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Sounds great to me! I think erring on the side of more interaction with them and making them feel safe and happy is good at first. Anytime there isn’t aggression is positive in my book 🙂

That sounds like a very good sign! Both the ignoring and that they put their heads together so you could pet them. I dont think you messed anything up at all.

Well after a week, we aren’t too much better off. I’ve logged a lot of hours. I did switch Saturday to 2x per day to break up the sessions since they do fine when they are sleepy and I feel like the more awake hours to re-direct her mounting the quicker it might go? Plus it seems better for me 🙂 I had a lot of time to analyze them in my head and…[Read more]

I think I may have deleted my thread I had going in here. I am hoping my post from last night still shows. In case not, the short is I am now on my 6th day of bonding my 6 month brother bunnies. This is my third attempt to bind them after they got neutered. Sounds like I maybe didn’t see a solid bond yet like I thought before and it was too s…[Read more]

Oh, they are wild bunnies and feral cats? Ah… yes, I would say trapping the cats would be the best solution then. Not only do feral cats harm wildlife and spread disease, they live miserable lives as well.

Thank you! I did keep them in for another two hours that day and they did fine. Just needed space to cool off and then they went back to loving. Today I did 6 hours again and they did great. I am planning to add hide boxes that have two entries. They are brand new and I was wondering if I put them in and all goes well, can I use the boxes in their…[Read more]

If no bun is injured then keep going! Those types of little issues are actually important to find because buns can get spooked in normal life, and in a bonded pair they should run to each other for comfort and not have it start a fight. It does sound like you are making progress so keep up the good work!

My interpretation was that there are wild rabbits but feral domestic cats, so I was thinking trapping the cats would help the buns.

The first audio sounds like my vocal bun Vilde. He used to make it while he was happily running across the floor. That sound seemed to come from deep within him, so to speak, not the nose or lungs.

The only things I can think for a vet trip of would be to get him to associate the carrier with nice things, which means food. Since treats shouldnt…[Read more]

thanks for responding. they dont get worse when he wants a treat, but now that you mention all that, i have noticed his honks are a bit funky lately… theyve gotten louder or quieter at different periods of his life, so I didnt think of it being related/important.

i cant seem to get the wheezing/breathing on audio, one bc my phone sucks and two…[Read more]

thank you for responding. my reply this morning got deleted by a site error but ill try to rewrite it the same:

the noises dont get worse when hes excited, or even happen at all unless he’s splooted/sittin in his spot. but now that you mention it, his honks have sounded a bit unusual lately. i just kinda chalked it up to getting older, as his…[Read more]

Yes, it is hard to say. Typically though, a wheezing sound while breathing is caused by an obstruction in the airway. In rabbits, this tends to be an infection in the upper or lower airway. Dwarf rabbits are more prone to having sinus issues. All of the structures are smooshed, creating places where bacteria and mucus to accumulate, leading to an…[Read more]

This is obviously difficult to say something definite about, but the squeeky wheezy sounds dios remind me of when my bun Bam had a lower airway infection (light form of pneumonia). He could have got it from choking on a pellet -the acute situation was dealt with swiftly when it happened, and the pneuomonia only  manifested months later.

A lung…[Read more]