Richard & Tresa
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Hello all, this will be our first post/question.
First of all, we got our rabbits earlier this year. Honestly, I've read so many threads here before starting, trying to do everything right. Can't tell you what lengths we've gone to provide everything possible from correct cages, feed, veggies from organic home garden, fans, water misters, double shade with space in between to serve as a heat barrier etc...
The problem is with our buck. (All rabbits are perfectly healthy and get regular petting, veggie treats, poop tray cleaning almost every other day, fresh hay etc... Stools are regular and not soft...
I read in several places that Marble tiles could help with the heat... It did!
The problem was that our buck urinated on the tile wherever we placed it. He sat in it for a day and a spot on his hind quarter got matted. We wiped with warm water, but one spot (1/2" X 1") became severely matted right to the skin (kind of like dreadlocks). We hoped that he would clean himself and he did for the most part, but there has been this one persistent matte spot as described above. We can probably cut a lot of it off, but do not want to risk injury to his skin.
So far, suggestions discovered from reading threads include baby shampoo (Mile approach), to mineral oil (more aggressive approach) with follow up wiping/removal of oil so he doesn't ingest any of the oil and start a digestive issue.
Before we begin with the baby shampoo and progress (if necessary) with the mineral oil, are there any similar experiences/advice any of you can offer?
By the way... THANK YOU for everything we've learned so far from this website. It has become our number one "go to" info resource!
PS: We mated our buck (NZR) with our 6month old NZW doe and so far all looks pretty good, expecting (hoping) for our first kindle in two weeks! (This will be her first so we are expecting anything from sad to wonderful, not getting our hopes up too high but definitely optimistic!)
Thank you again!
Richard & Tresa
First of all, we got our rabbits earlier this year. Honestly, I've read so many threads here before starting, trying to do everything right. Can't tell you what lengths we've gone to provide everything possible from correct cages, feed, veggies from organic home garden, fans, water misters, double shade with space in between to serve as a heat barrier etc...
The problem is with our buck. (All rabbits are perfectly healthy and get regular petting, veggie treats, poop tray cleaning almost every other day, fresh hay etc... Stools are regular and not soft...
I read in several places that Marble tiles could help with the heat... It did!
The problem was that our buck urinated on the tile wherever we placed it. He sat in it for a day and a spot on his hind quarter got matted. We wiped with warm water, but one spot (1/2" X 1") became severely matted right to the skin (kind of like dreadlocks). We hoped that he would clean himself and he did for the most part, but there has been this one persistent matte spot as described above. We can probably cut a lot of it off, but do not want to risk injury to his skin.
So far, suggestions discovered from reading threads include baby shampoo (Mile approach), to mineral oil (more aggressive approach) with follow up wiping/removal of oil so he doesn't ingest any of the oil and start a digestive issue.
Before we begin with the baby shampoo and progress (if necessary) with the mineral oil, are there any similar experiences/advice any of you can offer?
By the way... THANK YOU for everything we've learned so far from this website. It has become our number one "go to" info resource!
PS: We mated our buck (NZR) with our 6month old NZW doe and so far all looks pretty good, expecting (hoping) for our first kindle in two weeks! (This will be her first so we are expecting anything from sad to wonderful, not getting our hopes up too high but definitely optimistic!)
Thank you again!
Richard & Tresa