sindri42:todaysbird:justwritingscibbles:mypasteluniverse:gossamerglitch:shelbydoesnotpwn:amazingathe
sindri42:todaysbird:justwritingscibbles:mypasteluniverse:gossamerglitch:shelbydoesnotpwn:amazingatheist:maitaijulie:aviculor:important psa about bunsWe raised rabbits when I was a child and my sister gave a rabbit a bath (she was 5) and it died..so heed this instruction.I wasn’t going to reblog this, but then I realized I might save a rabbit.This is important guys. If your rabbit gets into something gnarly and you HAVE to bathe them:1. Fill a bowl with warm water.2. Get a washcloth. Put it in the water. Squeeze it out until it is just damn. 3. Lightly scrub the dirty area on your bun.4. That is it. DO NOT get your bun wet. Only slightly damp on the part that was dirty. (source)VERY IMPORTANT! SAVE A BUNS LIFE!Do not bathe your bun!!!!Boosting!this applies to guinea pigs, too!Rabbits can and do swim in the wild; they’ve got toe webbing and buoyant fat and all the other adaptations that make a land mammal good in the water, because that’s a great way to get away from clumsier predators and escape tracking by scent.The problem is that the same thing that makes a bunny’s coat so good at shedding rain means that when they do get soaked through, it takes forever for them to dry properly, so if they don’t have adequate shelter and ideally help drying off they can get a nasty case of hypothermia.Keep them warm, and dry them off as best you can. Don’t stop or let them go until they’re dry, even on a warm day. Don’t use a hair dryer either unless you really know what you’re doing, because it can easily go the opposite way and burn them, and the noise is likely to freak them right out.And yes, rabbits in general are high-strung enough to have fatal heart attacks if you stress them enough; if they aren’t used to the water and some stupid human forces them into the bath that’s terrifying, so just don’t do it. It also means you gotta make sure not to panic them when you’re drying them off; fortunately being wrapped up in a towel is comforting to most bunnies, since it’s a) an extra layer between them and any threats, b) kinda like being in a tunnel, and c) kinda like being surrounded by a warren of other bunnies.As for the ear infections I’m not sure, but I think that’s mainly a problem with lop-eared rabbits, since floppy ears are a mutation introduced by human breeders and it causes them a bunch of other problems as well. If they have the proper upright ears like a wild rabbit I think they can get the water out easily enough and not worry too much about that. -- source link