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I’ve never found a great source online (the shipping is prohibitively expensive), but if you look for feed supply stores, or hardware stores in winter they often carry them. They are also sold as wood stove pellets (with no additives or propellants).

Yes, kiln dried pine is perfectly fine. Treated lumber of any kind isn’t safe.

I think you may have moved to non-neutral territory a bit too fast. You want them to be basically bonded before you move them out of the neutral space.

Cooper is like that with pellets too! Wick’s suggestions are great!

Yep, not much you can do except keep them out of reach or put some kind of protector on them.

I use NIC cubes to block areas where there are cords, and strategically placed furniture!

Rabbits seem to like the expensive ones the best!

I think covering the pen is a good idea. It will discourage Cookie from trying to jump out.

Could it be “clucking”?

I’m going to lock this thread now, as advice has been given and there is no use continuing to circle around.

I’d like to reiterate what Wick said to all participants of this discussion:

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I wouldn’t be overly worried since he is still eating, even if it is less normal. It could just be gas still. I agree with Dana that it may be time to see a vet, especially if simethicone hasn’t been helping.

That’s great! I’m glad you found something that seems to balance her gut.

I’m right there with you with the planning, I recently got jugs to store 30 gallons of emergency water. Our house is on a well, so if the power goes out for any length of time we won’t have water!

Now that I read it again I realize you were saying farewell to the dysbiosis!

Since it has been a long time since this started, I think it’s time to go to the vet and see what’s going on. Until you can get to the vet, you can try giving some simethicone and keep doing the tummy rubs.

That’s really great he ate some greens and hay! Often rabbits in stasis wont eat their pellets, so that’s normal. Pellets are food but lower in fiber so it’s actually OK if he won’t eat them.

Critical care is not a treatment in itself for gastric stasis, but it is am important part of supportive care and for the rabbit’s eventual recovery. In…[Read more]

Update: he started eating hay just now, I was making sure he will eat so I give him some pellets and he ate them but he won’t eat the veggies he ate the parsley tho. Also, some of his poop is moist and is bigger than before. Hmm, should I mix the critical care with the tea hay instead of regular water?

I agree. When it comes to emergencies, hay and pellets are all you need.

Ah, OK, that makes sense. I suppose taking him inside when it’s hot wouldn’t be too hard on him if the temperature difference is only 10 degrees. That being said, it may not make much difference since being in the shade would have essentially the same effect (depending on humidity and other factors, of course). The suggestion of a cool garage…[Read more]