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Two of my rabbits will occasionally go through a couple weeks of sneezing fits with either no discharge or only clear snot. I think they just have some allergies and it may be to something that is sometimes in some batches of hay but I’m not totally sure. I’ve had them at the vet for nail trims several times when they’ve been having three episodes…[Read more]

I agree with Wick. I would exhaust other possibilities first before deciding it is “just an allergy”. Unfortunately, allergies are a process of elimination diagnosis in rabbits. If he hasn’t been given a broad-spectrum antibiotic yet to see if it clears up the problem, I would start there. Sometimes a URI can be way up in there and the bacteria…[Read more]

A specialist vet might suggest flushing of the GI tract to get rid of partial blockages that, in your case, could consist of styrofoam.

There is also the possibility that the styrofoam episode has been so taxing foe the immune system that opportunistic microorganisms have seized the chance to proliferate and thrive. Typical culprits would be…[Read more]

What he’s on is fine for now. Since he’s 5 months old, it wouldn’t hurt to start trying to transition to grass hay. The calcium in his urine really isn’t concerning though. As the others pointed out, calcium deposits are normal and the amount you are seeing right now is likely the result of his “young bunny” diet.

How often are the sneezes now and is there any discharge? If it has been a couple months, I’m curious what the progression of symptom severity has been like as well.

Admittedly, due to my first vet, I am suspect of the validity of swabs. Can a swab reach where the infection may actually be, especially in early stages, and what is the possibility…[Read more]

Thank you for the healing vibes everyone! One of the buns, Teddy, has made a full recovery, he’s pooping normally again, and back to himself yay!!

Unfortunately,  the other bun, Dusty, is doing worse. She is pooping more regularly, although a totally different color than normal (she usually has dark brown pooping, and now light brown/tan) and…[Read more]

It’s great to hear you are picking up on some patterns, and it sounds like they are too. Learning to navigate each others “quirks” is important. It sounds like you’ve gotten a handle of assessing how things are progressing!

^A couple pictures from the ADORABLE couple. They are squished so close!!

Update – so it’s been 3 days since the last update, and they are doing alright. Theo still gets the urge to mount at night/in the morning, but they seem to be getting along well outside those times. Alfredo is not allowing the mounts, he just runs away but never gets…[Read more]

Hay is the most important food, so its really great that he’s eating that!

He probably just feels insecure in his new environment. As Pinkiemarie says, try to keep his environment reasonably quiet these next few days, and he will most likely start to eat more! You can absolutely talk and play some music for him, but obviously avoid for example…[Read more]

Good point, @pinkiemarie! Rabbit pee can certainly come in a rainbow of colors. Carrots, dandelion and several other plants will color the pee bright orange to red, which can be scary the first few times you see it. It’s perfectly normal though.

Rabbit pee should never be completely clear. Rabbits are peculiar in that they, contrary to most other…[Read more]

Oh good! Try to keep the house quiet and calm for the next few days while he continues setting in and I’m sure he’ll start eating even more.

Update: He has started eating some more hay and is getting more confident. I don’t have the same pellets from the breeder. He hasn’t eaten any of the veggies but is eating hay. He is 4 months old.

RHD can travel fairly long distances with birds – either with ticks (birds can have many ticks) or in the bird’s gut after the bird has eaten an infected rabbit or hare.  Then the bird poops, flies feast on the poop and the flies travel with the winds. Where I am, RVHD2 has been discovered on rather remote islands with no human inhabitants. It is…[Read more]

LOL!

No. There are no crazy bun persons here. Never. We’re all perfectly sane.

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Thank you everyone!

Thanks Bam. I will try to get some Virkon S and set up a shoe dip. Thanks for the info on bleach, I’ve read a lot of conflicting stuff about it degrading (or not!) and how sensitive septic tanks are to it. I don’t think we have any wild rabbits near us. I haven’t seen any around here in years so I suspect the RHD came in on footwear.

If he has eaten a little bit, including his cecotropes, it seems likely that he will start eating more. Does he have a hidey house in his cage? It’s a good sign that he ate when you sat with him. It may be good if you are in the same room as him, but without fussing over him. You could perhaps read a book or listen to music?

Do you have the same…[Read more]

Backing into the room… Does it make me a crazy bunny person if I immediately thought to try crawling? 😀

I absolutely freaked out the first time my first bunny peed calcium because I thought it might be sludge too. He tends to still avoid doing it in the box if he has a lot of calcium to excrete. Maybe it’s a little uncomfortable? This looks like pretty normal bunny pee and he’s definitely in a low risk group!

I should also warn you in case you…[Read more]