Maintenance and Housing
Is your bunny housed indoors or outdoors? Indoors.
Does your bunny live with other bunnies? One.
If yes, are they bonded? Yes.
If your rabbit spends time outside, are wild rabbits around? Never outside.
How much exercise does your bunny get per day? Free-Roam, so as much as wanted.
How often do you clean the litter box? Daily or every other day.
How often do you groom your bunny? As needed, she hates being brushed so not as frequently as we should, maybe once every week or so

Spay/Neuter
Is your bunny spayed/neutered? Everybun in the family is.
If so, for how long? Bun in question we have no idea. At least well past fully recovered.
If not, why not?
Are you aware of reproductive cancer risk in females? If not, please read about it here.

Pooping and Diet – Very Important
What does your bunny eat normally: Orchard Grass, TBS of pellets, packaged spring mix
How much hay and what type? Unlimited Orchard Grass (picky eaters in this house), replenished when flattened down in litter box usually a few times a day
How much pellets and what type? About a tablespoon of Selective Science House Rabbit Pellets (Guaranteed Analysis:  Fiber 22.0% max, Protein 14.0% min, Fat 4.0% max.)
How much veggies and what types? About a cup of packaged spring mix, maybe a bit more.
How many treats and what types? Treats infrequent, mostly used when buns go through something stressful like nail clipping and typically Oxbow dried banana slices and we always go by package directions so typically just one or two pieces
Anything else not listed? We do sometimes give extra veg to get buns to cooperate, maybe every other day and just a few pieces
When was the last time your bunny ate? Munching on her hay now
What was the last thing your bunny ate?
When was the last time your bunny pooped? Probably about a minute ago
How did your bunny’s most recent poops look (round and firm, misshapen, small and hard, soft/mushy, runny, etc.) ? Soft/Mushy

Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this bunny? Around 3 months now
In a few words, can you explain the symptoms? Underweight, constant wet/mushy poops.
How long ago did you first notice these symptoms? When we got her
Have you consulted a vet? No.
Have you started any treatment for the symptoms? Sort of? I’d like to go into detail below.
Was your bunny physically ill or injured when you got them? Aside from a butchered toe nail from an aggressive clipping no.
How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all? She just flourished into her personality from scared shelter bun to diva.

Explain your situation in detail. (Please explain what is going on, include details from the beginning of the illness leading up to now)

This is gonna be long with a lot of moving parts so no worries if you see this wall of text and don’t want to provide your two cents: I know it’s a lot!

So, when we first got Lily from the shelter, I was questioning the quality of her care. Before she was handed off to me the lady tranced her, clipped her nails and almost completely clipped one off (its now kind of a black stub, the internet said it was harmless) and brushed her very aggressively. I’m a little ‘extra’ with my pet care and general treatment and brushed this off as normal shelter behavior. On her first morning with us it was clear to see that she was starving. Not just excitable around food, I mean gobbling anything and everything but hay down within seconds and acting like well, a starved animal. You could feel her hips, every single bone in her spine, she just felt unhealthily skinny whenever you could get your hands on her. I didn’t feel comfortable contacting the shelter after my experiences (the lady who handed her off was homophobic, it is a long story) but they had assured us she had been spayed and seen a vet recently, so, we figured she must at least be okay. We started giving her some extra pellets and veggies and slowly but surely she put on some weight and is now in a comfortable range I think. We haven’t weighed her but using how Gus feels (who the vet said was in prime health) for reference, I think she is pretty alright.

Concerning issue one: her feces. It has always been extremely wet and mushy but solid enough to hold your average bunny poop shape and size. I have never seen a dry poop come from her. We also think they might have lied about her breed because she is very, very long haired. Mostly in her cheeks, forehead (she lets me gently spin it around to give her a mohawk it is the cutest thing ever) and butt! She has like a wedding dress length train of fur that picks up so much litter! No idea if her butt floof has anything to do with this. Also, she eats Gus’ food! I need ideas on how to fix this, actually. I sit between them and try to get her to eat from her bowl but she just won’t have it, she has to have his. We don’t have a lot of space to separate, either. I have to manually push her snoot out of his bowl while he eats at a snail’s pace and she gets very upset with me.

Concerning issue number two: her hair. In the area behind her ears, sort of neck region, she has very thin hair that sections in a way that lets you see her skin. Is this normal? The skin isn’t reddened, she doesn’t seem to be itchy at all. Is this just a long hair thing? It isn’t patches, either, moreso large parts.

Three: This is for Gus. He loves to have his chin rubbed and while I was doing so I noticed his nose has the tiniest bit of snot? I mean the most miniscule coating around his nostrils, just enough to be seen if you get up close and personal with him.

Sorry to post a wall of text, I try to search before I post since I just go on so long, but, last thing. My significant other and I recently had to move back in with my dad after a disagreement with our landlord (said bunnies were okay, came over, saw them, explained he meant outside in a hutch, we had to move over the weekend suddenly because obviously our buns are family and do not belong outside). This was about a month ago now and I don’t mean to be rude to my father but he lives in filth. This place hasn’t been so much as dusted in 10 years, we are talking if you run your finger along a surface not only will it leave a mark but also a bunch of dirt will pile up on your finger, and they have mice that run in the kitchen they never deal with so they leave literal mouse feces everywhere. I have tried extremely hard to clean everything up but I’m only one person, my significant other works and I’m interviewing, and this is a two story house filled with junk. I worry about this taking a toll on the bunnies’ health. I have scrubbed every surface in our bedroom where the bunnies stay, went as far as digging up decade old dirt from between floorboards and putting a giant rug down. I try to keep their hay in a plastic sealed container… Do you think these conditions are having an impact on the bunnies’ health? My father does not see an issue with the way he is living and is very stubborn on the subject and we want to stay to save up since most apartments in the area don’t want to take a cat and two rabbits. They are honestly like children to me, we sacrificed our apartment for them and them alone, I mean I would do pretty much anything for them. Heck, we raised Gus up from a baby! I call him my little man when I pet him! And Lily is our little street-rat! These buns are my life. Think we should bite the bullet and try to get an apartment instead?

Thank you so much for reading this, I know it’s a lot.