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I have had the exact same issues! We started in the bathroom and bonding went great, lots of mutual grooming, flops and snacking together. After several bathroom successes, we moved to the kitchen where we spent a few 1-2 hour stretches and again, did wonderfully. Then I tried allowing them to free roam together in the living room and within 5…[Read more]

You know what’s best for your buns. I don’t think there is shame in rehoming as long as you make sure she finds a good home.

The HRS has some tips for rehoming: https://rabbit.org/rabbit-center/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rehome-handout.pdf

I recommend explaining the importance of spaying to whoever adopts her. You also might look into rescues in…[Read more]

I’m very sorry to hear this. I don’t have much to add to what Bam said, just wanted to send some vibes for Cookie. Abscesses are so hard to deal with. 🙁

Yep you should be all good to use that CC. Glad he started eating on his own. 🙂

For his recovering, keeping his area warm and quiet will help him. Keep up with the syringe feeding and medication schedule your vet recommends, but other than that try not to hover too much. You can also offer favorite greens to entice him to eat as well.

Hmm that is a bit unusual. Are you positive he’s actually eating it? Dental issue buns can sometimes pick up hay and then drop it. Or perhaps he’s having trouble picking it up off the floor as Wick suggested.

Ruling out dental issues, could you chose to use the “floor hay” as bedding in the litter box so at least it serves some purpose?

Can you post a picture?

Is she molting? Sometimes a bit of stress can cause a couple poops to get stuck together and come out as one big one. But if they are overall back to normal then it’s nothing to worry about.

My vet (who is extremely knowledgeable) does not always do motility drugs. Often pain meds and syringe feeding are enough to get things on track. They can usually tell if parts of the gut have completely shut down and use motility meds then. To me it sounds like your first vet might have over-medicated to cover all the bases (since they gave an…[Read more]

thank you so much! but i feel like they’re really big for bunny poop since they aren’t just like a bit bigger than her normal ones. they seem really big but i only found 2 so far.

Generally, larger poops are a great sign. Given she’s a lionhead, it could be filled with fur, so it is larger than usual. A couple larger poops are nothing to be alarmed about, as long as the other poops are healthy as well.

I have three thoughts:

1. Change the hay brand/type you’re using
2. Change the design of the hay feeder.
3. Going a day without hay is significant. Perhaps he has a dental concern happening making eating hay painful/difficult

What is his feeding schedule outside having unlimited access to hay? Also, are there more places that those two feeders he…[Read more]

Yeah I thought I remembered someone saying that about the ward care, thank you! I can ask about it when I’m there. I really don’t know about the anesthesia related costs. I can ask about those as well. I got an appointment for tomorrow, luckily.

Pricing can vary, so I would recommend looking at different places.

For this particular vet, I would ask if that hospitalization/ward care charge is applicable if your rabbit returns with you the day of the procedure. I mentioned before but it seems very high due to that hospital charge and the 300 for anesthesia related items. The anesthesia…[Read more]

Thank you Wick! I’ll ask them about syphilis.

If it is a dental problem, should I look into different vets for different pricing? And yes, I believe they were talking about Spurs on his back teeth. Thank you for explaining it! This is the estimate they gave me. I think I posted this photo before.

In the summer this year, I believe Muffin will b…[Read more]