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I think I figured out what he is!!!! A netherland dwarf mixed with dwarf hotot.

He could just have some gas. How long has he been like this? You can give simethicone (baby gas drops) to help relieve his discomfort. You can give 1cc of 20mg/ml solution every 3 hours. Belly massages can help as well.

If it’s just gas, just a dose or two of simethicone should snap him out of it. If he hasn’t eaten or pooped for 12 hours, then…[Read more]

It sounds like gi stasis which can be deadly.  He needs critical care if not eating, if you don’t have any you can look up recipes for rabbit critical care. He needs to be force fed multiple times a day including night (2-3 hours). If he is not drinking you would also need to force him to. If you have a syringe it would help a lot. Massaging hi…[Read more]

Yep, Wick is correct. Fur texture can vary in Nethies.

A golden color doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad. But if there is something off with the batch, bunnies will often pick up on that. Your best bet is to just try a new batch of hay to see if it passes your bunny’s taste test.

His fur looks the same to my Nethie’s — There is a LOT of variation within the Netherland Dwarf breed (Google image them and you’ll see), in addition to mixes as well, and I feel yours has the necessary “snowball on snowball” body shape, shorter ears, and snout face that is characteristic of a nethie!

I don’t see anything alarming. Nothing looks red or angry.

Ouch! Yes, I would ask the pet sitter to check her teeth to make sure the injury is just involves the lip and nothing else.

I wouldn’t be too worried yet. It isn’t unusual for you bunnies to have thin fur on their neck and ears. If you don’t see any sign of mites, then I would just wait and see if it starts to fill in.

He looks like he is a Nethie or Nethie mix to me. The head shape, ears, and size all suggest that. His ears may just look odd in the photos because of the sharp cut off of color between his ears and his head. I’m not sure what you mean about his fur. It looks like rollback fur to me. One way to tell is to pet him backwards. If it’s rollback, it…[Read more]

Yep – grooming on the back area is definitely something that I’ll see my girls do frequently. 🙂

Sounds like the bonding sessions are going well! 😉