He escaped the diaper in the middle of the night. I gently dried with towel
and then cornstarch only in the fur. Put new diaper on. 4 hours later we got up
for the morning and as I was taking the diaper off he peed. So I don’t know if
he was a little wet for a few seconds or a few hours. He seemed wet in a
slightly different area, more near the tail rather than along the side.and
nitbas wet as inn e middle of the night
Maybe I should cut a slit in the diaper for the tail? He’s a Holland lop so I
thought he was small enough we didn’t need to. Why do people cut holes for the
tail?
Part of the problem I think is he has loose skin near his bum. He used to be
fat/muscular (almost 5 pounds) when he was young and he’s lost a pound over the
past 3 years (he’s under 4pounds now, he lost several ounces this month). So
even before this ear infection, he looked like he had a skirt on, the skin
would be a roll around him near the tail area. You wouldn’t notice unless he
was sitting. So now that he’s laying on on the same side all the time (because
of dizziness/neurological side effects of ear infection), if he doesn’t get his
butt and tail up and over the loose skin, then he pees and the pee gets caught.
So then the diaper doesn’t work great for the same reason. I’ll try to pull up
his skin before i put the diaper on. He used to lift/tilt his butt enough to
spray the pee away from him, but for some reason that hasn’t been happening
the last week.
I can’t understand how he’s getting wet except for the peeing on himself
theory. I have faux sheepskin with layers of fleece/flannel, towels, and or mat
mats underneath. So he’s not sitting in soaking wet bedding. Maybe the top
layer is damp for a little while but not wet. A few days ago however he was
on a different blanket that DID get soaked, so that’s probably what caused the
skin to go from slightly irritated to all out urine burn.
I called the vets office to see if they want me to wash his butt with bunny
shampoo in the sink before putting on the silver sulfa… ointment she gave me.
Her office used waterless shampoo spray when they cleaned his butt from the poo
he rolled around in just before going in for his vet checkup. I’m worried about
doing a butt bath because I did that Wednesday night and that seemed to make it
worse. But maybe that was because I used a washcloth gently too. Also it took
forever for him to get dry. I can’t use a warm hair dryer near burned skin and
it’s hard to hold him up and do all this - he doesnt stand on his own usually.
I was hoping I could just pour some saline solution or peroxide or watered
down betadine (povidone iodine) on the bare angry skin and pat dry with paper
towels. But the vet doesn’t work Friday to Sunday so I doubt anyone will call
me Back with advice.
Also in noticed the skin under the fur On the perimeter of the bald urine scald
area is getting red. So how do i trim that? I think I still have the hair
trimmer for mens hair that i had for the long haired bunny I used to have. That
would have guards to protect the skin. I’m nervous about using scissors. There
was a set of hair scissors that came with the barber trimmer , maybe i still
have that. It would be safer than kitchen shears.
Sorry this is so long. Any tips are greatly appreciated
— Brenda
