We kind of thought that would be the case even before we washed him, so we had everything prepared to get it over with as quickly as possible.
Donna bribed him out of his drey with a piece of coriander. We probably shouldn't feed him that, but it works better than anything else to get him to come out, and we have heaps of it growing in a pot just outside the kitchen door.
It was recommended we put him in a pouch with just his head sticking out, then soak him in the Vetadine wash, rinse, then soak again.
Well, the pouch we had ready for him turned out to be too small, he's put on about 180g in the last two weeks, so we tried wrapping him up in a pillow case.
After he'd sat on Donna's shoulder and peed all over her, we managed to get him wrapped up pretty well, with just his head sticking out. He was not impressed.
Trying to keep him wrapped up was just about impossible, so we removed it and just held him. This seemed to calm him a little, but only a little. He still wasn't impressed, and now he was soaking wet as well.
Once he was finished and towelled down a bit he seemed a lot happier, especially when Donna put him back in his cage with that piece of coriander.
He's now back in his drey with a heater on so he doesn't get too cold. He hisses every now and then to let us know he's still not impressed.
Sorry Lucky, but we've got to do it tomorrow as well, and every day until the rash goes.
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