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As a rule you dont have to make hay changes gradually.

Meadow hay is often a mix of various grasses. Timothy is of course timothy but there are lots more grasses that rabbits can eat.

I’ve used NIC cube grids to block off the whole area under my bed, and then put a bed skirt over the top so it looked nicer. It worked great!

But as long as there’s nothing under there that can harm her there’s not really a problem with it! If you decide to give her access, watch to be sure she’s not trying to crawl into the box spring. Not sure…[Read more]

I think it’s ok. Depending on how the bed is constructed she might feel inclined to modify the underside though. I have a bun that does that, but my bed is very sturdy and made of plain wood so I just let her.

Rabbits like being under beds and other furniture. The “roof” protects against predators, esp raptor birds.

Does your bun have access to…[Read more]

Thank you! I will definitely get them neutered. They are about 8 weeks old

Thank you all.

I checked my other rabbits ears and didn’t see anything. Also they are not itching their ears.

I feel so bad because I can tell he is hurting 😞

If the rabbits are very young (I’m guessing based on your other post), they will need to be separated at puberty and neutered. It’s very likely they will start fighting when they hit puberty (around 12 weeks of age), as babies cannot form true bonds. Once they are neutered you can go through the bonding process with them. You can read about the…[Read more]

Ok thank you guys. I’m very happy to hear I didn’t cause the death. He was eating the Same pellets I gave him so I guess he was sick. I felt pretty bad for him but now I have 2 more. They are both healthy and have been well. I have been feeding a lot of hay and very little pellets with some veggies for treats. Thanks for the help!

I’m very sorry this happened. 🙁

Although not the recommended type of pellet, the timothy pellets are probably what he was eating before you got him. So I’m going to guess that there was something else wrong. As Dana said, young bunnies are very susceptible to parasites like coccidia. It takes awhile to incubate, so it would make sense that you…[Read more]

Topical treatments are relatively inexpensive. But yes, you’ll probably want to be proactive and treat all your bunnies. Ear mites can be transferred by other materials, they don’t necessarily have to have direct contact.

It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but I agree that it looks like it could be ear mites. Regardless, I would not try to…[Read more]

My understanding is this this pleural effusion, not pneumonia. Pleural effusion is when fluid builds in the pleural space outside of the lungs. At least that is what it sounded like from your initial description and the medication that was prescribed.

How are things now? Has there been any improvement?

I’m very sorry for your loss of your bunny. 🙁 He was very young, so there are a lot of things that could have gone wrong. It’s possible he wasn’t weaned correctly or was taken from his mother too young. Large shifts in diet can also cause issues. He also could have had coccidea, a parasite which causes diarrhea and is often fatal in baby bunnies.…[Read more]

Sometimes they can have them and not have symptoms for a long time, or it could have come from the other buns, it’s very contagious.

No, the treatment is not expensive, they will likely have you just treat all of your buns with Revolution.

I am not a vet, so I’m not saying it’s 100% ear mites. Just saying it looks like it could be, so I wouldn’t…[Read more]