Whats wrong- kit urinating on itself

[Tink-Tink Rabbitry]

I have a kit that has a urine soaked belly, it is about 2 and half weeks old, it has been doing this for 2 days now. Can anyone give me some advice on what I can do.....Thanks

 

[dragonladyleanne]

Not heard of anything like this in the animal world, but had 3 kids, and heard lots of horror stories about cleaning baby boys, especially after circumcisions - on the off chance it is similar and helps, try using an unscented baby wipe with aloe (or 3) to thoroughly clean (and I mean lift and separate everything you can) the kit's private areas. Do it at least twice daily. Folks here with more bunny experience might be able to tell you if you should follow up with an oil to keep the fur from drying out, but the cleaning should get the urethra loose from the belly, if that's the problem.

 

[Piper]

What kind of cage and bedding, do you have?

 

[Tink-Tink Rabbitry]

They are in a solid bottom cage with pine pellet bedding changed daily, non of the other kits are having this problem.

 

[Miss M]

Odd... I'd suspect some sort of deformity or something stuck, like Dragonladyleanne said... Pine pellet bedding is going to stay pretty dry if you're changing it that often, so it shouldn't be urine accumulation from wet bedding. Especially with none of the other kits having the problem.

Is it still happening?

 

[ZRabbits]

How's the kit doing?

Karen

 

[Teddy2511]

My kits were a bit younger... But I did have 4 one and a half week old kits who managed to soak themselves and their litter mates with pee. Mine were still in the nestbox when I experienced this problem and it only took a thorough cleaning of the box and the making of a bigger nest to keep them clean after that. Two of the kits were drenched and two the kits only had wet bellies, but it didn't take much to make them dry and clean.