HELP! My bunny’s lip is bleeding

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abbyp1001

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My bunny was fine and playing around the living room (where he is allowed) as usual but when I checked on him after a few moments, his lip seemed to be bleeding. I attached a photo. I think he might have either ripped it on something or accidentally scratched himself. Please help! We are taking him to the vet tomorrow, but it’s late today and we don’t know if he is in a lot of pain or not. If someone could let us know what we could do for the time being, we would be super grateful.

Edit: We might have found the culprit — there was some spiky metal near my bedroom door and he usually tries to dig into the carpet there (to try to get in), but we don’t allow him, so he might have dug too deep into the carpet and hurt himself. We are being very watchful now and covering that part & looking for any other places where he might get hurt. Usually, we let him play around the house freely time to time because his cage might be restricting, but right now we have put him in his cage so we can find out how he got hurt and what we can do. His cage is very large (two-stories) so hopefully it doesn’t cause too much stress? :( We are very worried.
 

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If the cut is only as bad as it looks in the picture, there is no other damage or teeth involved, then it doesn't look like a deep cut that would require stitches or antibiotics. As long as the teeth are ok and bun is eating normally, I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it heals normally and there is no infection present. Though if in doubt, it's always a good idea to have it checked by a knowledgeable rabbit vet.
https://rabbit.org/vet-listings/
 
It looks minor so he should be okay. Its not actively bleeding.
My biggest concern would be if it was caused by him jumping up somewhere and falling down on his face. Did he break a tooth?

He didn’t, thankfully! We put some ointment on it that we got from the nearest pet store, which they said was okay for bunnies too, I think it’s called “3-way ointment” and the brand is Adams. Thank you so much for answering!
 
If the cut is only as bad as it looks in the picture, there is no other damage or teeth involved, then it doesn't look like a deep cut that would require stitches or antibiotics. As long as the teeth are ok and bun is eating normally, I would just keep an eye on it to make sure it heals normally and there is no infection present. Though if in doubt, it's always a good idea to have it checked by a knowledgeable rabbit vet.
https://rabbit.org/vet-listings/

We are going to a vet tomorrow, definitely! We put some ointment on it that we got from the nearest pet store, which they said was okay for bunnies too, I think it’s called “3-way ointment” and the brand is Adams. Thank you so much for answering! It really helped. He is okay, just a bit shaken.
 

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