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Please don’t give your rabbit a bath. As mentioned in the video, there are many risks involved. A dry bath, wipes and at most, a wet bottom rinse are advised but only if your rabbit has very badly soiled and matted fur, at risk for flystrike or is unable to clean itself due to health reasons. You can also check with your vet if you want a second opinion. Hope this helps. Thanks😊

The nesting box should not be too close to the litterbox. It should also be deeper, partially enclosed and filled with hay. It should be big enough for her to comfortably sit in and move around in. Your rabbit will likely build her nest here as pregnant bunnies will need to find an area that will keep their babies warm and safe. She will not use it as a litterbox, provided you put it in her cage a week before she gives birth. By now, your rabbit may be pulling fur and trying to get as much hay as possible to build a nest. She will likely choose the nesting box especially if it already has hay in it. If you have a male bunny, please separate them. Hope this helps and congratulations!💗

Oh dear. I suggest trying wet wipes or dry shampoo (to loosen the excrement) first before giving him a wet bottom rinse, especially since he is so young. He may panick or get hurt. For stubborn excrement, you may try a wet bottom rinse with minimal lukewarm water and pet shampoo just enough to clean the problem areas of his bottom. He must be calm when you do this and be placed in a safe, secure area. Please do not get the rest of him wet or let water enter his ears or nose. He should never be immersed fully in water and do dry any wet fur immediately after with a hairdryer so that he doesn’t catch cold. Other option is to wait it out a few weeks to see if he manages to clean himself and just trim off the fur containing dried excrement. After he is clean, please make sure his litter box is cleaned regularly. If he continues to soil himself, please check his diet. He could be eating too many pellets or vegetables, causing him to have excess cecotropes or soft fecal droppings that stick to his fur. A diet with more hay would prevent excrement from sticking to his fur as rabbits’ fecal droppings are generally dry and round. If he continues to soil himself even with a hay-rich diet and clean surroundings, you may want to take him to a vet to ensure the issue is not health related. Hope this helps.😊

@@popcornash9903 wow thank you so so much this really did help. I really appreciate it! ❤️

Aww…thank you! 💗🙏🏻

That’s great! Thank you! 😊

Maybe you should watch the video first before making rash judgments, but I appreciate your concern. Thanks

Hi there! Cleaning rescue rabbits can be tough as they are generally scared of being handled and the fear itself can kill them. I would suggest getting the rabbits used to you first. Keep their environment and litterbox clean to ensure that they don’t get more soiled. Stay close to them, give them hay to make sure their gut is healthy and droppings are normal, let them smell you and feed them healthy treats to bond with them. Once they warm up to you, you can start by using dry rabbit shampoo (powder) to loosen up any dry fecal matter on their fur with a comb or your fingers. You will need to trim fur that is matted badly as this can interfere with their ability to clean themselves. Be gentle at all times and do not attempt to take out fecal matter in one go. It will take some time. Once you take out the dry fecal matter, you can then use wet wipes to take out fresh urine/fecal stains on the fur. Only do a quick wet bottom rinse for sticky/fresh fecal matter and urine stains that may cause urine scalding. But make sure your rabbit is healthy, does not suffer from any infections or wounds before you do. Rabbit skin is prone to tearing when wet and wounds can get infected from water/shampoo. Also, please make sure you dry your rabbit’s fur well with a hairdryer since rabbit fur can’t dry quickly. Rabbits can get pneumonia if they are wet for too long and if water enters their noses or ears. The video demonstrates how I clean one of my bunnies called Ash. I have five rabbits but he is the only one I have had to clean a few times as he suffers from chronic UTI. Generally rabbits don’t need cleaning if healthy. Hope this helps and thanks for taking care of rescue bunnies! That’s wonderful!!!🙏🏻😊

@@popcornash9903 okay, thank you so so much for the info. It’ll help a lot with the process

I don’t bathe them. I do wet bottom rinses and only for my bunny with a medical condition. My video clearly explains this.

Aww….thank you!!!!! Glad you liked it!😊

I’m sorry. You OBVIOUSLY did not watch the video!!!! Please refrain from making comments on what you THINK the video is about. I have five bunnies who are all alive, thriving and happy. I know how to take care of them. Thank you for your concern.

Please watch the video before making rude and unnecessary statements considering this video had tons of information!!

Yes, I know. That’s why i recommended a bottom rinse or wipes. This was mentioned in the video but you probably did not watch it. Thanks

@@popcornash9903my friend has a rabbit whose paws are always very dirty and she gets warm water and a cloth and just wipes her paws gently and her rabbit looks very calm! Is that okay ? 👌

What shampoo is it?

I’m so glad you love the videos! After my boys were neutered, I kept them divided with a fence for 2-3 weeks so they were close enough to get used to each other’s scent and presence. After I noticed them smelling each other often and lying close to one another, I started bonding them in a neutral area for 15min and longer. Bonding was successful in less than a week. With regards to diet, hay is super critical to your rabbits’ digestive health and teeth. If you notice that your rabbits fecal droppings are wet, dark, soft, or sticky, please reduce fresh veggies and sugar-high pellets. You can wean them off slowly by providing oat hay blended with a little alfalfa hay, until they start eating hay again. Then switch them back to Timothy hay with a sprinkling of alfalfa and oat hay. If you can, sometimes just providing Timothy hay and lots of water will do. They may resist for a while but will eventually get used to hay again. You can allow them to run around and graze for 2-3 hours a day but keep them in an indoor space if possible so they are not tempted to graze on grass. To keep my rabbits’ gut healthy, I also add probiotic in their water, which has prevented GI Stasis. Hope this helps!😊

@@popcornash9903 thank you so much!!! It does help tons!

Thank you😊

Have you taken him to a rabbit-savvy vet? Fleas can cause anemia and other complications in rabbits, so it is important that you have him treated for fleas as soon as possible. Your vet may have a rabbit-safe topical medication you can use with a flea comb. Fleas should be eliminated within 1-2 days, after which you can use wipes to keep him clean. It is important to also identify the source of the fleas and keep him away from it, could be another animal or an area he explores. Please do not bottom rinse him while he has fleas as there could be abrasions in his skin that can get infected in the water.

I’m so sorry to hear this. Yes, I agree that bathing bunnies is dangerous. A bottom rinse should not be done unless done properly and only when absolutely necessary as recommended by a vet. As mentioned in the video, there are many risks involved. What is critical when giving a bottom rinse is to be sure to dry your bunny thoroughly and in a warm place and to ensure that no water enters its nose and ears as rabbits are unable to get water out themselves, which leads to pneumonia. I have given my bunny a bottom rinse twice and thankfully, he has never gotten sick. But each rabbit is different and perhaps it is better not to wash a bunny when they have an infection as open wounds exposed to water can be bad and traumatic. I wish your vet had provided better guidance as you obviously had the best intentions. Thank you for sharing your story as it is important to remind people that the risks are real. I am so sad to hear about your rabbit and very sorry you went through this as you obviously loved your bunny very much.😥

@@popcornash9903 I repent my actions. Wish there was some way I could rectify it all and bring him back! He loved me so much! Really heartbroken

@@RituparnaChatterjee2441139 please do not be so hard on yourself. You loved your bunny dearly and took care of him as best as you could. I’m sure he felt loved and was happy.💗 Your vet should have advised you better not to bottom rinse a bunny that had an infection. Best to use wipes first or wait until he is healthy to rinse his bottom. But again, please do not take it so hard. You cared for your bunny. He was lucky to have you.

@@popcornash9903 thank you for your words. I believe his unwillingness to take medicines also made treatment difficult. His companion bunny does not mind munching her meds although with an attitude. But feeding Bidhu his meds was almost impossible, and insisting on an ailing little thing made me feel awful. He also simply wouldn't drink water! Is there any way to ease the way bunnies take medicines?????

Thank you!🥰