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Yes, moulting can be very difficult for rabbits. It’s still prudent to check with your vet, considering his latest tummy troubles, but I’m guessing that this is a moult problem.

When Breintje goes into moult he leaves squishy smelly carpet surprises for days before he starts to shed. We are always puzzled by what caused it: wondering if he’s…[Read more]

Things have escalated a bit. Calliope (mounted rabbit) has some minor cuts on her face that must have happened while I was at school today. I don’t know where to go from here. Do I need to separate them completely? Partially? Do I need to do a few stress sessions? Start over with bonding completely? They have never had issues like this but they…[Read more]

Baking soda is fine. It won’t hurt anything.

Yes, Nethies can have very fierce personalities and they’re quite active too. The love for climbing seems to be a weird Nethie habit too: I’ve met people who built miniature cat climbing posts for their rabbits.

With all that activity and sass they can be a bad match for kids. A friend and her dad bred Nethies, and they always refused to sell…[Read more]

Oh I will have to try it out.

Molting can be so hard on them. If you use the search function on the forum you will find lots of accounts of GI issues during molting, there might also be some tips in there that help.

yep, made one for Thursday! Hopefully they can give me some advice. I do think it’s molting… it’s the only time he has issue and his exam just a few weeks ago was all good. On the plus side he seems to be at the tail end (almost literally) of the endless shed.

Just re-read that you have a teleconference with the vet, it will be good to know what they think!

Poor guy 🙁

I do think if it happens again I would prob take him to the vet, just to see what they think. They might be able to give you pain meds to have on hand.

Thanks @DanaNM I really appreciate your advice so much! He was just such a sad little bun just laying in my lap yesterday obviously in pain, breaks my heart to see him like that. He seems to like the new hay, but I can’t gage if he is eating less as easily as it tends to compact more.

I am a little late in responding, but I totally get it. My cat of 19 years passed away not that long ago and well at 19 I knew it wouldn’t be forever, I often found myself trying to mentally prepare for her passing… it sort of helped as when she did I knew I wanted her to be water processed rather than cremated and who would do it, and other…[Read more]

I wonder if Dorian would be a good candidate for “cooperative care” for nail trims? This technique looks so interesting, I’m thinking of trying it for Cooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEFrHZbw6tQ&list=PLn9xVcGXrVa5t-XUXErt_cTmjBPRKPnGZ&ab_channel=SarahOwings

I think it is probably all related to molting, or potentially he’s eating less of the new hay. We also see lots of buns getting tummy issues with the season change at the rescue. There are hormonal changes in spring a long with just acclimating to new temps etc. Unless it progresses to something that doesn’t resolve with a tummy rub and…[Read more]

Rabbits will mate with their parents if given the opportunity, or any other rabbit for that matter. So no, I wouldn’t think that’s the reason.

for such a little bun Breintje sounds very feisty!

Cooper sounds a bit like Dorian with the nail trims versus cuddles. Though Dorian is more about snuggles & lap time on his terms, and just downright pulls all the drama for nail clippings. He actually will squeak and act like I have severed his paw when I am not even clipping yet, it makes the…[Read more]

gotcha, thank you so much for the advice 😀