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Yes haha I think I feel a lot worse than my bunny will.

I am already sad and it has been few hours. But I always tell myself that I cannot sacrifice my life because of her you know. Even I love her to death ♥️

I was thinking about that!! I had a old shirt on me two days haha is it enough for her to smell me?

Thanks for the responses! @Bam, UroborusElite’s post is quite helpful! I’ll have to give her suggestions a shot. And yes, I will definitely get the idea across that the bunny is OURS, not HIS 😂

And @DanaNM, yes, his prey drive is pretty strong, but he does listen to me in distracting environments. The problem is I’m afraid that he’ll trample her…[Read more]

Aww that’s a bummer about the fight, but good thing you were home. These things can happen sometimes.

You might opt to do a few short sessions (especially some stressing) before you move, just to give you a better idea of how things might go. Maybe some car rides together?

Yep, once they are spayed and have some time for their hormones to settle, you can start the bonding process. They can be housed side-by-side in the mean time though (just make sure they can’t nip noses through the fence). You should wait at least 3 weeks after spaying, but it can take longer for hormones to fully stabilize. Some people opt to…[Read more]

Yeah, it sounded like being in a new place with unfamiliar people helped them bond very quickly. Through the fence with enough space to not touch, they’ll sniff each other and relax against the bars in their enclosures. When they are close enough to touch (bump noses at most), they tend to grunt and will try to fight. I’ve even seem them try to…[Read more]

Notably, my Wick originally had ringworm which we treated but then it kept “coming back”… that’s when we had suspicions that somewhere along the line, we were no longer treating ringworm, but syphilis.

The mouth-only-symptoms cases of syphilis are considered atypical. Wick’s vet at the time said they are increasing in prevalence, anecdotally. I…[Read more]

Thank you I understand.

Once they’re both spayed can I start the bonding process?

Thanks everyone for the input! I wasn’t clear before, there were no scabs around his mouth. The fur that fell out from his underchin was flaky on the end, but the skin itself wasn’t too flaky. The couple of other bald spots are much smaller and on his back supposedly where the injections went in I think.

The vet tested a fungal culture for…[Read more]

The mouth/chin area does look healthy– the fur will take awhile to grow in, but it looks very promising! It reminds me exactly of what my Wick went through:

My rabbit had both ringworm and syphilis, so we did treat for both. At this time ^^^ we were only treating ringworm (did not think of syphilis at the time), so we did ringworm treatment…[Read more]

The pictures show a scab on his back. This is definitely from the repeated injections. As for around his mouth… I don’t see any scabs or flakes. Could it be that the injections are working and the scabs fell off? There won’t be any fur where the scabs fell off. It takes a while for the fur to grow back once the skin is healthy again.

It may not ever be possible if the prey-drive is very strong. How well does your dog respond to training? Does he know the “leave it” cue? Does he listen to you in distracting environments?

If not, and if he isn’t responsive to training, then the most peaceful and safe coexistence would be to keep them separate.

Agree with the others. This is a common problem unfortunately, for some more info you can check out this pinned post:

“Help! Why are my rabbits fighting?!” By DanaNM

If she is eating poops, that’s great because it means at least something is coming out. I would continue gas drops, pain meds, and gentle tummy rubs, as long as her belly doesn’t seem too painful to touch. As long as you are getting little bits of food into her regularly, that should help keep her stable. When I’m just trying to keep a bun stable…[Read more]

I agree with Wick. Rabbit puberty, especially in girl rabbits, often manifests very suddenly, like the flipping of a switch.

I’m sure he will be just fine. Bunnies don’t seem to get separation anxiety the same way dogs do. They might miss you, but as long as they are getting good care and some interaction they will be fine. 🙂

You could ask your mom to send you pics to update you if you think that would help you feel better!

I would just make sure your mom knows his…[Read more]

Has the vet for sure ruled out ringworm?  The balding around the mouth looks a lot like ringworm to me. We also had a bun at the rescue with an upper respiratory infection that lead to baldness around the mouth that looked just like that. When I’ve seen syphillis, it looks more crusty and scabby, but maybe it looked like that before and has…[Read more]

Firstly, if you’re continuing to give penicillin shots, ask for a larger gauge needle — you should not have to go through clogs, on top of the stress of giving a rabbit a shot. I had a similar scenario where it kept clogging and it was nothing I could do to prevent it because it was a vet assistant’s mistake of giving me too small needles (that I…[Read more]

Here are some photos: https://imgur.com/a/j9xOpyx