To bathe? or not to bathe?

[Abby Mutepfa]

hi.

I recently moved my bunny from outdoors to indoors, and he smells REALLY bad. so I tried to research about giving bunnys baths and

some people say its fine and some people say NO. I don’t know what to do! I purchased a fragrance free hypoallergic shampoo.

and just wondering what peoples thoughts are about bathing. If you have bathed your bunny can you answer these questions?

Should I even think about bathing?

was it stressful for the bunny?

what do you bathe them in?

And how do you dry them?

                thank you

[{Alli}]

I wouldn’t do it if I were you. The bad smell might eventually go away on its own. The only time I’ve bathed my bunny was a butt bath bc he had diarrhea and that obviously had to be cleaned off. That alone was pretty stressful.

[Abby Mutepfa]

ok thank you. I wont!

[Bam]

You can brush the fur out with corn starch or potato starch. You massage the starch into the fur, then brush/comb it out. It’s way less stressful than a full bath.

[LittlePuffyTail]

Ditto Bam!! Cornstarch works great.

Why does your bunny smell bad? Is he litter box trained? Glad he moved indoors.

[Author]

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