Welcome! He sounds like he’s in excellent hands with you.

I think he will be fine with the long car ride – yes, it’s not ideal, but it will work best for you and as long as he stays cool in the car, he will be fine. Many of our members have traveled long distances with their rabbits and they are fine.

Advantage and Revolution are rabbit safe (Never Frontline though – bad stuff) so you can treat Mr. Bunbun with this if you need too.

Hi, welcome to the forum! Thanks for taking this bunny in. Have you given him a new name? Advantage flea treatment is safe around bunnies. Advantage and Revolution can be used on rabbits. The main one to be wary of is Frontline which is not safe.

I don’t think the car trip should be a big deal. To me, you can pocket the $300 for any future vet care you might need for your furbabies. Do you plan to stay awhile after the neuter?
You might be able to find something closer to home though. Some of the low cost neuter programs do cover rabbits so it’s worth looking into.

Edit: Oops, sorry for repeating much of what Sarita wrote.

Oh sorry, I didn’t see that in your original post – Mr Bun-Bun! Is that him in the picture? Lovely! Looks like a rex breed. Um…the couch thing…yes. Fixing should help with this but some neutered rabbits will still target couches!

Yes laying on your lap is. I’m jealous! But the bursts of energy isn’t too unusual. They can do that. Some if us call it the Bunny 500. You may even notice certain times of the day when he’s quite active and others where he just sleeps. Totally normal.
If you want to post more pictures, I’m sure members here will help identify his breed some. We love pictures!

fyi: rex breeds have some easy to recognise traits. The fur is one length and feels velvety. They will also have sort of crinkley whiskers.  They don’t have much fur on the underside of their paws/hocks too.  Mini rexs average about 4lbs and the full rexes about 10 lbs.

Definately sounding like a mini rex. From the pic I’d say his colouring is called Castor. All that aside, he sounds like a complete love. Welcome to Bunny Slavedom.

i’ve got some potential good news- there is a rabbit rescue out in algonquin (where i got my two buns) that might be able to help you get a reduced neuter fee. when i got my buns there they gave me some sort of certificate to take to a place, which was supposed to give me a low-cost neuter. i didn’t end up using it as i have since left the chicago area (the bunnies got to ride in the car for 12 hours on that one…).

i lived in evanston so the ride to algonquin was 1.5 hours and my buns seemed to handle it fine. when i only had one, i put him in his litter box with nothing in it and just held him in my lap while my companion drove and he seemed quite content.

if no splitting hares can’t help you out, i would definitely take him on the adventure! if you can it would probably be good to have a day before and a day after the neuter so he isn’t freaking out when he gets there and so he isn’t still somewhat anesthetized when he goes home.

good luch!

I have used revolution on my bunny. My non bunny vet recommended it. They gave him a kitten formula, just make sure you watch him for the first 1/2 hour, so it has a chance to dry. All my bunny wanted to do was groom where I put it.

I don’t think a car ride will be too stressful on them. As long as they have a litter box and maybe some water… depending on when you are getting him neutered.