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Sorry I forgot to mention but I have always been feeding her timothy hay from Oxbow. I have another rabbit (4 years old) who eats from the same batch and I dont see any problem with him.

I’ve read all that advice too, and it often lead me astray LOL. Different things work for dif buns. I learned the petting technique from the lead bonder at the rescue I volunteer at, and it’s really worked well for me in some tough bonds.

It is important not to stay involved the whole time. Eventually you have to ease off the petting, but at…[Read more]

It’s strange, you don’t see stacking cups very much anymore. I think the last set I bought came from Amazon.

My holland lop used to be like this too. You can take your fingers and gently pull apart the matted fur and once you pull them apart, you will be able to pull it out clump easily. Maybe you can distract the bunny with treats or do it while its eating so you can do it with care and more ease.

I tried the boxes, she ate a bigger hole in them, slept in it for a couple weeks, then destroyed it. I also tried no feeder, then she tore it up, mixed it with the litter, and peed and pooped on it. Then the hay was blocking the pine smell of the litter, and she stank the place up FAST

If cloth is safe, my grandma likes to make stuff with me,…[Read more]

When you say “leafy” and “stems”, it makes me wonder what kind of hay this is. Does it have alfalfa in it?

Excess cecotropes can be caused by rich diet. This isn’t unusual in a young bunny since they are often fed alfalfa. It usually resolves when they are transitioned to an adult diet. So at 1 year old, excess cecotropes should no longer be an issue.

Rabbits can definitely have bald spots from molting. I only knew it was self-mutilation because I saw him do it.

Thank you so much, Bam! I love the idea of keeping tabs on their weight. I’ll try to do that!!

Oh wow, eight kits! 🙂 Thank you for rescuing mama bun! She was very lucky.

The simplest way to see so all buns get the food they need would be to weigh them regularly and keep a weight diary. If you see that somebunny is falling behind in weight, you could feed some extra pellets once or twice per day in a place away from the other buns. I…[Read more]

Thank you! I called and talked to the rescue I got them from. They don’t think she is stressed from the environment and said some bunnies lose patches when molting? I think the rest is just her diva personality LOL but I maybe try the melatonin if it get worse.

Thank you Dana! This was very helpful bc life in the bathroom was getting tricky for our whole family.

Will check in with you post-neuter. Our first bunny is spending alot of time in front of the bathroom door. He’ll leave a dropping there but mostly just seems curious. We always wanted him to have a buddy, and we are just in love with our new…[Read more]

Hey everyone, just a little update. He seems totally normal today (I noticed the breathing sounds about 5 days ago). He’s eating, drinking, pooping, playing, etc. I can really only hear the strange noise if I put my ear right next to his face and he is sniffing. It sounds like a little whistling sound. I can’t hear it if I’m far away from him o…[Read more]

Some people hand-make hay feeders out of cloth and some people just cut some holes in cardboard boxes for hay feeders. Depending on the size of the litterbox, you could also just forgo the hay feeder and put hay directly in the litterbox as well.