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Ooh I agree that hormonal pee is the worst! And hormonal poops are smellier too! We had this gorgeous unspayed female at the rescue (this cow-spotted standard rex named Lady Bun Bun)… and she was gorgeous but OMG was she smelly!

All of that sounds like territorial marking, so hopefully it will get better once she’s spayed. The couch peeing can…[Read more]

Thank you so much for your advice Pinkiemarie! I definitely want to be as informed as possible. The last thing I’d ever want to do is bring an animal into an unsuitable environment!

Thank you for your advice on the cubes! Do you buns ever jump out of them? My room isn’t large; however, I can do just under the 8 square feet for the cage. The bun…[Read more]

The pen you have sounds like it’s a good size. Believe me, hormonal pee is kind of gross. LOL  The poop doesn’t bother me though because they are strict herbivores. It’s not like there is anything potentially nasty in their poop (like a dog or cat). Rabbit poop is perfectly acceptable for compost to be used in a vegetable garden.

Hay can be…[Read more]

You can certainly feed both, but it’s perfectly acceptable to do one or the other. And yes, it’s better to have them on grass hay early because it’s hard to transition them later if they are on alfalfa hay.

As for unlimited pellets… it’s unlimited within reason. You don’t want them to eat so much that they don’t want their hay. But they can…[Read more]

Sometimes when they are really nervous, they hold it in. This doesn’t sound unusual for a nervous bunny in a new home. Glad to hear the poop finally started. 🙂

I really appreciate all the encouragement and help! Especially for the cage rattling help, I would have never thought to clip a sheet!

We have a x-pen hooked around her crate right now. She gets 1-2 hours out when the kids go to bed and that’s it.

She’s pretty neat inside the crate/pen area keeping her pee in the box but she has started pooping…[Read more]

Yes!! I was just being a nervous new bunny owner! He is now doing great 🙂

Do we have poop?

I agree with Dana, a place that is just her own could help. It could have a cardboard hidey house with a roof and at least two door holes, because that resembles a natural rabbit burrow. Cardboard is a good material because its not hard like wood or metal. It doesnt have to be very big, in fact rabbits tend to appreciate rather narrow, tunnel-like…[Read more]

I really hope the new vet has some ideas! fingers crossed!

that’s great!

I think the new bun will likely settle with time and gentle care. Having her space all set up before she arrives and giving her time to adjust will be the most important things.

In terms of bonding, most important would be to get them both spayed, if they aren’t already. Then I would wait until the new bun seems very comfortable in your home and…[Read more]

It sounds like you have already tried a lot of things, but I would suggest maybe incorporating an area that is just hers (such as large dog crate, NIC cube condo, or pen with hides in it), that you could confine her to at night.

Even with her history, most bunnies appreciate having a “burrow” of sorts, as they would in the wild. This would be her…[Read more]

How old are they, and are they neutered/spayed?

It’s great that you already know about rabbits and what they need! I would suggest getting an ex pen along with the cubes so you can make the cage his home base but always give him at minimum the cage plus pen if you have enough space for that to be possible. If you have the time, energy and money please consider adopting a bonded pair or two…[Read more]