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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 12/14/2014 at 9:14 PM
  Taysmama13
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  First of all, I was unsure where to post so please place this where it needs to go and I apologize! Second, Happy Holidays to all!
  
  Just have a few quick questions about my boys. Is it possible for a bunny to have dandruff just on the top of his head and what can I do about it?
  
  Is it possible that I have just got the short end of the draw when I adopted my boys because their health issues are never ending. (A tooth pulled, a tooth infection, a bladder infection, an ear infection, ear mites, conjunctivitis, runny nose, kidney infection just to name a few in the last 3 months between the 2 boys) My vet bills are astronomical this year! They eat oxbow timothy hay, oxbow meadow hay and oxbow botanical hay mixed all together, an endless supply. They eat 1/8th cup of oxbow pellets at night and they get a combination of romaine, sweet baby lettuce, anise, dandelion, parsley, dill, cilantro, endive, and arugula in the afternoon and occasionally kale and bok choy, and they get fruit as a treat on rare occasions. My vet says you never know what you’ll get with a rabbit but infections and illnesses are normal. My boys are rotating fuzzies of infection!
  
  I would also like to know where you all stand on the subject of bonding. My boys hate each other. They can not be in the same room still after a year of neutral territory bonding sessions, stress bonding and multiple month long breaks in between fights. Should I give up on trying to bond them? What would you do after a year of daily bonding sessions and zero progress? I have no issues keeping them separate but some days they just flop next to each other on either side of the gate and groom each other. They are tolerant of each other until the gate is no longer there and then all hell breaks loose.
  
  To those who celebrate Christmas, what do you do to keep your buns safe near a Christmas tree?
  
  Thank you for your advice/help!
- 01/03/2015 at 7:12 AM
  MamaDumpling
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  If you’ve had ear mites, maybe get to the vet and ask about ‘walking dandruff’ or Cheyletiellosis. It often presents as dandruff around the back of the head, back of the neck and just above the tail. A rabbit savvy vet should recommend a treatment for it. My boy, Dumpling had it and all it took was 3 doses of a mite treatment and it was gone. Don’t worry, it’s super common, usually goes unnoticed for a long long time and doesn’t pose any major threats to buns health. He’ll just be itchy and maybe lose fur where the mites are most prevalent.
- 01/03/2015 at 8:36 AM
  Megabunny
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  You may want to pose this other question in the bonding section. There are some people really devoted to bonding. I’d probably give up, but that’s just me. I guess it’s possible that they fought bad enough at one point to permanently damage their relationship. I’ve heard of that happening. But there’s a bonding forum here, plus one of our members has a bonding website, but I can’t remember the name. She’s awesome.
- 01/03/2015 at 9:45 AM
  JackRabbit
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  If you’re talking about tanlover’s site, its http://www.wheekwheekthump.com
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