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I’ve been peed on before due to stress… but I don’t think randomly peeing on the bed would necessarily be a sign of stress. Peeing on hay is normal. Perhaps the abnormal peeing is more of a pain response?

I wouldn’t think so. Fruit flies aren’t known for carrying mites. Well… at least not the type of mites that would feed on mammals.

Could you try a different litter? Maybe paper-based would smell less aromatic?

Would it be okay to feed him both? Unfortunately, I have a bale of alfalfa hay now so… I’m gonna need to waste it now. I’m going to the store to buy Timothy hay tomorrow. What is the perfect amount of pellets and veggies to feed a 4 month old rabbit by the way? I usually just grab a hand full of veggies(no spinach or any kale) usually just gre…[Read more]

Fingers crossed things finally click! It sounds like you have made so much progress!

If he is getting alfalfa pellets he doesn’t need alfalfa hay as well. It is actually sometimes hard to get bunnies to transition to timothy hay when they have only eaten alfalfa hay, so it’s really good that he likes his timothy. So as long as he’s getting plenty of alfalfa pellets I would just stick with timothy hay.

Hi Wick, I’ve seen one of them (Jack) eating cecotropes and he is much bigger than the other one (Josh) even they are from the same litter. Jack will only have like one cluster cecotropes when he first tried pellets and veggies. Once he is on hay only he is fine. Josh is the tricky one. He is really picky and pull out hay everywhere and left h…[Read more]

I imagine if it’s food-grade and safe to eat from that it would be okay to use as a water bowl, but I could be wrong.

If you keep him in an x-pen or something similar you could get a water bowl that attaches to it. You can find a bunch by searching “attachable water bowl” on Amazon. They’re cheaper too. 😁

Thank you so much for all the info!

One more question – I forgot to mention that his peeing habits have changed slightly (he peed on my bed – which he has never ever done before since he’s potty trained) and he also peed on his hay. Should I be concerned about this? Do you think it could be from the stress?

Yeah I tried the fruit trap with bananas and it only caught two of them. I read multiple sources that said fruit flies shouldn’t be attracted to the litter and they were suggesting that they could be fungus gnats instead but that wasn’t the case here. Everyone was raving about apple cider vinegar traps but these guys just weren’t having it!…[Read more]

Oh no he had places to hide and Ben was being relentless and hunting him down wherever he went. Just a tiny little bully! It would be funny if I wasn’t so annoyed because he’s chasing around a rabbit that’s 4 times bigger than him. He would not give up for a full day, just nonstop harassment. I’ve got them in the bedroom now and all 3 are being…[Read more]

Fruit flies and gnats love litter… cat litter, rabbit litter, it’s all the same. You could try making a trap by putting rotting fruit in a jar, covering the opening with plastic wrap and then poking fruit fly-sized holes in the wrap.

Omg I can relate… Bun Jovi is the mounter! But very good that it’s not causing any fights!!

Can you give him some hides or places to escape? With Myra she will jump up on something and Bun Jovi will lose track of her, so he just runs around honking for a bit and then gives up. Or he will chase her for a while, then they cuddle.

Oh that’s really good to know!

What type of litter do you use?

I just wanted to update in case this helps anyone else, but I read lavender repels fruit flies so after cleaning their litterboxes I mixed lavender (like actual dried lavender, not essential oil) with the litter and it’s helped a ton! No more flies buzzing around my children’s heads. I guess this experience kind of negates the notion that fru…[Read more]

Ugh well our marathon went well. So well, in fact, that Ben is now harassing his brother absolutely nonstop. He will. Not. Stop. Chasing. And. Humping. Him. Poor Wally can literally get 2 minutes of peace before Ben is on him again and the poor guy is a pacifist so he just keeps trying to find a place to hide. I don’t think I have a choice but to…[Read more]

Hey, guys. I replaced my rabbits Timothy hay with alfalfa hay. He’s started Timothy Hay since I got him so at 2 months. He enjoyed it but I read that alfalfa hay is the most important aswell as alfalfa pellets for when they’re growing.. Problem is he DOES not like the alfalfa hay. He eats the alfalfa pellets but not the hay. I’m not sure what…[Read more]

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So, lunging, growling, and nipping are all OK to allow, and are how she is communicating with him that she does NOT want to be mounted. BUT if those things tend to escalate to a fight quickly, then you should intervene. The main things to stop immediately are circling, hard biting, boxing, and chasing for more than a couple…[Read more]