Rabbit Matted Fur Bottom

Secondly use your rabbit comb to brush any matted fur on your rabbit s bottom.

Rabbit matted fur bottom. Sometimes the mat can go right up tight to the rabbit s skin usually if it has been left for a long time which is super difficult to do but still workable using this method. They produce two kinds of poos firstly the more common pellets which are large round and dry and full of fibre. If your rabbit is overweight reduce or eliminate pellets from his diet and provide unlimited timothy hay and fresh greens. As you can see in the picture above there is the matted fur under my thumb and some vertical lines at the bottom before you reach the skin.

When to contact your vet book an appointment with your vet as soon as you notice your rabbit has a dirty bottom a full health check will be necessary to find out why. The first way to prevent it from happening is to check your bunnies hindquarters to see if they are wet or soaked with urine. A happy bun has a healthy bum. Grooming also includes cleaning the eye areas ears the bottom side of your rabbit and nail trims.

Grooming your rabbit includes fur brushing fur trimming as need be mat removal and removal of debris caught up in the rabbit s fur. Prevention of rabbit urine burn. Matted fur on bottom of feet forum house rabbit q a matted fur on bottom of feet this topic has 4sd replies 3 voices and was last updated 4 years 5 months ago by jackrabbit. You may notice that the fur on your rabbit has urine stained fur on its feet and body.

The other kind of poos are called caecotrophs or caecal pellets and are normally eaten by the rabbit directly from the anus sounds yucky but that s nature for you. Matting often encourages flystrike moist dermatitis and so on as it slows the drying process. This rabbit has developed urine scald due to a dirty bottom and matted fur. Care of the rabbit s fur and skin calls for your observation to check for the presence of parasites and your.

However the fur can get easily matted especially if your rabbit doesn t have a proper grooming routine. Mobility issues may also cause your rabbit to suffer from poopy butt.