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I think you’re doing a great job. Your vets seem to be taking his case seriously. It’s hard bc they don’t understand exactly what it’s all about -which isn’t rare in medicine, but it obv makes choice of treatment difficult. I’m glad he seems to be tolerating Baytril and Pen G well. Many vets do cultures to find the right antibiotics, but that’s…[Read more]

*sighs*

So bun had a scare a week or so ago and stopped eating but he’s eating now, likely because we adjusted his opioid dosage. Not great/eating everything but he’s sustaining on vegetables and hay. Will have additional recovery food to try to see if he’ll eat them more. I’m hoping if he eats more, he’ll build his immune system more.

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Some bunnies just aren’t great at the litter box… and when they aren’t, it’s usually poop. I agree that this sounds like marking though, particularly since she went straight to the couch and unloaded. How big is the litter box? Sometime bunnies don’t like the share, especially when the litter box cannot accommodate both at the same time. I think…[Read more]

I’d add a second litterbox, as BrunosMama suggests. Even if the space isn’t huge. Put the box where she poops the most if possible. If she starts using it, you can then start to move it to where you want it -but do that slowly! Like an inch every couple of days.

You have seen improvement with the pee, that’s great. Her urge to mark is less strong…[Read more]

I love your buns names! 😀

Is she pooping in the box at all? I know sometimes there can be stray poops that they leave around and some buns just seem worse about this than others. I have a boy lop pair who rarely leave a poop outside the box, but another bun who probably leaves about the same amount on the floor as in the box lol.

As for her…[Read more]

<p class=”p3″>thanks for the reply! I’ve been holding bonding sessions daily 2-4 hours for the past week, in the bathroom in a pen about 1m x 1m. After the first few day, Floppy doesn’t hide in the corner anymore. They eat greens and hay on the floor when I spread them around calmly but don’t really go near each other much. Since I’m doing these s…[Read more]

He went to vet yesterday because he stopped eating overnight; no stasis. They just said he probably just doesn’t feel well, like a really bad whole head sinus infection. He is actually fairly active, even when he stopped eating; he probably exercises as much as pre-crisis.

Because it’s a breathing issue, I was told not to force feed. I do leave…[Read more]

Hmm… that’s interesting. I have heard pain-related tooth grinding and “I’m frustrated” tooth grind (that’s a single, deliberate grind)… but this seems different. You could be right though, different bunnies might just sound different.

Have you been regularly supplementing with CC? You mentioned he will eat it.

Ok, they said it’s not pain grind and nothing found wrong with teeth. Just uncomfortable :/

Still not eating much even though he’s actually pretty active. He’s lost quite a bit of weight since crisis started 2 weeks ago.

I’ve only been in Hobby Lobby once, but I saw a fabric department.  I just checked their website and they have fleece by the yard.  It looks like it starts at $4.19 a yard, with various prices above that. I don’t know if they have any in the stores or it’s online ordering only.  https://www.hobbylobby.com/search?query=fleece%20fabric&pageType=products

Oh, try again?

He’s on Buprenex.

I would keep going with the longer sessions, the fact that they eventually relax around each other is a very good sign. I would try to ease off the petting now if you can, especially once you get into the session and they’ve calmed down.

I would try to block out some time to do some very long sessions, like 6-8 hours if you can. It sounds like…[Read more]

I’m very sorry for your loss. 🙁

I agree with LBJ10. Rabbits can have many things happen as they age, including heart attack and stroke. It sounds like she had a wonderful life with a bonded friend and it was just her time to go. Even though rabbits can live to be 12 and up, 9 is still a very old age for a bunny.

Hi mia,

I tried to watch the video but it was set to private.

Is he on tramadol? My senior did well on it but I still had to supplement him with Emeraid daily. It did take a bit of an adjustment. If my memory is correct we did tramadol once per day and meloxicam twice per day, spaced out so the tramadol was in between the meloxicam doses. I…[Read more]

Oh no! That’s terrible! I’ll have to stock up.

Ikea carries a large fleece blanket that’s very cheap! It’s a bit thinner than the fabric at Joann but that’s what I used to order when I didn’t leave near to a Joann.

Yes, flat polyester sheets but I just search flat fleece sheets as polyester may be some extremely thin ones.

I have a stuffed animal in each of their pens and I swap them everyday, they both groom the stuffed animal. I tried to add a stuffed animal to a bonding session and they would both groom it, kind of like to “claim” it which I don’t know if is good so I didn’t include it anymore.

I used to sit with them on the floor during bonding sessions but I…[Read more]