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The vet may be able to do a sanitary shave without sedation. If they do need to sedate, they could use a very light sedation which would be quite safe.

Also, a tip for working out mats is to pull on the sides of them. If you work slowly on them you might be able to make some progress yourself.

To me that sounds more like pain clicking (with the body position and squinting).

It’s hard for me to say, but given how young he is and since you have a suspicion of an injury, the safest thing would be to visit the vet. They can make sure he doesn’t have a sprain or broken bone that needs medical attention.

I believe Revolution will kill ticks or make them drop off, or you can remove them if you find them before your vet visit (or the vet can help). I think the vet will also be able to help you assess age and what type of pellet to feed. Given the situation the bun is probably eating an alfalfa based pellet currently.

As far as hay, with young…[Read more]

That all sounds good to me, and sounds like healthy poops! 🙂 The timings are really your preference. Some people like to feed 1 big meal a day (pellets and salad), others like to do 1 smaller meal and 1 bigger.

The only thing I’ll add is that at 4 months he’s still growing, so he might need a smidge more pellets. I would just keep an eye on his…[Read more]

Hubby doesn’t want another.  If bonding were a simple matter, like the G.Pigs, I could probably convince him.

But, it’s more complicated and it didn’t work, there is no space left for another set up.

Dorian is so cute, just anxious to get into trouble! I should probably keep mine out of my room when I work, they run around looking for trouble for a couple hours and can be distracting!

<3 Fresno and Nora! I didn’t think to do good mashup names!! I’m glad they are comfortable now that the flies have left them alone. For some reason I can’t see…[Read more]

Lucy is too cute!! Best of luck on her spay and recovery!!

My shelter does remote, but for buns they will let the foster and potential adoptee meet, or I should say let the rabbits meet. You could try asking. That said I am personally finding it a lot trickier, but I love the foster-to-adopt idea. I think you should do it if you feel up for it and I am sure Tater Tot would love a new friend. Or at least…[Read more]

and sorry to post again, but it just remember the early photos of Fresno when you first rescued him, it’s so heartwarming to see his life now… I am so happy for him!! <3

Aww look at that snuggle goodness #frenora!

Thank you, fingers crossed once the humping is out of his system they will be a quick bond 🙂

The litterbox idea is brilliant, I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you for all the tips, this has already been way more helpful than Google haha

Yes, I think no matter what strategy I use she will feel betrayed each time, hopefully once bonded we will be…[Read more]

I hope so! I’ve been working really hard to make things perfect!

I was worried about that as well, but the person who has my rabbit right now was actually selling all of their rabbits as quick as they’ll go so I’m hoping to get at least some of the usual pellets. Should I feed Alfalfa Hay or regular Timothy? That was something I was having a hard…[Read more]

Update: Teddy is doing about the same, but I notice that he has extra trouble noticing/smelling/finding his food — to an extent that seems new (at least as of the past week or so). Like, he goes crazy for oats, but I don’t know if he can detect them very well.  There were some on the left side of his pellet pile just now and I tried pointing him…[Read more]

I’m very sorry for your loss. 🙁

Mistakes and accidents happen to all of us, and all we can really do is learn from them and try to do better in the future. It sounds like he was very loved and you did everything you could to save him.

((( Binky free little Buttercup )))

Does the rescue offer Foster-to-adopt? That might be a safe way to go, so you can try out a bun at home and if it isn’t a great match, you can swap out for another bun?

FRENORA! <3 <3 <3

It sounds like your first session went really well!

Training to go into the carrier is a good strategy. Sometimes buns refuse to do it during bonding though.

You can also pick her up using the litter box, I think a lot of people have had pretty good success with that.

The other thing that works for picking up in all situations is to confine her…[Read more]