https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/24864/rabbit-overgrooming-hutch-mate Just seen a rabbit that has a small graze on the back of her neck. Original wound was from when the new hutch-mate was mixed with her before he was castrated and he was humping her. Now the male has been castrated he is now grooming her constantlyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165837?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:54:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c9703950-5d9b-442b-bf83-7ae07087fcebAnthony Dennison<p>[quote user=&quot;Joyce Whitehead&quot;]</p> <p>How about a rabbit shirt? JAK sell them, this was the only good picture link I could find. They can be used without going right round their bum.&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p>(Please visit the site to view this file)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Sounds like a good plan, thanks!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165795?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:50:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:31bb3701-5152-43c4-80cb-f9237ed84e50Timothy Miles<p>Put a chicken wire screen between them ?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165794?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:34:08 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3e90651c-1a88-4959-9e9f-6dee8c577a9bGillian Mostyn<p>[quote user=&quot;Michael Woodhouse&quot;]Separate the bunnies until 100% better?[/quote]</p> <p>Bad idea- reintroduction would be very difficult.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165786?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:21:35 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d91de7d9-f0cb-41b0-8e7e-760d61cf5db2Michael Woodhouse<p>Separate the bunnies until 100% better?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165779?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:22:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7b281296-ce18-4830-8411-05d83f1da903mel<p>A letter by Guen Bradbury in the Veterinary Record summarises this issue along with a few suggestions:</p> <div id="ContentBody_Document2_ctl00_DocumentTitlePanel" class="DocumentTitle">Managing conspecific overgrooming in rabbits.</div> <div> <div id="ContentBody_Document2_ctl00_CitationPanel" class="Citation">Vet Rec. March 2016;178(12):298-9.</div> <div class="Citation"></div> <div class="Citation">The author suggests putting a small amount of honey elsewhere on the affected rabbit so that the other bunny focuses on this new region, thereby allowing the old lesion to heal. I think that a JAK onesie as previously suggested is a good idea too. The author goes on to suggest diet and husbandry changes for long term management of the problem.</div> <p></p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/165775?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 24 Sep 2016 14:01:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d35a08da-e870-444f-bf09-66b34d291917Joyce Whitehead<p>How about a rabbit shirt? JAK sell them, this was the only good picture link I could find. They can be used without going right round their bum.&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.vetsend.co.uk/medical-pet-shirt-rabbit/?gclid=CJH18pyHqM8CFQ8W0wodeMULIA"><span class="ui-webpreview" data-configuration="url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vetsend.co.uk%2Fmedical-pet-shirt-rabbit%2F%3Fgclid%3DCJH18pyHqM8CFQ8W0wodeMULIA"><img src="/cfs-filesystemfile/__key/communityserver-components-imagefileviewer/filetypeimages_2E00_/unknown.png_2D00_550x0.png?_=637159348840973494" border="0" alt="" style="max-height: 550px;" /></span></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>