treating rabbit wound

Question
My pet rabbit has a small cut near its rear last night.  It's not bleeding, less than 1 cm long.  I've swabbed the wound twice with hydrogen peroxide.  He's eating and drinking fine, and moving around as usual.  Should I still take him to a vet?  If not, what should I be looking out for as a sign that he's not healing well?   For how long &often should I continue the cleaning?  Do rabbits usually recover from non-bleeding cuts like this on their own? Thanks in advance!

Answer
Hi,

personally I would have a good rabbit vet examine him. These guys can get infected so easily, and their pus is so thick if it does get infected, that just topically applying h202 won't get through the abscess that can develop.

As long as it's possible to have a vet look at him, why risk it getting out of control to the point you really need some serious work done to clear up a raging infection?  Get it examined while it's small, get some good antibiotics from the vet for this and keep the rest in your emergency supplies.  I would guess you'd get an oral antibiotic for him to take awhile, and also a topical antibiotic to directly apply on the wound.  That's what he really needs to be on to prevent an abscess from forming and causing serious problems.  

If you need to find a good rabbit vet (not all are), start here:

www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html

to find a House Rabbit Society recommended vet near you.  Good rabbit vets know that rabbits should not be given any oral penicillin-class oral antibiotics, that will kill them.  Usually they give enrofloxacin (baytril), ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol.