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The original post at the top has links to what you can do to reduce exposure (most importantly keeping rabbits indoors and practicing biosecurity measures), but the virus is so contagious and seems to be about 90% lethal, so vaccination is the best thing you can do, and the only thing that will give immunity. A single hair or fly spec carrying the…[Read more]

Yes, they are doing some things that bonded rabbits do, but they are also doing things non-bonded rabbits do too. Take it as promising that you see grooming and can go some hours without a dispute while still having proximity, but this a part of the process. A true bond will not be unstable like this, so they are not bonded.

It would be helpful…[Read more]

It is actually normal for the poops to be smaller after a longer period of resting. Rabbits are not nocturnal, they’re crepuscular meaning they’re at their most active in the evenings and mornings.

As LBJ says, it’s great that you’re keeping track. Knowing what’s normal for your particular bun is very useful and enables you to detect potential…[Read more]

All of that makes sense. Thank you!

GI stasis is a symptom, as it is a state where the GI system slows down. This is always caused by something, whether because of gas from eating something that upset the tummy, stress, pain, etc.. If the GI stasis was caused by something that will occur again, then yes, it will likely happen again. If it was a one-time thing (which happens;…[Read more]

I think that depends on the vacuum, but considering robot vacuums don’t have all the hoses and pipe mechanics, it would probably get into the dirt cartridge fine, or just be left on the floor.

At this point, whenever my rabbits molt, I consider them molting, regardless of the time of year. With them being indoors, I don’t think rabbit molting is as regimented as nature designed it. If it’s hot out, I expect rabbits probably want  to shed/molt because they don’t want all that dense fur!

Since they still have a faint smell, I would recommend against using them in your rabbit’s environment: https://rabbit.org/care/shavings.html

While it’s nice that your friend saved these for you, I think it’s best to be safe and avoid using them for your rabbit.  That being said, the cardboard box that they are in can make a mighty fine hidey…[Read more]

The fur can feel rough while one “layer” is missing. Rabbits as a rule have both wool and guard hairs and they shed them at slightly different times. If she were a different color you’d be able to easily distinguish the two types of hair with your eyes, but in an all white bun there’s no color difference between the layers.

Shedding in July is…[Read more]

I’m so sorry you lost Apple. It seems she went peacefully in her sleep, which is a blessing of sorts.

It’s very hard. All those little things. The sound of their feet when they run across the floor. The twitching nose, the softness of their fur when they come and put their head in your hand.

Apple was lucky to have you. Not all buns get to be so…[Read more]

I recently lost my beloved Lethal White Aussie, Sara.

She had been having issues for awhile.  We kept trying to fight it.

Always, with euthanasia, we say to ourselves…too soon, too late???

I kept hearing in my head ” it’s time”.  I sure hope that was my Sara telling me it’s ok to let her go.