I made a forum post concerning my rabbit with diarrhea.
His poop is finally nice and round but super sticky. He gets metacam twice a day, fiber paste 3 times a day and has had critical care 6 times a day. He is finally starting to eat small amounts of hay today which is day 4 of him being ill.
He got severe diarrhea saturday night having refused to eat (Then had an empty stomach. Also this was post neuter which happened Monday) and was taken to the vet... This diarrhea unfortunely caused him to be completely smudged on his bottom area, so I had to give him a bottom bath (It's summer and there may be flies and i didn't want to risk flystrike).. But then it kept going and I washed him again monday. It's with rodent shampoo and baby powder to keep it dry.
However, last night he suddenly started peeing very large amounts, very thin and only tinted yellow, so I called the vet immediately and they ensured me it was only a good thing water was passing through his system and that I should not be concerned.
However, he is super wet above his tail area and on his tail and he smells terribly of pee (Not diarrhea anymore thank god). I've been trying to keep it clean and dry but it's looking terrible and doesn't appear to dry easily. Only that area keeps being wet, his legs and feet appear to be dry.
Would it be okay for me to bottom bathe him again, even though i did it Sunday and Monday too? So it can be cleaned up properly and dried. I'm terrible scared of flystrikes or skin infections (All of this was caused by antibiotics in the first place, and i'll do anything to avoid him needing more medicine).
I'm not sure if the pee still goes up there or if the area just won't dry easily, which is also why i want it to be cleaned up properly... Considering as a last resort to bringing him to the vet to get help having the area shaved so he can focus on getting healthy without other concerns of skin infections or fly strikes.
So would he be allowed another bath?