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I didn’t know FOS can cause digestive upsets. As I was using bebebac which contains FOS to feed her healthy bacteria? I may reduce the dosage and see it that helps maybe? What do you think?

I was also going to feed her small amount of the hay, that she cant digest, each day and increase it after each week.  In the hope that her bacteria and…[Read more]

It is amazing isnt it! Lots of foods and probiotics marketed for horses are the same as the rabbit versions but much better value. Herbs, hay and probiotics and even metacam!

Unless he’s a super tiny bun like a Netherland Dwarf that could benefit from the extra growth weight for surgery, I’d be getting him done now, 5 months is safe.  Better to avoid those behaviours.

The snuggle safe was a hit, I found Luna curled around it this morning. Very pleased that it works as long as it states. I heated it up at 8pm, it says it stays warm for 10 hours, I checked it at 6:15pm and could still feel some heat from it. Amazing product.

Here’s a full list with high oxalate veggies (group I) for future reference: https://binkybunny.com/bunnyinfo/veggie-list/

In general, a high oxalate veg shouldn’t be more than 30% of the daily veg, and rotate the one you feed each week.

The commonly fed veggies that are high oxalate are parsley, chard, beet greens, spinach.

Nope, that 5 days won’t make a difference. If he’s acting super hormonal and he’s “dropped” then I think he’s definitely ready for the snip!

I don’t think it’s possible to make a bunny sleep where they don’t want to.  They are very opinionated LOL

In my experience, putting a bunny somewhere usually doesn’t make them feel safe in that area, and each bun has preferences on where they like to sleep. Most bunnies like to sleep in hides or other sheltered places, but some do like to climb…[Read more]

Gotcha! Yeah I’m guessing it’s because of the shirt. As long as she is behaving normally otherwise I wouldn’t worry about it. 🙂 I’m guessing the shirt is much more comfortable than a cone!

Oh hey, those are familiar terms from my time as a researcher! FOS are free organic acids which are the first breakdown products of certain bacteria in the gut. We often used manure in bioreactors to research the biodegradability of waste streams.

And now that you mentioned it Dana: cows, horses and rabbits are all specialists at getting all the…[Read more]

I agree the safe veg lists online are very confusing. One thing my vet told me is that generally if it is safe for a horse to eat, it is safe for a rabbit and I found the info was easier to find (this may be helpful too if he ever eats a plant he shouldn’t). The rabbit society is pretty good though and you have the bonus of it going more in depth…[Read more]

New behaviors based on hormones can appear/fluctuate any day, but objectively, there’s no medically-informed difference between 5 days versus waiting until he is 5mo. Nothing magical happens at 5 months old. In fact, some rabbits have been neutered as early as 12 weeks old.

This topic is also interesting for me. Sometimes people want my rabbit’s poop from me, to fertilize. How rabbit poop is used as fertilizer? Are you putting the poop directly into the soil? Is the fertilizer preparation process done before?

In the end, it’s better to let our bunnies rest in a way that’ll be comfortable and safe for them. Desks are pretty high up and your bunny might be stressed out from not being on the ground.

Well, since they are fighting, the bond is more or less broken. So separating them probably won’t make them depressed. But if you at least keep them so they can see each other and smell each other they will know the other bun is there, which might be what you want, or need to avoid depending on how they are acting.

You could see how they do with…[Read more]

It’s hard to say…. I think a space can be fairly easily turned into semi-neutral. But to be completely neutral is harder. Rabbits are very smell oriented, so if it smells like home, they will know where they are. So the more foreign you can make it smell the better.

Some very food-motivated bunnies can be like this, it can be very frustrating.

How long have they been bonded? Is there anything else going on with them that might be affecting their bond at all?

I was dealing with this a bit with one of my pairs when they were newly bonded, but it seems like it has gotten better over time. I also started making…[Read more]

I would take him to the vet.  Drinking a lot can indicate multiple things, including a kidney problem, especially if he isn’t peeing more along with it. Sometimes bunnies with dental pain also will drink extra.