Welcome Kim!
How are they boys with their litter habits? I’m wondering if you can do away with the bedding altogther. Alot of buns do well without it and it can help with litter training to have no bedding as they can confuse it with litter. You can put down some fleece for them instead. If you do prefer to keep the bedding, perhaps a layer of hay on top will help keep down the dust.

It sounds as if you found a good rabbit vet. Good to hear Charlie is receiving treatment now. Do you know what the diurectic is for? Your vet has good advice about pellets. Mine also promote pellet free diets though it is tricky to do once you’ve already introduced them to pellets. They do love them. A good quality tim pellet is better long term and should be given in a limited amount. As you rabbits are young, they can be free fed. I think the concern is pellets started to overtake what should be the main part of the diet – Hay. They should really only be used as a supplement to a diet of hay & veg, rather than being the main staple. If they are not used to veggies yet, just introduce them slowly. Start by giving a leaf of romaine lettuce or some parsley. In their adult diet you can give 2 cups/day.

Welcome 🙂
Good to see another Charlie around
I really don’tknow anything about this but Mimzmum’s bunny has had a lot of trouble with sneezing so she might have some advice for you.
My buns dont have any bedding and I think most people here wouldn’t have litter any where other than the bunnies’ litter trays.
I guess they’re inside rabbits? Are they toilet trained yet? It can be a long process before they’re neutered so my Charlie was only semi-toilet trained before he was neutered.

Welcome to Binkybunny!

It sounds like you are well informed and have a good vet, which is great. I have not had experience before with fluid in the lungs, but I am glad you got Charlie to a good vet because it sounds like he needs some help. I do have a bunny that sneezes, and it is likely pasteurella, but she has not had issues with fluid in the lungs. If he is playing, eating and pooping normally that is a good sign, so hopefully you can find the root cause of the issue soon.

Timothy based pellets are definitely best, but I do agree with your vet not to feed too much. I use timothy based pellets and give mine about 1 tablespoon per day. I noticed that Petsmart started carrying the Oxbow Timothy pellets so you may want to check there to see if they have them, those are the ones I use.

As far as bedding, I use “Lonestar Bedding” or “Equine Pine” – this is a pelleted type litter which is actually designed for flooring for horse stalls, so it is very cheap, and can be bought by 50 lb. bags. It is important to note this is different from pine shavings, which are kind of questionable when it comes to bunny health, and probably wouldn’t be good for a bunny with lung issues. These are like woodstove pellets, tightly compacted and baked, and then they absorb urine. I would imagine this would be good for a bunny that could be irritated by loose stuff flying around, because they are compact, and only expand when wet.

Hi, Kim,

They sound like sweet bunnies and your plans for them are great. Of course, we can only judge if we see pictures – many many pictures.

I have never used bedding, just litter in a litter pan. Even when Sammy likes to sit in her soft cuddle cup to eat, she prefers to lie down on the smooth plastic cage bottom to sleep or rest. She wouldn’t even lie on a piece of fleece after her spay, so many bunnies are just fine with nothing on the flooring.
I agree with Moo about the pelleted litter. I use Aspen pellets, which are also safe and some consider even safer than pine.

Petsmart does sell Oxbow’s Bunny Basics T, timothy pellets for adult rabbits. But I found here that the markup is so high that it cost nearly the same to order it online, plus I could order other things shipped with it. A 10 lb. bag will last quite a long time with a very small daily amount.

craisins are dried cranberries, yes. My Monkey bun loves em! She also hated alfalfa hay when she was little, so my vet said timothy hay was fine from the beginning, if she refused alfalfa. At 6 months-ish he said she’d be having to switch to timothy hay anyway, as alfalfa isn’t good to feed to adults as its too rich or something like that. But for babies and nursing mamas its good.

You can post pics right off your computer, thats what I do on here. Just gotta resize them first so they aren’t too big

Welcome!! Wonderful you found a good vet

Yesterdays’ news is great to use It says it’s flushable-but that’s in small amounts-don’t make the same mistake as me

For photo’s -any photo program (like photobucket) that gives a photo a URL will work-and you have to use the full reply ‘add reply’ not the quick reply to do it

I found Monkey has to be given something a few times before she’ll actually decide if she likes it or not. I had to give her raisins for a week before she decided she’s in love with them. Now she dances for them!

All buns are different, some like certain things for treats, other will snub it! Try little bits of this and that and you’ll figure out what they like best! Like Monkey said, for adult buns you want to feed timothy pellets exclusively along with grass hay (timothy, orchard, oat, brome, meadow). Alfalfa is for babies, nursing mothers, and sometimes senior buns (over the age of 6). In my experience, pet store employees *usually* mean well when they give advice, but they don’t know all the ins and outs of every single type of pet. It’s good that you’ve come and asked us.