Okay so I think in the past that I have mentioned Chom’s issue with peeing. And in the past few months I’ve run into a hardcore issue with him. One I had seen once in a while in the past, but now it is becoming frequent. His bunny bum, once so cute and fluffy, is matted, and soaked with pee and constantly wet. I’ve tried trimming his fur, thinking maybe it was getting too long, but even then it didn’t help. I’ve resorted to giving him a bath every other week, because he just reeks of urine, no matter how hard I try to clean up his fur.
Anyone have any ideas on how he is doing this, and also how to stop it? Late tonight I’m gonna shave the entire area bald, to hopefully ease the issue, and easily clean him with some wipes my vet approved. I’m just so worried about him enduring something like urine scald. That and he has become quite stinky. Speckles stopped grooming him since this started to happen, because I think the smell grosses her out.
I should mention one thing, it is not his litter,or litterbox. We use litterboxes that all have grids overs the litter, forcing them to not sit in wet litter!
Here is the bummy issue pictures, so everyone can understand what I’m talking about. There are 3 images. Chom’s bummy pics
And now onto the foot issue. I noticed yesterday, on both feet he has a weird, almost blister-like sore on each foot. One foot is far less red, and sadly that was the one I had gotten a picture of, so I circled the area. It wasn’t raw flesh, a seeping wound, or anything. It was just a small circle, that wasn’t covered with fur, which looked like highly aggravated skin. My first thought was it looked like the beginning of sore hocks, but that makes no sense, seeing as in my room I have those foam puzzle mats as the flooring, and even in my living room, which is hardwood, I have a rug for him to rest on. He hasn’t been hopping weird or anything, but clearly touching the area bothers him, as he will snort and try to bite me if I do, even gently.
To be safe yesterday I put triple antibiotic on the areas after cleaning them, put lots of gauze for padding, and then wrapped the feet up, but one of the bindings came off, which is the foot I used for the picture. Today it is much less enflamed and red than yesterday. I’ll be rebinding and repadding his foot shortly.
Here are three pics of his poor tootsie… click here to see his tootsie
I’d take him to the vet, but right now my funds are insanely tight, since I recently had mouth surgery that pretty much put me in a lot of debt. So any and all advice and thoughts would be highly appreciated!