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I have not been active on this forum for a long while, but on returning today saw this thread. I am truly sorry to read about Luna, who as others have already said, was a beautiful bunny. So although I am posting rather late, I send you my heartfelt condolences.

Run free, dear Luna, until the day when your special human will rejoin you!

I do like moderator Wick. It’s enrichment plus it tends to slow eating (less risk of inhaling pellets).

My buns are mainly interested in tearing up cardboard boxes, so I give them cardboard boxes  when I’ve ordered stuff that comes in a box.

They also like making holes in (cheap) fleece blankets, but the blankets need to be attached to…[Read more]

Wick is like this. If plausible, what I do is break up his small amount of daily pellets into smaller portions and will hide/scatter them around throughout the day.

I’ve stuffed brown paper lunchbags with hay and treats and tied them off with natural hemp rope. They love destroying them and rummaging for food. I’ve also done this with toilet paper tubes.

I think Small Pet Select makes a cord protector. It may be made out of a little more bun/pet friendly material. You could trim sections off for him to play…[Read more]

What about a treat ball (to put pellets in)? Or another type of puzzle toy? My bunny loves his puzzle toys. He’s not as enthusiastic about the stacking cups, but he will pull them apart if I put pellets in there.

Lol! Yeah, it’s almost impressive how much fur they can shed and not be bald. :p

Napoloeon is that way about his butt tufts. He is a Dwarf lionhead, but I swear he looks much bigger because he always has an extra fluffy butt.

I can sometimes pluck them, but usually once he figures out whats going on, he runs lol. I’ve started setting him on the…[Read more]

You could, but it won’t last long. Haha! Yeah, I mostly have to resort to holding him with the Love Gloves on and just force him to be petted/groomed. Otherwise he doesn’t sit still for any of it. To be honest, I don’t think it matters what it is. Everything seems to pull his fur and he just doesn’t like it.

What did you do in that situation?

I have to take Gustavo to the vet for a “sani shave” regularly, should I ask them to give him a good brush down at the same appointment if none of the other grooming methods work?

Yes, he lets me pluck tufts by hand for the most part – as long as he is getting those head pats while I do it!

I joke that his butt is like another world wonder because of how badly he sheds there, plucking tufts is just not getting the job done. I will try a lint roller and the glove! Thank you for the advice! 🙂

He doesn’t appreciate his butt…[Read more]

I feel your pain. Brush – nope. Lint roller – nope. Love Glove – Oh hell no. Plucking – Only if I sneak it and then I only get a single tuft.

Some buns with tolerate a lint roller. If his fur is shedding, this usually works pretty well because it won’t stick to the “attached” fur. I have had buns it worked like a charm for, others hated it more than being brushed. My one poor bun, Cinnabon, was not a good candidate for lint rollers, because for some reason, they just glued to his fur.…[Read more]

Yep, that’s the one for the Meridian clippers.

This is the Wahl one I used (or similar – I had gotten it from a local farm supply store, but this one seems to be the same):

https://a.co/d/3nYTJZr

Keep checking her food/water intake and poo/pee.

I usually clean (bedding, litter, soft toys) right away and give myself and bun around a year to grieve. For my buns, they may be a bit off afterwards but usually return to normal behavior within a couple days but during the year, most buns personality change slightly (more affectionate towards…[Read more]

Hello!

I’m sorry to hear of your loss. 🙁 I’m sure its hard on both you and Penelope bun.

I have had similar experiences when a close bonded bun loses its mate. Most of the symptoms were loss of appetite, not super active, and in one case, the bun just shut down – he didn’t want to eat or groom himself, he just sat and stared. Its important to…[Read more]