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nico started the topic why is my rabbit suddenly bacame lazy? in the forum BEHAVIOR 5 years, 5 months ago
I adopted my rabbit about 3 months ago and for the first two and a half months she was really active … she ran around the house, on my bed, and played with me and her toys. For two weeks now all she has been doing is sleeping, getting out of her space for a few minutes, eating and that’s it. Even in her toys she hardly touches more … what…[Read more]
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Wick & Fable replied to the topic Dealing with anticipatory grief: grieving for your pet who's still alive in the forum RAINBOW BRIDGE 5 years, 5 months ago
I would reflect that the more distress we feel in anticipating an unfortunate outcome, the more we care. It’s so natural and is something that unfortunately accompanies the relationships we care about most. That being said, caring and distressing grief do not need to be tied together when that time comes.
Initially, some can feel “guilty” when…[Read more]
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Wick & Fable replied to the topic Front Paw Fracture experience in the forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A 5 years, 5 months ago
We have two upcoming appointments scheduled for check-ins at 1 week and 2 weeks later. In case people find it interesting ( I did), here is the xray, showing the fractured finger. It is the 3rd finger on the left paw, near the base of that finger:

Wick is on and off of when he seems more comfortable putting some weight on it. It may involve…[Read more]
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Wick & Fable replied to the topic I cant to cope my bunny in the forum BEHAVIOR 5 years, 5 months ago
Agreed about the sheet — it eliminated the bar puling for my rabbits:
Make sure it’s hung on the outside so the rabbit doesn’t use the fabric to climb up or chew on.

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Bam replied to the topic Dealing with anticipatory grief: grieving for your pet who's still alive in the forum RAINBOW BRIDGE 5 years, 5 months ago
These are heavy thoughts, Ellie. I think I can relate. My dog Effi had a bad back problem that manifested acutely when she wasn’t even 9. After that, I knew I had her on borrowed time. Medication together with some (simpler) life style changes gave her more than 2 high quality years with me, before she deterioriated quite suddenly and I knew had…[Read more]
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DanaNM replied to the topic Dealing with anticipatory grief: grieving for your pet who's still alive in the forum RAINBOW BRIDGE 5 years, 5 months ago
“our hearts love with the understanding that they may be broken one day. And it’s worth it.”
What a beautiful statement! And so true!
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DanaNM replied to the topic Starting from scratch in the forum BONDING 5 years, 5 months ago
I would really just give a large space a try. There is no one way to bond rabbits, and even though small spaces can and do work, to me it seems like it isn’t working very well for your buns as they escalate to fighting so quickly. Bonders at rescues are also much more experienced in knowing when to intervene, so for a new bonder, larger spaces can…[Read more]
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DanaNM replied to the topic I cant to cope my bunny in the forum BEHAVIOR 5 years, 5 months ago
Sometimes hanging a towel or sheet over the fence where he is chewing can help a lot!
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DanaNM replied to the topic Any tips on encouraging hay eating? in the forum DIET & CARE 5 years, 5 months ago
Ellie my buns are the same way! If it’s left in their rack for more than 12 hours, they ignore it, but then I transfer it to their box and fluff it up, and all the sudden it’s delicious again!
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DanaNM replied to the topic Excess calcium: carrot tops may have more calcium than we expected in the forum DIET & CARE 5 years, 5 months ago
That’s very interesting!
At the rescue we had this spreadsheet with calcium content of veggies. I should have someone snap a photo of it and send it to me.
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Ellie from The Netherlands replied to the topic Any tips on encouraging hay eating? in the forum DIET & CARE 5 years, 5 months ago
Yes, spacing his meals and offering different hay helped for us too.
Sometimes he doesn’t eat much hay during the day, then we postpone his dinner half an hour to an hour, so he starts to eat a lot of hay. I’m sure everybunny would be seriously offended if they knew about this strategy…
We experimented with types of hay too and found out he…[Read more]
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