Hi again everyone,
As requested here are some photos from The Great Bunny Wash! Luckily this was their last imaverol bath so I can start trying to win them back with treats and presents
Sorry it took me few days to put these up here, but here you go:
First I propped up the tub so the solution would pool toward me, put the towel over half so I could quickly cover when bunny was put inside and measured out the required doses of warm water and Imaverol (1:50 dilution):
I collected a bunny, gave it kisses and cuddles and apologised before putting him/her calmly in the tub and covering with the towel:
I put my arm im under the towel so I could use a small bowl to scoop water onto the rabbit:
You will need to intermittently 'rub' the water onto the coat like u are shampooing because it will not always absorb right through to the skin. When it comes to washing the ears and face in general, you will need to see what you are doing. In Thumpers case I just raised the towel slightly so I could see what I was doing and use both hands, he was good as gold and as long as their wasnt too much light getting into the tub he didnt try to make a break for it or get upset:
Honey is a little more of an escape artist and went straight for the light as soon as she saw it, trying to jump out:
I simply used the towel (beach size) like an old fashioned photographers cloak so it was over my head and back as I leaned into bathe her face.
Once bunny was soaked, I used the covering towel to retrieve the rabbit from the tub and put it upstairs in my pre-prepared drying room (bathroom lol!).
I'd put a couple of washing up bowls of straw, water, hay bowl (with parsley) and a corner litter tray with sawdust (hay n straw aswell).
I used a combination of towels, an old towling dressing gown, paper kitchen towels and toilet roll to dry them.
I put some toilet roll in the tubs with the straw so when they sat on it, it would absorb some of the wetness from their paws and stomach (and changed it fairly often).
The kitchen paper worked the best (thanks flash!) to absorb water and to dry them a little. They prefered this to being dried with a towel aswell.
They're not quite dry yet, but are happy enough in their cosy hay tubs, licking themselves dry:
They're still both grumpy with me, but luckily this is their last one.
So far, I havent used the fucathalmic cream for a week and Honey's crusties havent come back and her girly bits look healthy (crosses fingers!) so perhaps this will be the end of the epic saga lol
ray:
Anyway, I hope that no one else has to know how to completely bathe a bunny, but if they do this is what worked best for me! Now I'm off to beg forgiveness and licks from my two disgruntled babies :biggrin2:
