This is often accompanied by bleeding and an upset rabbit (not to mention
rabbit caretaker!).
This information comes from
rabbit caretakers who wanted to share their experience with other
rabbit caretakers.
Amanda Lenz, educator and director of foster care for the Indiana House House Rabbit Society in Indianapolis, says
rabbit caretakers should limit potatoes and other root vegetables like carrots, beets and radishes, because their sugar and starch content is higher than ideal.
Urine scalding itself is not considered a traumatic event, but
rabbit caretakers may mistake wounds created by urine or fecal scalding around the tail as a trauma or injury.
After a week or two of consistent use,
some rabbit caretakers claim to see positive results.
In the past it has been recommended that rabbits be fed their own cecotrophs if they are unable to reach them themselves, and, in the case of a very ill rabbit, many veterinarians and
rabbit caretakers believed it to be beneficial to feed cecotrophs from a healthy rabbit.
Not exact matches
Although Angora
rabbit breeds are docile by nature, the coat care makes children unlikely candidates as sole
caretakers for Angoras, but rather, require the attention of adults.
Part of our job as
caretakers is keeping our
rabbits safe from harm.
Counting shelters and humane societies, breed rescues and
rabbit rescues, chimpanzee refuges and feral cat
caretakers, elephant and big cat sanctuaries, there may be as many as 20,000 animal organizations in the U.S. alone.
Her
caretaker was experienced at
rabbit handling and managed to hold her on her lap for the necessary brush - outs, but Abbey hated it and would bite at the towel and regularly try to launch herself off the lap.
While
rabbits may be appropriate family companions, an adult should be the primary
caretaker.
This may be a good survival tactic in the wild, but for domestic
rabbits, hiding their symptoms of illness only misleads their
caretakers and prevents prompt medical attention.
The impact on the immune system underscores the significant role that
caretakers have in maintaining their
rabbits» health.»