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Yes, I’d try to find some without borate. Borate is used as a disinfectant but you really dont need that for flushing a rabbit’s eye.

Do you have syringes and Critical care to syringe feed her? If not, have your vet give you some and syringe feed her. It’s good she is drinking but she should eat something soon. Keep offering her some favorite greens and don’t worry about the collar for now.

With pain meds, most rabbits do not need to wear a collar, but if she starts messing…[Read more]

If she’s not fed pellets ad lib, you could save some of her daily ration and use as treats. You could otherwise buy a small bag of another healthy bun pellet and use those as occasional treats. My buns have all considered normal bun pellets treats. (You can put some of the daily pellets in a treat bowl for example, so she can work a bit for her…[Read more]

Here’s the product info. To me this looks like it’s for contact lenses, I think you would want to find one that’s meant to be used directly in the eye. Try looking for saline eye rinse.

I compost the litter outside, in compost bins (warm compost), together with mown grass and leaves, but for my indoors plants, I collect stray poopies and also pick out some from the boxes.

I’ve never worried too much about dosage, I put in perhaps 10-15 per smallish seedling pot. My plants thrive to the point of me soon not having enough window…[Read more]

That’s what I thought, thank you 😊 The breeder said she is used to having 2oz of pellets a day, but i’ve read a lot that it should be unlimited until about 7 months! Lots of contradicting information 🥴 Thanks again, I appreciate any advice 😊

I nit allowed to view that link, because Im outside of the US.

But any saline 0.9% (NaCl) is ok for buns. I use a type that comes in single dose plastic pipettes, because its practical to always have at home (opened containers obviously have shorter shelf life).  The pipettes are 2 ml each and contain NaCl 0.9% and water. It’s for eyes and…[Read more]

yes! They won’t “burn” your plants they way some manures will. I will occasionally just grab a handful of the poops and toss them on top of my potted plants. I don’t really have a great system though or know if that’s the ideal way to do it. I imagine you could also break them up a bit or even bury them. I compost everything else (the bedding and…[Read more]

I always add a fluffy hay layer on top of the pine pellets and my buns seem to appreciate it. You can also try adding a screen. I’m currently using knitting mesh, which is pretty soft on their feet.

@ALRyder I think pine pellets are pretty popular because they are economical and have really good odor absorption. 🙂

@ALRyder  RE: it not turning into a game, that’s a great question! That is definitely a thing that can happen, especially with social buns that just love any attention.  I tend to try to distract from the negative behavior by making a loud sound first (usually a loud clap), or if that doesn’t work, a very light spritz of water. I probably go o…[Read more]

It sounds like going pellet-free is agreeing with him.  🙂

Welcome 🙂

Its most important for young bunnies to develop good hay eating habits and develop their gut microbiome (which happens with lots of hay eating!). So at this point I wouldn’t give any treats (I would also not give dry carrot). I think of treats like snickers bars for bunnies 🙂

Okay thank you so much! I’m not 100% sure if it’s out, I thought I had saline eye drops for my contacts but I guess not so I’ll go buy some soon. Would something like this work? And how much should I use, just a few drops?

https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-saline-solution-for-sensitive-eyes-prodid-458126

Lol. Yes, one article I was reading called them time capsules, because of the way they release slowly. How do you collect yours and how often do you put it on the soil? We have a grate on top of our litter box. So, I thought it would be fine to take both the hay and manure and use both.

This is interesting. My buns has never gotten pellets on a regular basis. I’ve always used them as treats for tricks. Then again, he eats a ton of hay and he never leaves any of his fresh veggies from breakfast or dinner behind. Every meal is exciting to him. I always thought of this as normal bunny behavior.

Oh yes 😃

My seedlings in the window get bunny manure, my allotment plants do too. Its great that it doesn’t have to mature before use. Its also comes very practically pelleted!