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Cataracts that develop quickly, particularly at such a young age, suggests something more complicated than a simple “eye problem”. This is actually a symptom of a parasite called E. cuniculi (or “EC”). Most rabbits are exposed to it when they are very young (usually from their mom). For many, there are no outward symptoms because their immune…[Read more]

If the “dirt” is the litter box, then probably not. Just keep his litter box clean and clean the wounded area.

Bam has a point about using ointment. If it makes him not leave the area alone, then I could see it making the irritation worse. I assume the Fucidin is “wetter”, like triple antibiotic ointments are. So switching to something that…[Read more]

Random q: Is that piping used to support/floor the C&C cage? I’d love to see how you navigated that.

I get my hay delivered, so I actually just keep the hay in the box it comes it and take it out each day when I clean the litterboxes. It comes very compressed, so it is as small as I think I could get it without lessening the quantity of hay.…[Read more]

It doesnt have to get infected, so normally I’d just recommend keeping it clean (fore example rinse it with chlorhexidine solution like LBJ suggests, or plain saline (like human eye wash).

If ointment of any kind makes him lick the area more, I’d skip using ointment. Animals do like to lick their wounds, but they can do more damage to the skin if…[Read more]

Isn’t he just dang precious 😍 I took a video of him twitching and kicking his feet in his sleep

Thank you – I’m picking up the revolution today then will do the same with the clean out.

im annoyed coz at her 12 week check up and vaccine appointment the vet didn’t check her ears or mention protecting against mites…..

I’ll get another ointment then.

Does the area get infected if it was expeosed to dirt or something the like ?

Fucidin an antibiotic ointment. So the fur and skin were torn when the bandages were removed? Ouch!

You can clean the area to keep it from getting infected. Wound cleaner like Vetericyn or chlorhexidine could be used. Aside from that, there isn’t much else that can be done except for an ointment of some kind. I would think one for diaper rash…[Read more]

The bandages didn’t get wet when he had them on.

When the vet removed his bandages, we saw the red skin with some fur loss from removing the bandages. He told me to put an ointemenet like Fucidin to treat the skin irritation.

The thing is, when I put the ointment on the red skin area, he starts licking the ointment until there is nothing at all…[Read more]

Is it just irritated? Or could it be a skin infection (bacteria, yeast) from the bandage getting wet?

If it’s just irritated, you could put some ointment on the area to help it heal. Things like plain diaper rash ointment (no zinc), silvadene cream, Bag Balm, etc. are all suitable.

Milky urine or a chalky white residue that remains after the urine is dry is not necessarily worrisome. As Wick said, their bodies natural rid themselves of excess calcium. The real worry is if they have bladder sludge, which is literally the consistency of toothpaste. Frequent episodes of calcium in the urine is probably diet-related… which…[Read more]

Thanks! We did another 30min session this morning, after a short car ride – I tried reversing the reverse mount but Alfredo really loves to mount Theo’s face…. weirdly enough Theo doesn’t mind the face mount as much as the normal mount 🙄 . There was a bit of mount/run away/mount/annoyance and they had a little tiff because Alfredo kept…[Read more]