Two year old spayed rabbit continues pulling dewlap fur until raw looking. No drooling. Why How can heal her?
She is a healthy 3 3/4 lbs. dutch rabbit; on the feisty side.
Very clean, I line her cage with old flannel sheets. We play with her and hold her she is indoors in the family room. We feed her oat hay, OXBOW pellets, organic tiny carrots with tops, an ocassional raisin, a slice of fruit as a treat, baby greens salad. In the last three months this is the third pull. The first time I used cornstarch on the raw looking area. It healed and fur grew back. The second time I had to buy Biocaine and used it twice for seven days and it healed slowly; fur grew back and four days ago she started again. The only other animals at home are two finches and two love birds, so no fleas. What is it? She licks off anything I put on it, so we try to hold her for as long as we can whenever we treat the area. I wrote OXBOW because the first and second times I noticed a tiny twig from the oat stuck in her dewlap and she was running crazy, but they never answered. What can I do? Thanks.
Let you vet or an exspert rabbit breeder have a look at her
I co sleep with my baby and she sometimes wets the bed. I want to buy an organic wool moisture pad to protect my mattress. Which one should I choose? Also I want it very soft and not itchy so we can sleep on it even without a sheet.
Any suggestions?
How in the ???? am I killing a sheep by using it’s wool ?
Do you have to die to get a haircut ? duh !!!
It might seem logical to assume that it would be sensible to use eco/environmentally friendly products as much as possible.
However, it is not necessarily the case that products which are essentially safe for the environment are safe and non hazardous for human beings.
Regardless of a products’ claim to be eco-friendly, it is still essential that they must have a CoSHH risk assessment. Natural, after all, does not equate to non-toxic.
Indeed, an example of a potentially hazardous environmentally friendly product is the reusable shopping bag which could be dangerous for our health. A micro-biological study in America of earth friendly shopping bags discovered that although these bags are better for the environment than plastic bags, they may be a source of an alarming amount of bacteria, yeast and mould which could make us ill.
The possible dangers of reusable bags include food poising, provoking asthma attacks, allergic reactions, and ear infections.
Adversely, plastic carrier bags may be bad for the environment, but they are actually much more hygienic than reusable ones. This is very much down to the fact that reusable carrier bags are used repeatedly.
The biggest cause of bacteria can come from leaks into the bags from produce bought in supermarkets, and then this bacteria being spread, inadvertently, by staff who are transferring bacteria from one reusable bag to another.
Some companies, do actually claim to produce eco friendly products, but actually they do not. Body care products do not have the same specifications for what is considered ‘organic’ like food does. There are a small number of differing rules and regulations that manufacturers look at when considering a product to be classed as ‘organic’, but on the whole, few follow these.
Eco friendly baby care products are containing more and more dangerous chemicals. Chemicals containing BHA, tricolsan and parabens, are not only to the atmosphere but to humans aswell.
A product should not necessarily be deemed safe just because they are labelled as ‘natural’ or ‘eco friendly’. The specific ingredient information should also include titles such as ‘solvent free’ or ‘no petroleum based ingredients’ etc.
All products being utilised within the workplace, regardless of whether they are ‘eco/environmentally friendly’ or ‘organic’, are still required to have a CoSHH assessment according to CoSHH regulations.
A CoSHH assessment will clearly identify any hazards and dangers associated with the use of a substance and help in the process of risk management for the health and safety of workers. In order to prevent ill health, it is a legal requirement that employers control exposure to dangerous substances within their working environment.
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We are expecting baby #2 at the end of April (though it looks like she’ll be here sooner do to hypertension and preeclampsia issues) Anyway, for this baby we have decided to spend the extra money up front to save in the long run by using cloth diapers. We have already ordered them and will be using the new Flip System by Bumgenius diapers with the organic inserts. My question is how many inserts and covers do you use? how often do you have to do laundry? What do you use to rinse them? And what laundry detergent do you find best to wash them in? Also i know your supposed to line dry the covers but where we live makes it a little difficult to line dry them outside, can I just use a towel rack or shower curtain rod as our makeshift “clothes line” inside?
Thanks so much for any tips and advice!
Hi there!
I have been cloth diapering on and off for the last two and a half years ( for two different children). I am currently cloth diapering my 17 month old full-time. I use several different types of cloth. I have 7 AIOs, 2 pockets, 4 fitteds, 4 fleece covers, 2 PUL covers, and 6 prefolds and wash mine every other day (equivalent to about 22 diapers). I wash when I have 3-4 still clean so I have back-up while the others are washing. I would love to have more diapers and wash every two days, but I have a front loader (apparently the worst for cloth washing) and that’s about all I can wash at a time to make sure the diapers get clean.
I am currently looking for a new diaper detergent. I have tried many, but they all ended up giving my diapers the ‘stinkies’ (ie. the diapers smell as soon as baby wets them). I had good luck with Crunchy Clean, but I needed 3 Tbsp to get them clean. Which ends up costing about $.21 per load. I will go back to that one if I can’t find another I like cheaper.
Your specific diapers may have recommendations for how to launder them. They may also have detergent recommendations on their website. Since I have many different kinds, this is what I do:
1. Rinse all diapers once in COLD
2. Wash in longest cycle on HOT
3. Rinse again in COLD
I’ve also found this routine to work:
1. Rinse in COLD
2. Wash on longest cycle in COLD
3. Wash (no detergent) on short cycle in HOT
You will have to see what works best with your washer. HE washers can sometimes be difficult.
I also dry my diapers on a wash line in the summer and in the house on a folding drying rack (about $15) in the winter. They usually take over night to dry.
Hope this helps and happy diapering!
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