Large an messy cecetropes

[Rabbit Hero]

I've had Riza for about 4 months. She's roughly 2 years old.

About 5 pounds.

I feed her 1/4 cup of pellets every day, and about a cup of veg. and all the hay she wants.

She has been drinking and eating normally and she's been quite active.

I came home from work to find large and messy cecetropes around her cage. I checked her bum and while she does have some poop stuck to her, I don't see any worms or anything. What could this be?

I'm a little worried about giving her a but bath, I'm all alone and have no one around who can give me a hand and she's still quite skittish of me. How can I go about this to scare her the least? Is a little bit of Palm Olive okay?

Lindsay

 

[Rabbit Hero]

Just an update. She has been bathed and seems super happy about it. I don't think I've seen her run this much.

 

[Maureen Las]

For the future you can give a dry cornstarch bath in an emergency

http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/buttbath.html

This info is in the Rabbitonline library

glad that she is improved

 

[Rabbit Hero]

Thank you! I had so much trouble looking for a safe way to bath her.

 

[Anaira]

angieluv, I see they advise Baby Cornstarch Powder in that link. This could sound silly, but is that different from the cornstarch my mum buys and uses in cooking, and can I use it as an alternative?

 

[Maureen Las]

you can use the kind that your mom buys for cooking ..actuallyI had trouble finding the kind for babies (without talc) soI have used just ordinary cornstarch for cooking

 

[Jynxie]

This is great, I was just trying to figure out how I'm going to clean Harleys bum completely.

I can never get ALL of it off when I try too, I'm going to have to try the cornstarch and if that doesn't work looks like I'm going to have to get some shampoo. Also, I'm glad I can use regular cornstarch since I already have it at home.

 

[Maureen Las]

The cornstarch bath really doesn't work 100% with a really messy butt but it is something that you can try initally before a wet bath.

some buns can tolerate a wet soapy butt bath better than others ; it is difficult to do if you don't have a lot of experience handling an anxiousrabbit

 

[Rabbit Hero]

Riza was surprisingly calm during her bath. She started getting a little shaky near the end, but thankfully we were finished.