Had to give Momo a bath, and it was all my husbands fault!

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This topic has 9sd replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 6 months ago by Joyfull_music.

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- 12/12/2011 at 10:21 AM
  Joyfull_music
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  So my husband had Momo feeding duty yesterday and when I asked him what he gave her, he mentioned he gave her the broccoli stalk I had left over from some veggie pizzas I made last week, as well as her usual salad greens. I asked how much of it he gave her, and he said all of it! Momo loves broccoli, but I only ever give it to her in small quantities. He just took the head off the stalk and put that in her bowl. So naturally she ate all of it. I informed him that it was way too much broccoli for her to have at once, and he was like “It wasn’t all that much, I just gave her the top not the whole thing.” In his defense, he really did not know how much was too much.
  
  So this morning when my husband had to be up early for work, this is how it went.
  
  Hubby: “Hey sweetie, you need to wake up now.”
  
  Me: “Why?” *still half asleep*
  
  Hubby: “The bun is covered in poop.”
  
  Me: “What…” *waking up more*
  
  Hubby: “Yeah, it is all over her paws, and tummy.”
  
  Me: “WHAT?!”
  
  Sure enough she had poo on all of her paws, her bum, her tail, and her chest. My husband had to be to work so I got the lovely task of cleaning the mess that was his fault all by myself. She does not trance well and is a kicker, so I decided it would be easier on both of us for me to put an inch or so of warm water in the tub and do it that way. Yes I know bunnies are not supposed to have baths, but I felt that me trying to hold her down and wipe that amount of poo off of her by myself would have been more difficult for both of us. This way it all came off realitively easy, but she was not happy about it. Then I wrapped her up in a warm towel and cuddled her until she stopped whimpering at me. It was heartbreaking how scared she was.
- 12/12/2011 at 10:29 AM
  FrankieFlash
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  Oh wow. I’m so sorry. Poor momo.
  I couldn’t help giggle at the dialogue between you and your husband though because it sounds all to familiar.
- 12/12/2011 at 10:33 AM
  Monkeybun
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  Well, hopefully now he realizes she can’t have that much… men. lol.
- 12/12/2011 at 10:39 AM
  Joyfull_music
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  Yeah he knows better now. Also when he got home from work just now she raced over to him for forehead pets. She is still giving me the death glare. Yup, that’s right, I’m the bad guy…
- 12/12/2011 at 10:55 AM
  Stickerbunny
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  Omg, he should give you a back rub to make up for that! Poor Momo. I learned my lesson in not exactly giving out what the animals could eat and what they couldn’t and what was too much from my boyfriend when he tried to feed my bird avocado, since then I have given him “they can have this and this, but not too much of that, if you give them too much they can get sick”.
- 12/12/2011 at 11:40 AM
  peppypoo
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  Heh, I think I can say that “the bun is covered in poop” is one statement I never want to wake up to!
  
  But like everybody else said, lesson learned and (minimal) harm done!
- 12/12/2011 at 12:00 PM
  bunnnnnnie!
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  Romaine is a great choice for letting the clueless significant other feed the bunbuns. I can just say “Give Zeus 3 leaves off the heart” and I know he can’t mess that up TOO bad..
  
  As for bathing, sounds like you did the right thing. I had to bathe Zeus once.. I spilled paint on him.. ugh it still makes me feel horrible thinking about it! It’s not a fun task, that’s for sure.
- 12/12/2011 at 1:35 PM
  RabbitPam
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  LOL It’s the way you tell it.
  
  The bath was just right. That’s how I used to do a “bun covered in poop” bath. If you didn’t wash her face and ears, it’s the way I’d recommend. She may have been scared, but they hate being dirty like that so she secretly felt better.
  
  And if he ever does it again, reply “call work to say you’ll be late. One inch warm water in the tub. Have fun.” and then roll over. zzz
- 12/12/2011 at 8:48 PM
  bunnyfriend
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  Awh poor Momo! AND poor you for having to clean up all that mess! I think it was definitely the right call though, I’ve dunked Wilbur’s stomach and feet in an inch of water in the sink too when she was covered in pee.
  
  Hahah I like RabbitPam’s idea
- 12/13/2011 at 8:57 AM
  Joyfull_music
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  Well at least it looks like I have been forgiven. Last night she hopped up on the couch with me and let me pet her for a while. Even sat on my lap for a minute before she decided to go chase her BFF Seven the cat around.
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