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I’m very sorry about Missy 🙁

I think trying a slightly larger space (as long as it’s neutral), and allowing a little nipping is a good idea. Nipping is fine, as long as it’s not escalating to a fight.  Having a bit more room will give you some time to react, and will give them a bit more room to move around each other.

The other thing you can…[Read more]

I’m happy to share the literature with you if you would like if you send me a PM. The study where that number comes from (“Spontaneous
Adenocarcinoma in Aged Rabbits”) followed 849 rabbits for 9 years, and another colony of 1375 rabbits for 30 years. Here’s the key quote: “The incidence of tumors increased with age, reaching approximately 60% in…[Read more]

How big is her area? Would it be very impractical to just wipe it down by hand with paper towels or rags?

For my buns, I sweep the area daily (or every other day if I’m really honest about it lol), spot clean if there are any pee accidents or water spills, and then probably every week or two I wipe down their pen floor with rag or paper towel and…[Read more]

Glad things are going better and hopefully the new hay helps! I just had to get some oxbow timothy hay while we were moving (as opposed to the normal bale of hay I feed) and my buns all turned their noses up at it, although they do love the oxbow stacks so that got us through thankfully. They definitely can have strong opinions about hay!

I’m glad things have improved! The treats could have had some extra protein in them that made her urine smellier.

Personally, if the symptoms have gone away, I probably not give the antibiotics unless my vet felt strongly that I should give them.  I don’t personally like giving antibiotics unless necessary, even if they are safe ones to use. But…[Read more]

Some bunnies do have callouses there, especially if they thump a lot. When they are covered by a flap of fur it’s not as concerning as if the callous is easily visible all the time. So as it is now, I would just keep an eye on it and be sure to keep up with the nail trims. If he sits in his litter box a lot, the urine can also contribute, so…[Read more]

That’s a very cool waterer! Seems like the perfect hybrid of a bottle and a bowl.

Thanks for sharing.

It sounds like hormonal marking to me.  Since he’s not neutered, that’s most likely, and he’s at the age when hormones are raging. Ruling out a UTI would be good though.

You can try removing the carpet and see if that helps, sometimes bunnies will mark more on soft surfaces.

No, no lines or patterns. Normal drop of yellow urine. Would it not do it to other carpets if it has a urinary tract infection?

I don’t want to neuter but i do if i have to.

Oh, that’s interesting about poop transplantations. Science is just starting to learn about gut biome, and it’s very complex.

Breintje once ate a couple of pellets of two other buns. They were in the bedroom during New Year’s Eve: we often have friends over who have buns too. I thought I’d cleaned up after them properly.

Our bun does this too when he accidentally dropped something in the wrong place: he eats the hard poop pellets.

Sometimes he lets a couple of poops go when he’s napping, or when he wasn’t fast enough for the litter box. He notices it when he wakes up, or walks back after going to the box.

Rabbits are surprisingly cleanly, even though eating poop…[Read more]

Spraying can happen anywhere — It is a very effective technique by unfixed rabbits to spread their scent around. They will not do it all the time (they pee normally too), but it’s a method of territorial marking. Unfortunately, if it is spraying, the only thing to do to stop it is have your rabbit neutered by a rabbit-experienced vet. It is a…[Read more]

@Bam: It looks like another skill just has been added to my wishlist 😉

Thank you for the well-wishes! I’ve recently started with a series of treatments in the hospital, they have a department which specialises in hand and lower arm rehabilitation. My physio was happy that I could get an appointment there so soon, she has good experiences with…[Read more]

Male and not sterilized. But it doesn’t spray pee at all. My bunny has no aggression. A very kind rabbit. Is spraying done on the carpet?