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Glad Walter is doing better! Sometimes they need pain meds for about 3 days and some feeding, but he seems to be on the upswing!

And ugggh about the anal gland. That happened to my cat several years ago, not fun!

Thanks @DanaNM and @LBJ10..

They are very good hay eaters, we have two large litter boxes and if they are not sleeping, they are constantly munching.

I’ve been a little worried about their ears since you mentioned it and noticed one of them shaking his head and scratching his ear / face, so I booked a vet visit for later today to investigate. It…[Read more]

Thank you for both of your responses. We are taking your advice on board and start at prebonding.

I’m very happy to hear that Walter is doing better!

A ruptured anal gland 😧 I know dogs can have difficulty eptying their anal glands but I didnt know they could rupture an anal gland. I hope it can be fixed swiftly.

yes, I know it can’t happen again.
it was a mistake and I have bought new gates that are more secure to prevent it reoccurring.
I do feel very bad about it and it was an accident.

Vet took a look – he is on oral antibiotics for an ear bite and she has some topical to apply twice a day.

Thanks everyone. We’ve added a night light and also found a hole where we suspect a mouse may well have been coming in and covered it. All seems to be quiet again🐇🙂

Yes your right! My plan was to start doing short daily dates during the week and longer sessions on the weekends. But then they had their sneezing issue so that put my plan on pause 🙁  Winter just finished her antibiotics on Saturday so I started getting back on track yesterday (Tuesday)

today I did a short date for 30 minutes. We had the…[Read more]

Yes, he got two doses, but not sure how much of the first one made it in him.

If they are still growing, then I think 1/4 cup is a reasonable amount. Snowball definitely has that meat rabbit look to her and your description of her “body type” definitely fits. I’m still leaning toward NZ with her. Florida White is a good guess too. You will want to keep an eye on her weight as she gets older. They were bred to put on weight easily.

Did they send pain meds home for Walter? I would imagine that he won’t be able to bounce back as quickly after his neuter since they did a more invasive neuter.

Oh wow… I guess I never thought about a dog being able to rupture an anal gland. That doesn’t sound good. 🙁

Ah, gotcha!

I use these types of latches:

They often include similar ones when you buy an x-pen, and they have them at hardware stores ( I think they are called brass snaps).

Also if they are under around 7 months to a year old, they should have some source of alfalfa in their diet, usually it’s in young rabbit pellets.

Depending on their age, that might be on the high end for pellets (or is it 1/4 cup shared between them?). But if they are under a year then it’s an OK amount.

Honestly, I don’t really tailor my buns salad to their weights closely. I used to have an 11 lb bunny, and she certainly got extra! But my current buns all get somewhere between 1-2 cups…[Read more]

I can separate them at times during the day, it’s more so at night where I would be unable to keep my dog out of my room.

and I did see some cages with large doors that opened on the front that I was planning on copying, but not sure how the doors would lock while I’m not home. What do you use? Someone else suggested a spring latch.