Thanks for the giggle. I’ve had to wash my 2 dwarf lops poopy butts but, they were much more cooperative. I used the bathroom sink.
I have found with animals that aren’t thrilled with baths, such as cats, the easiest way is to get into the bath tub with them wearing jeans & hold them on your lap. they don’t like the slippery tub or their legs dangling in water. They feel much more secure on your lap. The jeans make you non slippery & protect your legs from claws.

Well now that’s something I never thought of…wearing my jeans to bathe the cat. Hm. My two housecats are not TOO bad with baths, but my Griffy gets kind of panicked int he shower. He doesn’t even like ME going in there and will wail until I come out or try to open the shower curtain and screech at me. Crazy cat.
I hold Fiver and my daughter does the deed with a small bowl of soapy water, one of clean water and some washcloths and paper towels. He doesn’t like it, but as long as I keep giving noserubs, we can get his feet and bum clean pretty well with this technique. I usually give a treat (like an APD cookie) with Rescue Remedy on it to help calm him a few minutes before we begin. It really helps!
Mimzy is NOT bathing friendly at all. I would have a time with him I’m sure.
Pip..meh…all is a day’s work for the beauty queen/blueblood of the household. ^_^ She just loves being held, she doesn’t much care what it is you’re doing…except for nail trims of course. Once you try to get her back in her night pen is where the trouble starts. 0_o I’ve got the scars on my face, arms and chest to prove it.

Hmm.  When I tried to wash the urine off Laith and his poopy butt too  I used the sink.  Laith seemed to know I was trying to clean him up so he didnt’ protest much.   He was a pretty docile little fellow too.  Very smart. I must say.

Ok well,   Putting salve on Cottons lip is sort of like giving your buns a bath.  I got 1 scratch mark per medicine time. I put it 2x a day now.  I have gotten better at it though. At first he would get away from me. Now I hold him close to me sit on the couch bring up my knees set Cotton on my legs put my knees back down with Cotton on them.  Hold Cottons head and pet and soothe him.  Then out comes the salve.  He quit kicking as much.  Until the last 2 days  he would kick and I would have to stop he would try to get a way whew.

I make sure I have a shirt on fully covering my arms and chest to the neck.

I dont’ know which I prefer.   Being soaking wet or full of flying fur and a scratch here n there.  I dont’ get scratched now though.  I learn quick.

Oh wow that was funny! Kind of sounds like one of my ferrets he will fight with everything in him when he hears the bath water come on and I only do it like once a year so not like it’s going to kill him lol

Haven’t had a need to try washing Addie or Benj yet, but did need to plenty of times with Trixie. I guess we had it lucky with her. Most of the time we’d just lay her on her back, cradled in our arms. With one hand on her chest and the other under her bottom, we’d just run her tushie under the water.

We’ve also put her in the tub a couple of times. We’d start with no water, close the drain, put her in the “shallow” end of the tub, and turn the water on just slowly filling the tub a couple inches. She didn’t seem to mind that too much either. The slow water gave her a few minutes to get acclaimated. After that she’d just sit there. It was funny watching her because after the water filled the tub enough to hit her front paws, she’d go in to that cleaning mode where she’d rapidly shake her paws, clean them, put them back down in the water, then start over.

I had to wash Max’s feet the day we adopted him. He was allowed to play outside with his friends and he had brown, muddy feet. My experience wasn’t as entertaining as yours tho! He tolerated it pretty well. It took a few months for his feet to lighten, but now they are pretty, pristine white, and I’ve never had to bathe his feet again. What kind of litter do you use?

We use Yesterday’s News and also throw some shreaded newspaper over top of it. We get the 30lb bag from the cat section at Petsmart.

@ skibunny… are those pellets from TS safe for just plain litterbox use? I mean without a wire bottom? We have a TS fairly close but I’ve never thought about checking there. I’m alwasy on the lookout for litter that’s more bang-4-the-buck, but I don’t want anything that’d be bad if they chewed on it.

What is it we’re not suppose to use for litter?

I would like to find something cheaper, seeing how we have 2 buns… and fostering a third tomorrow.

What is it we’re not suppose to use for litter?

Mainly clumping type litters and soft wood shavings such as pine or cedar. The pellet types are considered safe as the processing deals with the toxic substances. You can get pelleted pine and aspen.

What this about a 3rd bunny?…

Yea, I’m picking him up at 10. Haven’t seen any pics of him. We were going to foster Midnight, but I believe he’s now being adopted Saturday.

Parsnip got adopted?