Activity

I am a fan of bunny dating, but mostly just to make sure the buns don’t hate each other. However, with a long drive like that, Ollie might not really behave normally on the date.

Would the rescue consider allowing you to foster the bun while working on bonding, with the understanding that if it didn’t seem a good match you would want to try a…[Read more]

My rabbits tend to eat more hay when it’s in the litter box as well. I still use a rack over the box in case they trample and pee all over the box hay, but I top up both regularly.

Meadow hay is as a rule a mix of various types of grasses. The composition varies, but pretty much any grass hay is good for rabbits. Unfortunately theres no telling what a bun likes or dislikes until you’ve tried 😬 Alfalfa (lucerne) is a legume hay and best avoided with adult buns,  since its rich in both calcium and protein, but its great for…[Read more]

I have sent you a PM.

Im sorry this is happening to you and your bun.

I agree it sounds like a dental issue. It can probably be difficult to find a good rabbit vet in Ireland just now, due to the covid situation.

The most important thing to do now is to keep him warm and to feed him. Pellet mush is good, but Oxbow Critical Care is a lot easier to use for syringe…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

This is my first time on a forum so forgive me if I’ve done it wrong. I need urgent advice please. I have a beautiful, prescious 7 year old house rabbit who is very ill. Christmas day we first noticed he wasn’t acting like himself, he was sitting hunched over almost rocking as he was breathing. He really went down hill and I realise…[Read more]

Thank you for replying! I tried cutting the stems but they still ignore it. As for wetting the hay, I might not try that as my rabbits like to dig on their hay.

I’m from the Philippines and my only options are alfalfa, timothy, local stargrass hay, and meadow. Is orchard the same as meadow? I’m thinking of trying out meadow, but there’s reall…[Read more]

It sounds like he enjoys the hay more when presented in the litter box, which, in a way might be more “natural”, like foraging and scavenging for the best hay pieces on a dirt floor. I can also imagine that with a hay feeder, the rabbit might be smelling a particularly good piece of hay, but digs and digs to try and get to it, versus when it’s in…[Read more]

Thankfully this is only temporary, haha! Some rabbits are especially visual when it comes to confinement. For one of my rabbits, clipping a bedsheet/towel to the outside of the pen so he cannot see the other side stops him from his frustration because I suppose he believes the world ends outside the pen walls, rather than there being more. That…[Read more]

I save my buns’ fur! I’ve used some of it for needle felting. I did a few, very simple, Christmas ornaments last year. Bunny fur is a bit less easy to work with than sheep’s wool, but you can use sheep’s wool as a foundation and needle felt the bunny fur onto it.

Needle felting is very easy and a lot of fun.

It’s very good to have some rabbit…[Read more]

Any grass hay thats good for horses is good for rabbits, technically. It doesnt have to be timothy. In Australia, timorhy doesnt grow, so Australian rabbits eat other types of hay.

Orchard grass is leafier and feels softer than timothy. What part of the world are you in? (Just so we can give you relevant tips!)

You could cut up the stems a bit,…[Read more]

That sounds like a nice idea! Did you happen to find a shop that does a great job getting the likeness right? I’d be interested in it too.
I’m really glad that I kept the fur from my first bunny. I put his in a little vial necklace and also got a ring made with his fur in it. ❤️

Thanks for the reassurance! 🙂

Wonderful! 🐰

It’s actually a good sign when a bun fights being fed CC and meds by the owner, because it means the bun has strenght. It’s pretty much par for the course to get more CC on the bun, yourself and the furniture when you first give CC. Practice will help, its one thing to know how it should be done, another to actually do it with an uncooperative…[Read more]