Gracie has been having some problems lately. I think she ate too many peppers a few days ago and had some diaherra. We gave her a butt bath and she ate well that night and the next day for lunch, but for dinner time she didn’t eat. She sat in their tunnel hiding the whole time until I forced her to go in her cage. She had a stomach ache. She went to the 2nd level and sat in her fav. corner which I didn’t like because I knew she wasn’t going to move. I moved her to the litter box and she went right back to her corner
I couldn’t do anything that night so I waited it out. About 50% of the time when I give her a bath she has a stomach ache, maybe from licking her hair up or something. She was fine the next day but she had pee all over her…ugh. Didn’t have time that day to give her a bath, I know bad mommy but with her long hair I need another person to help me and we need a to hold her to blow dry her off while combing her…it’s a long process. So the next day (today) I picked her up but she wasn’t that bad, she just had stained fur, not as bad as poopy butt. I can usually just comb that out. Well when we gave her a bath before we got too much soap in and didn’t get it al lot but when it dried it matted her fur
So I flipped her over and started combing her sides and rear. The one side (that had some soap left on her), her skin was red, almost or already raw!
I’m not sure if it was from the soap, the comb, or if it is urine scald from her sitting in it (I’m assuming) all night when she wasn’t feeling good. So my BB friends, what should I do with her skin? Should I put neosporin on it? Could this turn into an absessed or not since it’s just raw skin? (It’s not bleeding) Thanks guys! I so wish Gracie would get a break, poor girl has been through enough but at least she has someone to take care of her now.