Alfred fractured his toe

[tiabia0]

last night. I took him into the vet this morning and they wrapped it up. It's his back left foot. They said he'll probably bite it which of course he is cause he's very sassy! So I was wondering if you guys have any ideas of what I can do to get him to stop picking at it, like put something on it, etc.

 

[mouse_chalk]

I moved this to the infirmary for you, hopefully it will be noticed more here

 

[Maureen Las]

I don't know for sure if this would work but someone on this forum devisd a very nice soft e-collar for a rabbit. I am not sure if it would prevent him from getting to his hind leg but will try to find the thread.

 

[Maureen Las]

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=37841&forum_id=25&highlight=e-collars+


Not sure if it would work but here it is

 

[tiabia0]

The link said I don't have permission to view.

 

[mouse_chalk]

Try this one.... it's the link from within the link that Angieluv gave you


Edit: duh Jen, the link would help!! :?

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=37816&forum_id=16&msg=2

 

[tiabia0]

The sock didn't work. Is there something I can spray on it or something?

 

[Maureen Las]

bitter apple, however that doesn't always work either

 

[tiabia0]

I tried bitter apple and he likes it.
I brought him home from the vet yesterday and he got his second bandage off so I had to go right back to the vet. He's chewing his new one a bit. My boyfriend brought home some bandage like he has on his foot so I'm going to wrap it alittle more so if
he chews through that he won't be through the bandage so soon. Hopefully his toe will heal very soon, I can barely walk out of the room without him trying to chew. :grumpy:

 

[Maureen Las]

that 's a good idea even if you need to go through a lot of vet wrap

The other option is a real e-collar which I don't encourage ....

 

[tiabia0]

We put some more bandage on and he peeled it alittle so we fixed it. He hasn't picked at it too much. The vet wants me to come back friday so I'm gonna see how long we can get him to behave. They said he'll probably need the bandage for 3 weeks so 1 week left!

 

[tonyshuman]

also try something with bitrex (aka denatonium benzoate) in it. that tastes awful.