Rabbit bath?

Question

Um. Ok. Somehow my rabbit got pee all over his feet. I feel bad because its like bad hygiene? I wanted to wash just his feet, but I know they don't like water, nor do they like their feet to be touched. I was thinking maybe dipping his feet in luke-warm water... But I know he'll freak out. I clean his cage often so thats not the problem. I think hes trying to clean himself, but I don't think its doing much. I also don't have pet shampoo, nor do I have time to go out and get any [no ride anywhere.] So umm... Help, please. :(

Answer 1

Hopefully you've solved this by now, but your rabbit will survive having his feet washed. Hold him upside down, and have someone else wash his feet under the kitchen sink. Use white distilled vinegar, as this will break up the urine. Don't use pet shampoo, unless it's approved for cat use. Dog shampoo is not safe for rabbits. Your rabbit should be used to having his feet touched because you should be cutting his nails on a regular basis. A little foot bath won't bother him.

Answer 2

Ok

1.Try getting a tall tub of some sort that he cant get out of but is big enough to fit him inside.get a little bit of warm water in the bottom and sit him in there.Use a small animal shampoo in the water whoich would was his feet.

2.Get a peice of kitchen roll and put some small animal shampoo on it with sonme warm water and get somebody to hold him while you fently wipe his fert...

Good Luck

Answer 3

You'll want to learn to flip your rabbit over first. And you probably should have someone help you. Grab the rabbit by the nape of the neck then wrap your thumb tightly around the base of the ears as low to the base as you can get it. The thumb wrapped around the ears controls the head so it can't flip back over. The closer you have the thumb to the base the better control you have over the head. Place your free hand on the rabbit's rump and roll the rabbit over on it's rump until it is laying on it's back. If the rabbit starts to kick. Remove the hand from under it's rump to in between its back legs. Spread your hand out wide to separate the legs. This does two things. First, it keeps the rabbit's feet from kicking your arm. And second, it helps balance the rabbit to keep it from flipping over.

Here's where it is handy to have the second person. One person can do it, but you need to be pretty good at handling them. Have the second person grab one of the back feet and wipe it down with a rag soaked in white vinegar. Then you can rinse with a rag soaked in water, then dry. You may need to repeat a number of times to get the stain out.

Now, I want to talk about preventing this from happening in the future. And NO, I'm not going to tell you to clean your pen out more often. Moreso, I'm going to tell you what kind of pen could help prevent this and how you can set up the pen so the feet never get dirty.

If your rabbit breed has a senior max weight of 11 pounds or less, then consider using a wire bottomed cage instead of a solid floor cage. If you use a wire bottomed cage, make sure the cage isn't supported in the corners or that it doesn't have anything underneath or in the corners of the cage. For wire bottomed cages, it is best if you can hang them so nothing is underneath for poop or pee to build up on. Rabbits poop and pee in the corners, so it is especially important to keep stuff out of the corners for poop or pee to build up on.

I keep my rabbits in wire bottomed cages and the cages are hung from the ceiling. My dad and I raise about 150-200 New Zealand Whites and White Satins. So we raise all white rabbits. If the feet ever get dirty on a white rabbit, you can tell in a heartbeat. Just by setting up our cages this way, we keep our rabbit's feet snow white and never have to clean them. People have asked us over the years how we keep them so white. It's all about how you set up the cage.

If you have a solid bottom cage, try using ground up corn cobs if you can find them. They will help keep your rabbits feet white. We used those for our Checkered Giants when we had them. You can find them at some of the Co-ops or grain places, especially if they take in popcorn. Corn cobs are very absorbant.

If you meet any good rabbit breeders when you are growing up, ask a lot of questions and listen well without interrupting them. You'll learn a lot. When you get older, they won't be so apt to tell you all of those things because you'll have become their competition.

Answer 4

Its is ok, get a normal human childern shampoo and hold your rabbit. first get a bowl and put water in it wet your rabbit and put shappoo on him. rub him well like a baby (but keep his head away from the shampoo and water), then wash the shampoo of and dry your rabbit.