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Forum DIET & CARE Introducing more veggies +some other questions

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    • Harry~potter~
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        My bunny is around 4 1/2 months old, and when I got her she was already being fed fresh veggies, which thankfully didn’t cause her harm. For a while now I’ve been consistently feeding her greens once a day, (romaine, bib lettuce, spring mix etc. It varies on what we have) and the quantity is just about the amount to cover the surface area of a hand. I’m wondering when and how I should start introducing more veggies to her, (it’s occasional small amounts of other fruits/veggies as a treat, then 1 cup of greens per day for 6 lbs correct? But I don’t know how much she weighs… ) How should I go about doing this?

        A couple things I was wondering were:
        A) when do I start looking for the signs that she needs to be fixed soon? What age? And she’s such a sweet bun, I don’t want her personality to change…
        B) most bunnies don’t like being picked up and cuddled I know, but some rare ones do.. how should I test this theory without wrecking her trust? She’s very comfortable with me petting her but I’ve never attempted to hold her.
        Aand C) I’ve never clipped her nails, do long nails cause pain? She’s an indoor bunny.


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          1. When I start giving Luna new veggies, I give her a lot less of the new veggie (over the course of a few days) than I do her usual veggies, to minimize the impact of any potential adverse reaction. Plus, I want to make sure her digestive system slowly adjusts to any new food.

          2. Spay signs, 6-8 months old? You’ll know when her mood starts changing to more ‘spunky/bossy’.

          3. I would start by getting her used to you touching her feet. Once she is okay with that, move on to lifting her paws one at a time. Then try picking her up. Even if she doesn’t end up like being picked up, at least the paw touching will help make it easier to trim her nails. And yes, long nails hurt, and if long enough they can get snagged on things and break off painfully. Though I would definitely seek some advice/watch some video on how to trim her nails correctly before any attempts.


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            hi! I don’t have much advice on the greens as I am currently doing the same thing introducing them to my buns. and apparently they’re crazy picky!

            but as for the spay-its entirely up to you when you spay her as long as you are aware of the pros and cons. our girl is about 8 months old and we have not had her spayed yet. our vet has a 3 pound minimum weight requirement so we wanted to let her get to 4 pounds just to be safe. Money is also tight for us so we are currently saving up. The best time to get them spayed is before 1 years old. after that the risks of ovarian cancer and underlying health issues continues to increase. aside from the obvious don’t put her with an unneutered male factor- she will also experience behavior issues that come along with her hormones. Luckily we have not seen the potty habits become an issue for her but spraying urine is common in unaltered rabbits. Daisy is bonded with our neutered male. Every month or so she has a day when she tries to hump him constantly. this is just her hormones flaring up. You could also experience false pregnancies. It is up to you if you want to have her spayed immediately at 6 months or if you decide to wait a while just be prepared for any issues she may have. We intend to have it done before she turns one just to avoid the health complications that come with spaying an older rabbit. You need to consider your finances and how important it is to you. You could get lucky like we have and not see hardly any changes in behavior or your girl could turn into a “bossy teenager” when her hormones kick in. oh and I would also suggest scheduling the spay for a time that you could easily take off work or school. We hope to do her’s on a Friday since we have off weekends just because spays can be very hard on the girls and they need a lot more attention post surgery than males.

            Nails- if you feel they are SUPER long you can take her to the vet. ours only charges 15 us dollars for a nail clip. This way she gets them trimmed and your vet may even allow you to watch and learn. We took MrBun in his first time because we hadn’t yet gotten the hang of it and we didn’t want to keep putting it off. that way after that we could take our time working with him and not worry about absolutely needing to do it that day so if he got agitated we could just give him a break and try again another day. Of course you can always go the route of having the vet do it everytime but aside from the cost adding up, unless she LOVES traveling and the vet its a lot of unnecessary stress on her.

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