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I’m not sure the importance of the event for which you’re leaving, but I honestly recommend leaving her with said friend. Should something come up, he would notice it in time for action to be taken. If not, and she’s by herself she can hide her problems like rabbits do, and be gone before you get back. Three days is quite a while, so I can’t see having her survive that long with a limited amount of food. My rabbit went two days and I was SHOCKED that she survived. Typically from what research I’ve done, a rabbit can live 1 – 2 days without food without going into GI stasis. It could be wrong info, but it’s still a VERY long time for her, even if it isn’t for us. If all else fails and you can forego the trip, that may be the ultimate step. I REALLY REALLY can’t emphasize enough NOT leaving her by herself. But that’s just me.

I would suggest asking your friend to come in and check on him everyday.

If you take him to this persons house the move and new environment will be stressful for him. If he’s at home then at least he’s in a familiar environment. This is what was suggested to me when I had to go away at Christmas.

If she knows about rabbits and is good with them then it seems perfect to have her come and visit everyday. She can refill hay and water and food, and check on him.

I would not recommend leaving him alone for three days at all. Your vet said this would be okay? I’m not sure I’d place much trust in your vet if that’s the case. Maybe I’m just confused.

I’d leave loads of extra hay and food and water for him too. What are you saying about the litter tray? Why do you want to take it away?

Yup. Sorry. I wouldn’t take the vet’s word on this one, especially if it was a receptionist just taking her best guess (it happens) Listen to the above people. They make a lot more sense

I agree, see if your friend can stop by to feed/water once a day.

It’s stressful to move the bun to a new environment, especially for just a few days. If it was longer than a week or two, I might consider taking him over there, but not for a few days.

I woukdnt leave her. When we were on vacation we had family take care of Foo. We left detailed directions and she was much happier being left at home than she would have been going somewhere else.

You said you were going to take the litter box out? Where is your bun going to use the bathroom then?

If she doesn’t drink from a bottle, she can’t be left for days. Bowls tip, bunnies accidentally hop into them. When these things happen with a small bowl that gets refilled regularly, it’s no big deal. A wet foot dries off and bunny only goes a few hours with no water. If it’s a very large bowl though, you have a sopping wet bunny sitting in a puddle with no clean water for 2 days.

Without being let out to run around you mean? 

Its not ideal but it should be alright.
How big is the cage?

As everyone else had mentioned, I would not leave your bun alone for 3 days. Even when I left for a “3-day” trip from Friday to Sunday which I took care of his cage Friday night before leaving, I had a relative (someone you can trust in your home) come by just to refill his pellets/water/hay and empty out his litter box according to a list of instructions to follow (with labeled bags) for just Saturday and Sunday morning. It only used less than 15 minutes of my relative’s time each visit, but even so when I came back, he expressed much appreciation on providing rabbit care because he initially didn’t know why I kept worrying and reiterating the things he needs from leaving my bun alone for “just 3 days” (esp. with the amt of poop that piled up for him to clean lol). Also in regards to Eepster’s point about the wet foot or sopping wet bunny… same goes for the litter box… mine needs to to be changed almost everyday or every other day to keep my bun’s bum dry so I imagine a pretty wet litter box if it’s not cleaned for 3 days

I had a water bottle in the past that would randomly stop working when an air bubble would “plug” the dripper too, so I’m extra paranoid in checking that my bun isn’t just licking pointlessly without water, but a bowl he easily flips, hops into, etc. So being left alone for 3 days can really have so many possibilities of bunny not having enough of something necessary…

Definitely ask your friend to drop by once a day to refill food/water and check on your bun. Since it’s only 3 days it’s okay (not ideal), to go without exercise. It’s not the end of the world lol.

I’m in the “have a friend stop by 1-2 times a day” camp.
If this friend, who knows about rabbits, is not able to do that, I think you’d be better off with another friend who can and leave instructions of what to do, what to look for, and your and your vet’s contact information.
That way, water can be changed once a day, fresh hay and greens and pellets added, litter pan refreshed with a sprinkle of new litter on top, and any accidents, spillage or strangeness noted and dealt with. No exercise is OK if it means an inexperienced person is chasing a bunny around, so let your bunny stay put.
But the other home will be stressful, and being alone is worse.
Once you write a list of what’s needed, it’s pretty simple for someone to follow. A bunny left alone who won’t eat or moves with difficulty or hasn’t peed or pooped in the litter is easy to spot within a half hour of observing. In that case, your friend can call you and then the vet.

I wouldn’t leave my bunnies alone for 3 days. My buns occasionally knock their water bowl over, or end up making enough of a hay mess it ends up in the water bowl. If that happens to yours, it will just have no water until you get back. What if the stress of being alone so long (or a predator outside, or a loud noise, or the bun ingests something they shouldn’t from chewing out of boredom, etc) causes tummy issues? Stasis would develop and you wouldn’t even know until it was too late. What if the bun acts out during the 3 days and ends up pulling its hay out of whatever you put it in and peeing/pooping all over it? Then bun has no hay. Or eating all the pellets you leave because of being bored, then bun has no pellets for days. What if bun ends up acting like a crazy rabbit and tries to escape so much they end up getting a paw stuck on something, or jumping into the cage bars hard enough to hurt itself? Again, no one would know.

Too many risks for me. The lack of exercise will be fine, but the lack of someone even being able to tell within 24 hours if something is wrong is not imo. Couldn’t a friend stop by just for a minute or two, throw a baggie of pre-prepared food into a plate and check the water? They don’t have to be very bunny savvy, just able to tell if there is an emergency and willing to empty a ziploc bag into a dish.

Just ditto-ing the others about the exercise. It’s better that your bun be confined in a safe space than get into something he shouldn’t, or the friend not be able to corral him back to the cage. If you have an xpen you can attach to the cage, that would allow additional “safe space”, but if not, I wouldn’t worry about it.

If he had never been agressive before, chances are he will be okay. Make sure she stops by at least twice a day to refill food/water/hay.

Also, if I’m reading this correctly, you said his cage has a wire bottom? You need to find him somethung else, wire bottom cages arent good for rabbits, the wire will end up hurting his feet. Not to criticize, just want what’s vest for you and bunbun

Once on Saturday should be fine. You’ll feed and water him Friday before you leave, she’ll stop by Saturday, then you’ll be back sunday afternoon. If for some reason you will be delayed returning home (weather, traffic, etc), give her a call to stop over again on Sunday.