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- 05/09/2015 at 5:23 AM
  Ellen
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  Today I woke up and my little bunny Bubba was just laying down on his side in his cage. I’ve had him a few weeks now and I’ve not seen him do this. When I approached him he stayed down for a couple of minutes then got up and started licking me. He had a little run round the cage but now he’s sat on all fours with his ears flat down not moving much. He’s eating normally and seems to be drinking normally so was he just resting? I’ve noticed he’s done maybe two or three cecotropes that he hasn’t eaten and he hasn’t seemed to pee much. We’re not sure how old he is as we adopted him but I think he’s still quite young, his testicles havent descended. He eats timothy hay and junior rabbit nuggets and occasionally a treat like a little bit of apple or a green been. I was told this was fine by the man in the pet shop but I still just worry about him! Have I overfed him or fed him the wrong stuff?
- 05/09/2015 at 8:59 AM
  Megabunny
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  This doesn’t sound worrisome to me. I think he may be too young for fruit, though. Seems to me I read they shouldn’t have fruit until they’re 7 months old. When Gus was quite young I gave him a bit of apple. Then he got diarrhea. THEN I read they need to be older for fruit. I was sure I’d killed him. I promised God not another bite of fruit would pass those bunny lips until the right age if he would spare my rabbit. I was terrified!
  Gus got better and didn’t get another bite until he was much older.
  
  As far as laying on his side…that’s a bunny flop!!! Yay!!! It means he’s content and happy and relaxed and you’re a good bunny mom!!
  
  Oh, and I don’t think you’re supposed to feed them beans, though I can’t remember why, though I’m sure a bit of one every now and then is not big deal
- 05/10/2015 at 11:29 AM
  Ellen
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  Haha okay no apple till he’s older! Thank you though I’m just used to him always running around everywhere so it’s disconcerting when he’s actually still!
- 05/10/2015 at 12:17 PM
  kirstyol
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  Sounds to me like he is starting to get comfortable in his new environment. Don’t worry we have all freaked out at a bunny flop, especially if our bunny doesn’t get up right away when we go to check on them. Flopping shows that they are not worried about danger, they don’t feel like they may need to run away (or hop away more accurately) quickly, in other words your bunny feels safe.
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