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You can combine enrofloxacin and metronidazole. They work in different ways. Is the vet recommending taking the enrofloxacin for an extended period? It is safe to give for longer periods. Metronidazole, however, is only supposed to be given for a short period of time. I’m sorry the vet is so far away. My bunny freaks out going to the vet as well,…[Read more]

My guess is chicken-flavored is the default, as many vets have outside pharmacies compound their prescriptions with flavors to make them more agreeable for pets! It’s probably a mistake and they can likely get you one with a different flavor if you point it out.

I once gave my bun beef flavoredprobiotic pellets. They were recommended by his vet, back then there weren’t any rabbit/herbivore probiotics where I am. Everything was for cats and dogs.

That said, it’s strange that your vet prescribed chicken-flavored metronidazole, but maybe they have to prescribe metronidazole licensed for animals? Happened…[Read more]

Haha, because of his energy, the shelter told me NewBoyBun was 1yr but in their paperwork from one yr ago, they already wrote 1yr while their vet wrote 2yr (something about the condition of his balls -_-). They gave him more pellets than they gave normal buns. Don’t know if this matters, but he was part of a large scale breeder dump/fled thing and…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your reply. My vet is about an hour and half away from us and round trip, the buns are typically in the car for over 3 hours. She is the best and most experienced vet I have been to which is why I continue taking them there.  She just prescribed metronidazole to begin taking along with the enrofloxacin and I am picking it up…[Read more]

How old is the new boy? Perhaps he just needs to settle down more.

These things just happen when they get older. Their immune system weakens as they age, creating opportunity for infections to creep in. The same is true for people. So your bunny having a difficult to treat UTI at her age is not unusual, especially if she has other health problems.

Bactrim and enrofloxican are often go-to antibiotics that vets…[Read more]

They’ve already been able to be in neutral for 7+ full  consecutive days without issues, and many more non consecutive moving between neutral and non-neutral. I’ve added SeniorBoyBun and it doesn’t matter whether he’s there or not. They somehow can’t seem to move to non-neutral regardless of size of non-neutral. I’ve scrubbed/cleaned the carpet,…[Read more]

Dorian’s very prone to gas and these episodes,  so can commiserate. I have yet to find a magic cure. He does tend to be more prone due to heavy molts, but it also more likely if he molts triggered by temp fluctuations (really hot to cool), so winter molting is luckily not an issue. All I can figure out is to keep up with grooming (though this is…[Read more]

Really any bin will do! You don’t actually want it to be airtight, some airflow helps prevent mold.

Hay bales can vary a bit in size, but I store a standard hay bale divided between a large rubber maid tub and two 13 gal plastic trash cans from ikea. I keep the trash cans next to my bun’s pens for easy refills. Each of the smaller bins fits about…[Read more]

If she is eating other brands of hay then I suspect it’s a bad batch! I would def contact the seller.

so, this all sounds pretty positive. You want to wait until they are basically bonded in neutral space before progressing to non-neutral. So I would do some overnights next in neutral territory. I think it’s also time to start working with all three together, so you may want to work with all three during the day until they are doing well, then…[Read more]

Have you tried the Rabbit.org list? Here’s a link: https://rabbit.org/care/rabbit-vets-near-me/

Otherwise, you could try expanding your search. My vet’s office, for example, is listed as a bird vet. There is one vet there that sees birds, but the vet that has always seen my bunnies does all of the exotics and pocket pets. They share the office.…[Read more]

Did you get your bunny checked out? Any updates?

I agree a vet visit is wise. Regardless if all activity is the same, rabbits hide injuries very well, so it may be a muscle strain or fracture. An X-ray should be able to clarify the cause!

Usually when they stick a leg out like that while sitting, it suggests some hind end weakness. This can be due to an injury, but the more likely culprit is EC. I would suggest having her evaluated by your vet.