I have a nine-year-old, almost 10-year-old bun bun who has bad back leg arthritis. I’m giving her the pain meds that the vet prescribed so she is still moving around despite dragging her back legs (looking into a good wheelchair if anyone has recs). Due to her age, she has become incontinent, and leaves tiny pee spots everywhere. She has a large acrylic pen that serves as her home when we are not present, but I really don’t want to keep her in it because it’s better for arthritic pain if she keeps moving. I’ve looked at many solutions, I’ve put pee pads all over certain spots where I think she goes the most, but diapers don’t look very realistic because the girl needs to poop. Has anyone else found any reliable solutions in which you don’t have to lock up your senior bun, but you spare your carpets?
Thanks!
by SuficingtoSay
3 Comments
Honestly, if the arthritis is so bad she’s dragging her legs then I would really push vet for stronger pain meds, or at least double up by requesting a different kind of pain med be added into the mix. That’s not a good sign.
I would get a big ol plastic tarp or vinyl to protect your floors, then thrift a giant area rug to cover your existing carpet. Thrift store, second-hand, FB marketplace, whatever works really. That top rug is basically sacrificial. It’s a losing battle trying to combat incontinence in older animals like that. Just gotta let them do their thing ultimately. You’ll spot clean that sacrificial rug of course, but she’ll be allowed to pee/poop on it.
Once incontinence sets in you need to keep a keen eye out for urine scalding around legs and on genitals.
I’m sorry to say that once urine scalding is present on the genitals the quality of life diminishes very quickly for your bun as it is basically not treatable and incredibly painful.
I had an elderly bun in a similar situation and once the urine scalding set in I knew it was time.