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Thank you guys. Pinky is doing okay, he still eats some hay, lettuce, and pellets. I think he is more picky with hay when Muffin isn’t here. He was also not as excited eating critical care today and took longer than normal to finish it. He’s been flopping a lot. He was at the vet last night and they said his nail is okay but he’s still gassy…[Read more]

Bathtubs seem to work well for some people. I wouldn’t use a sink though, if they jump out they would likely get hurt.

What kind of rabbit is she? I’m asking to determine if she’s still growing or not. Growing bunnies should get “unlimited” pellets as long as they still eat enough hay. At 5 months old, depending on the breed she is approaching the age where she can switch to an adult feeding schedule. At around 3 lbs she would be fine with just 1/8 cup of pellets…[Read more]

Sounds like he hit his face when he fell, hence the sneezing/pawing at his face. Try to have a look at his nose and mouth, look for injuries or blood. And keep an eye on his food intake for a while, if he injured himself he might have trouble eating. Is he breathing normally?

Yes I put the hay in the litter box and around her but she doesn’t seem interested she’s not potty trained either so she doesn’t even jump in the litter box to eat hay. I don’t always feed 1/2 cup of pellets it’s normally 1/4 she always seems interested in eating pellets more than the hay. Thanks for your help! She’s around 3-4 pounds I’m not sure though

I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable with that. Crows will attack/eat a rabbit. Dorian isn’t a small baby so they might be more cautious and trying to “make nice” to get closer and wait for an opportunity. Dropping food for him reminds me of seagulls dropping food in the water to lure fish closer to them. They are pretty cunning.

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I think that you can put a litter box in when he arrives, that way he’ll probably at least get some in it (less work for you! 😉 ), and it will give you a good idea of where his preferred spot is. 🙂

I haven’t heard of that technique before ~ it sounds interesting! 🙂 I don’t think that it will make much of a difference if the newspaper…[Read more]

Thank you so much, a really appreciate,

she is doing well, in the morning her poop is soft and a little strange but then at night she is very active and happy and her poop looks solid but a little small, today she looks much better, she use to have some gas but that stop 2 days ago, the other problem that I have is that she is not eating hay,…[Read more]

What you describe is known as “necklace poop” or “string of pearl poop”. The “strings” are hair. Is your bun shedding? Does he eat a good amount of hay?

It’s good to brush the bun when it’s shedding, just so it doesn’t ingest too much hair when it cleans itself. If your bun eats fresh greens, you can serve them freshly rinsed and dripping wet,…[Read more]

It’s great she is wanting to eat now, you can let her eat and drink as much as she wants, especially encourage hay. Even offering extra wet greens can help with hydration.

Agree with others, it doesn’t look too bad. That said, alfalfa pellets and hay are one of the most concentrated sources of calcium for buns (a small scoop of alfalfa pellets more than meets a buns daily requirement for calcium). At 5 months you could start transitioning him to timothy hay for sure, as they only need one source of alfalfa while growing.

He will most likely be OK, since rabbits do chew up the weird things they eat and that’s not a huge amount… How is he doing today?

Best to just keep pushing hay and water on him as the vet said. You prob won’t see anything in his poop since they chew things up well. As long as he’s eating and pooping then I would just keep monitoring.

That must be a relief!

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So I think once she appears healthy, you can start bonding! Before then, you might actually start swapping litter trays (when they are a bit dirty). The bacteria from the other bunnies can actually help get her gut flora healthier again. But if she doesn’t currently have weird poops or GI symptoms, then she probably is well on her way…[Read more]

How big is she? 1/2 cup of pellets is a lot. If you cut back a little on the evening serving of pellets, maybe she’d be more interested in eating hay during the night. Buns as a rule prefer pellets to hay, and will fill yp on pellets if they get the chance.

How do you serve the hay? Its good to serve hay near the litterbox so the bun can eat…[Read more]

The person who I got her from was giving my bunny timothy hay she gets like 1/4 or 1/2 cup of pellets she’s very used to pellets and doesn’t want to eat hay instead of hay she eats pellets and sometimes when she eats she’ll just stop eating I think she eats part by part