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Your Dutch rabbit in the photo is so cute! I’m in the middle of my first bonding process, so I’m not an expert, but does the nearby shelter do rabbit speed dating? Maybe a short meeting would be able to tell you if they might get along – if they ignore each other at first meeting, or seem curious, it might be a good fit. The shelter near me lets…[Read more]

Thank you for your help Bam. I’m doing my best. I think the Emeraid has more fiber than the Oxbow critical care so maybe that will help. He’s slowly eating more hay. I’ve been using applesauce to try to get him to like his medicine more, because that’s what they did they the emergency vet. It hasn’t been working very well for me.

I’ve given Pinky…[Read more]

Good that you see pee! Sometimes when a bun is in pain, it will not pee, which obviously isnt good.

The small dry poops mean he isnt getting enough fiber. It is not totally alarming since you are feeding him regularly, and poop is passing through. It’s obviously not ideal, but it is not abnormal given the circumstances.

I use a 10 ml syringe for…[Read more]

I found a wet spot where he was sitting recently so I think he peed while I was mixing critical care. There were also dry poops around there but I’m not sure if they’re from this morning or during the night. I got almost 2tsp of powder and however much water I used in him. I think I’ll wait 2 and a half hours or three hours then try some Emeraid again.

Thanks Bam. I haven’t noticed any new poops since during the night. But those ones are dry and tiny, not perfectly sphere like. He had another wet one last night that was like a little sphere with a string coming out. I investigated and there was a bit of fur in it. It looked like he was peeing twice during the night but I felt the spot and d…[Read more]

I dont give my bun blackberry twigs because they have those very sharp thorns. The thorns are an adaptation that deters wild animals from eating the twigs. If you can shave them I think that is brilliant.

The types of raspberry we get where I am don’t have much in the way of thorns, at least not the more tender parts at the top of the plants.

I…[Read more]

Firstly, thank you for your detailed response, it was very helpful!

I gave him a tummy rub and some treats and he fell asleep. This morning when I let him out he seemed normal, he was doing binkies around the room, playing with his friend, and eating his leafy greens. I think he’s okay, but I will still bring him to the vet for a general…[Read more]

I dont think you need to do anything, just give him the full dose next time. How dors his poop look now?

I entirely missed that Emeraid comes in two herbivore versions. My guess is that the intensive care one is an excellent growth mediun for microbes, much like the agar-agar in petri dishes. This does not pose a problem if you feed it straight…[Read more]

I think I accidentally missed 0.1 ml of the cisapride from his mouth out of the 0.2ml he gets. I tried to wipe it off his chin and he licked a tiny bit off my finger. Is this okay? I have more the vet pre syringed for me but I’d want everything to be a full dose.

I chose to give him some oxbow critical care this dose. He’s been licking it but now…[Read more]

You’re welcome!

Bonding can be super stressful, especially marathoning. If you don’t feel like home is ideal, it’s also perfectly fine to give them a break overnight so you can get some sleep. Sometimes pushing forward in an environment that isn’t as ideal can make things harder. They honestly sound a lot like my bonding of Bun Jovi and Bertha…[Read more]

Pics of the buns from this afternoon at the cat house 🙂

Hmm… For positive behaviors: cuddling (during the day), mutual grooming though mostly Alfredo being subservient, no fighting. Negative behaviors: Some food possessiveness from Theo, Theo chasing and mounting a lot while Alfredo runs away, the chasing episodes can last anywhere from a minute to seemingly the whole night – though Theo always gets…[Read more]

Bonding can be so many ups and downs! I’m happy to hear that it went well at the friend’s house, I would try to repeat that again if possible! And maybe see if you could sort out if a sleep-over would be possible. 😉

It’s a bummer they had some mounting etc. when you got home, but I’m interested to see how they do overnight. I’m sure that even a…[Read more]

Eek! So I took them over to a friend’s from noon to 9pm today, covering both their sleepy time and active time. She has two cats too, which seemed to help push the buns together even though the cats were very friendly (I made sure they couldn’t harm the rabbits or scare them). We put them in their x-pen, no litter box, and Theo started humping a…[Read more]

Thank you DanaNM. I have the intensive care version.

Some buns also like recovery food more if it’s mixed with some canned (unsweetened) pumpkin, so you could give that a shot as well.

My bunnies def have preferences for different types of recovery foods. The most popular is the Oxbow apple banana, but some of my buns like the sherwood recovery food more. And of course some buns hate them all!  My stance is that which ever one is the easiest to get into them is the way to go (assuming you can get ahold of it). I wouldn’t worry…[Read more]