I noticed that my 10yo Red didn't venture out of the hutch anymore, well she's somewhat athritic and half blind, but she gets along well enough, living together with 5 other does.
I didn't realize how severe the issue already was, a lot of matting that trapped urine, which caused more matting in her neither regions. Today I drugged her with painkiller due to her age and suspected athritis, or athrosis, doesn't matter - started to bath her rear but realized there was too much of everything and began cutting lumps out. What I thought was her tail was in fact just a huge mat.
She isn't an easy doe to handle, starts chewing away on anything in front of her nose when handled, the heat took a toll on me wrangling her in a winter jacket, and I'm still bleeding anyway, but otherwise she's the least dominant and patient girl I ever had that gets along well with every other rabbit. Not me though.
I post this just to point out that mistakes happen, I should have groomed her long ago. I feel bad about it, but, well, I promise we both will get used to that proceedure.
Ran out of Meloxicam now, it's kind of a pita to get it.
I didn't realize how severe the issue already was, a lot of matting that trapped urine, which caused more matting in her neither regions. Today I drugged her with painkiller due to her age and suspected athritis, or athrosis, doesn't matter - started to bath her rear but realized there was too much of everything and began cutting lumps out. What I thought was her tail was in fact just a huge mat.
She isn't an easy doe to handle, starts chewing away on anything in front of her nose when handled, the heat took a toll on me wrangling her in a winter jacket, and I'm still bleeding anyway, but otherwise she's the least dominant and patient girl I ever had that gets along well with every other rabbit. Not me though.
I post this just to point out that mistakes happen, I should have groomed her long ago. I feel bad about it, but, well, I promise we both will get used to that proceedure.
Ran out of Meloxicam now, it's kind of a pita to get it.
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