the poop off gently. It came off pretty easily but a lot of the fur around the base of his tail got pulled out. He didn’t really react and I didn’t use much force so I didn’t know until it was too late. This was two nights ago. The tail at that part was bright red but when I checked for blood there wasn’t a lot and it stopped pretty fast. I immediately dressed the wound with gauze and gauze tape(only touching the gauze and not his skin or fur). We kept an eye on him to make sure he was OK.

        Yesterday morning we got up for work and he looked fine, was moving around still. I was stressed all day about it and left work a little early to go back and see him. He was acting fine but teeth clacking occasionally. The gauze was wet with urine though. When we took it off his skin was still a little red/darkpink but not as bright as before and there was zero sign of blood or where the blood could come from. We deliberated about redressing the tail and decided to so he had padding since it was still sore, although we are concerned with the urine soaking it again.

        We would love and appreciate any advice you all have for how to help him heal, and how to keep him comfortable during the process. How long for the pain to stop, how long for the skin to return to normal, how long for the fur to grow back, and how to prevent this from happening again/better deal with it if it happens.

        If you tell me not to dress the wound with gauze, which I feel like you will due to the urine getting on it as that doesn’t seem good, I would also appreciate any possible alternatives to ensure his comfort and no impact with the raw part of his tail. His pen-mate and bonded best friend Breeze takes care of him and helps keep his spirits up, but she can only do so much.

        PS: He is still eating, drinking, and moving around. But he is clearly not comfortable.


      • JackRabbit
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          If he’s tooth grinding he’s in pain. Rabbits have such delicate skin and it can tear so easily. I would take him to the vet.


        • Dantevus
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            The only vet that sees rabbits in our area is booked until Saturday. We have antibiotics left over from the ear infection since we stocked up. We also have Metacam that a local bunny group gave us. I’ve been giving him both in the prescribed doses.

            .4ml Metacam (4.5lb bunny) daily and .8ml Baytril daily as soon as we noticed the wound to help pre-empt any infection.

            We heard you can put on a thin layer Neosporin plus Pain Reliever to help it heal and prevent infection as well but have not done that yet as we have not verified that it is safe.

            Is there anything a vet could do that we can’t do given that there is no open wound? And what could we do until Saturday(the first appointment open) to help him? Also, any confirmation on the safety of Neosporin would be appreciated as well.


          • Dantevus
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              Addendum to my last response. Just found a thread on this site that says Neosporin is bad so I’m ruling that out entirely.


            • LBJ10
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                So you pulled the fur out and took the top layer of skin with it? I’m just making sure I understand that right. I would have a vet look at it to make sure it doesn’t get infected. In the meantime, you can put some Neosporin (plain kind, no pain reliever) on it.

                EDIT: I responded to your first post and then realized you had 2 more pending. Neosporin WITH pain reliever is bad.


              • Dantevus
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                  I’m not sure if the top layer of skin went with it. I did some more research and people are saying it is possible that due to the feces that was on his tail it could be that it is urine burns. The tail on day 1 looked like it was very red with a little blood. The tail now looks like it is slightly inflamed and sore, no bleeding, no wound, and dark pink but not red. No bone showing either.

                  I will pick up some plain Neosporin to help. We also have Vetwrap and Enzymatic Shampoo arriving early tomorrow to help keep him clean and protected.

                  Thanks for the responses so far and we are definitely open to more suggestions. These are our first two Bunnies so we are open to any advice. And thanks in advance for putting up with my terrible explanatory skills, lol. I’ll try to get pictures as soon as I get home.

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