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You can try reducing the size of their space to encourage interaction with each other. It’s usually recommended to start bonding in an an area just big enough for them to lay down/stretch out so they’re sorta forced to touch and interact.

Bunny behaviors are so confusing 😥  Nova is seemingly more dominant because she’s the only one that humps but 9 times out of 10 she’s also the only one that grooms, and it’s been like this since day 1. Good luck with your bonding!

yes he does like to groom himself, especially his ears. i have also noticed that he takes quite some time.

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!