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Thank you for the insight Azerane. The male has always been the dominate one and the female is and always has been very submissive. (She’s the type that doesn’t run away, she just freezes in situations where my other bunnies run. ) I appreciate your feedback. It really is perplexing but is good to learn about the potential of unwellness.

Thank you for the feedback, Wick. I’ll mediate and think through any issues stressing their bond. 🙏🏻

Do you know if your female is typically the dominant rabbit? Sometimes if a dominant rabbit becomes unwell even if we can’t tell yet, another rabbit may pick on them. I agree with separating them for a time, so some basic bonding and see how they go. If it persists it might be worth getting them both checked out for health issues.

I give my bun a piece of apple almost every day, something like an inch cube. He’s special needs though, and a senior, so he has trouble keeping weight on. He weighs 1.5 kilos, so its quite a big chunk of apple for him.

Wild rabbits will eat wind fall apples and pears in the fall (which is extremely cute to get to watch), but wild rabbits…[Read more]

I almost never give fruit. I did recently buy some dried strawberry as treats (I’ve given Luna 1 tiny piece a day), and I mixed banana and blackberry through Luna’s critical care (first time she’d tried either). But that’s really only because she’s been ill. I don’t routinely give fruit at all.

Hi, apologies for the late response! Thank you so much for your help. I took your suggestion and pet them more during the sessions and it helped to keep them both calmer. I’m also swapping their litter boxes now (I was swapping their pens but Chewy would get very disoriented and couldn’t find his way back to the other pen when we let him out). …[Read more]

I’m so sorry. You did so much and I’m sure he knows how much you cared for him. Binky free ~

I’m so very, very sorry for your loss.

He got a good, long rabbit life with you ❤

Binky free, sweet little one.

He just died.  I can give more details but not right now. I appreciate you guys so much. You’ve helped me so many times.  Thank you ❤️

It is truly heart breaking. Sub q fluids will of course do him some good. Keeping him warm is of the utmost importance now.

Any vet is probably better than no vet at this point. They could do basic supportive care at least

The only time I’d be concerned about a rabbit being on solely 3rd cut is if they are a rabbit who is more prone to dental or maybe GI distress, in which case the decreased fiber/hard texture may not be enough to maintain the rabbit, but there are rabbits who do just fine on 3rd cut!

There’s no one in the building until Monday.  I don’t think he’ll be alive then and I can’t imagine there will be anything to do by then.

I gave him some more SQ fluid this morning because… it’s something I can do, and he showed interest in his water bowl.

this is so hard. I raised him since he was a tiny fluff. I didn’t know I would fall so…[Read more]

I’m sorry to hear about what both you and your rabbit are going through. My Wick recently broke a finger on his front paw, and being a free-roam rabbit, yes, it is upsetting for us owners to keep them on cage rest, but Wick is now healed up and good to go over a month later.

Some things I did to help Wick (though arguably he seemed totally fine…[Read more]

Is there a rabbit-experienced vet (exotic vet) you can set an appointment with asap? Sometimes if you call an exotic practice and say it’s an emergency, they can try and squeeze you in. It seems like your rabbit is going through recurrent episodes which need more serious attention and assessment, which your emergency vet may not be…[Read more]

I would recommend separation and maybe doing a light refresher of bonding between them if it’s so severe that there are fur chunks ad chasing that’s escalating. In addition to spring, perhaps they are going through something that has caused the bond to be tested a bit?

He’s still alive but no improvement. Is there anything else to do?  This is so heartbreaking. The emergency vet here can’t draw blood on rabbits and may not be willing to see him at all. I can try.

I’m sorry your bun is going through this. His capacity to clean his rear end  eat his cecotropes as they energy is dismissed due to his legs being bandaged. You will probably need to help him with his personal hygiene until the bandages can come off. As your vet says, sticky cecos are likely a result of changes to his eating habits and lack of…[Read more]

I forgot to add, Thursday was Dory’s (my Eclectus parrot) 5 year gotcha day! Hard to believe it’s been 5 years. I bought her a bunch of toys but haven’t put them in her cage yet.

You absolutely need to get your rabbit to the vet, at the very least for some basic wound care and pain killers. Rabbit ears are highly vascular and blood loss could be a very serious issue.