LittleEskimo
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Well, I was on holiday, I had the rabbit cleaned and my brother (25) was going to look after her. He fed and watered her but he didn't let her out. He didn't clean her out either...I was away nearly 2 weeks. On Tuesday he text me saying something was wrong with the rabbit and that she had some kind of wound on her back. I came back the next day (yesterday) and saw what he meant. I wasn't sure what it was and was very worried. I brought her into my room for the night and she was eating and sleeping well. This morning I took her to the vets as an emergency as the vet reassured me that it was most probably a nasty graze from something in her hutch. He eased away some of the huge scab and said she was doing well with it scabbing over and staying clean but because of the huge scab it wouldn't be able to heal quickly and properly. He gave her some antibiotics and told me to clean it with warm salty water and to ease the scab away slowly until it will come away and that will let the fresh skin/flesh underneath to heal smoothly and properly. I soon figured out how she would have grazed herself. My brother, instead of cleaning her out put more and more fresh bedding over the dirty stuff. This meant the gap between the floor of the hutch and the top of the hole she goes through to get to her bedroom was getting smaller and she must have hit her shoulder getting through it and gave herself a serious graze...I am keeping her in my room but I've noticed she keeps licking it and tugging at it and biting the scab...Should I let her do this? She seems to be doing a good job of keeping it clean and she knows how much pain she can take from tugging at it compared to me doing it...but I'm worried she might agitate it too much and cause herself damage...What would be best for me to do?
Here is the picture of the wound
http://imgur.com/9wiyk
Here is the picture of the wound
http://imgur.com/9wiyk