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Did she ask you to pet her? Some bunnies do not like to be touched unless it is on their terms. Or should I say, some are less accepting of touching that isn’t on their terms. For example, one bunny may be OK with human-initiated contact, while another bunny may not be OK with it. However, the bunny that is not OK with it may still enjoy being…[Read more]

Oh! I thought perhaps she was just being a typical teenager!

I dont know why she is snubbing you, but the fact that she loves your boyfriend and happily snuggles with him, makes me think this is not a health issue. Which is great.

You will probably be able to get back in her favor with the aid of treats and/or by playing “hard to get”. It took…[Read more]

Thank you, I’ll add less alfalfa to his mix 🙂

Perhaps he would do well with some baby toys? You can find inexpensive baby keys or staking cups. The hard plastic is considered safe since it would be unusual for a bunny to actually chew a piece off and swallow it. You want to supervise them will playing with such toys, of course.

It won’t kill him to not have any greens for a day or two, or a week even. Just to see how he does. If there is a huge improvement, then you can work out what his no-veggie diet will look like going forward.

Omg cute congrats!! Finally they can be together lol!

She is 1.25 years. She was spayed in August.

@noodletherabbit Thanks! Happy holidays to you too! I don’t think he’s been having energy loss, they’ve both been more sleepy lately since it’s cold though. But today he was running around, jumping onto a box and chewing it. So I think he’s feeling good today.

I don’t think I was doing anything differently before. He had more variety of veggies…[Read more]

How old is she now?

Sometimes in those more frightened state, I found the nose-boop effective because it can sometimes snap the rabbit out of their frightened state. It doesn’t work every time, but you can try it. If there’s a favorite toy or something he likes, it might be helpful to bring that to him during those times too to help snap him out of it.

I have actually! There are times where he gets nervous and I’ll say “Fresno maaaaan” in a higher pitched voice too and it calms him back down. But when he has his like… absolute freak-out fits, they’re so sudden that I have no time to calm him before it happens, and I can’t calm him once he’s in the mindset either. It’s quite the anomaly lol.

Mine have a nightlight too! Have you tried the verbal/physical reassurance thing yet with the safety boops? All of my rabbits know their names so you could actually teach him his name and use it as reassurance. I taught mine by repeating their name while I petted them, always in the same kind of high pitched tone of voice. I did it individually so…[Read more]

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Splitting the day can be a pain but I think they like it more. I know my rabbits get very excited when it’s their turn to go play in the rest of the house even though they have a good 20 sq ft when they’re at home. I didn’t see you mention how high the barrier is but I’ve had good luck with a 36 inch dog play pen…[Read more]

There’s really no way of knowing if they even attempted to mate and I’m crossing my fingers that it didn’t even happen! Honestly I opened this feeling mortified that someone was going to be seriously injured. I have an itty bitty polish too and he broke into my 7 lb rabbit’s play area when I was not home and my boyfriend was in the other room. He…[Read more]

If he is getting baby pellets, I assume that means they are alfalfa-based. You could try cutting out the alfalfa in the hay mix and just stick with grass hay. If he’s getting alfalfa-based pellets, that should be enough.

Update: I’ve been giving Fresno lavender and chamomile in his pellets for almost 2 weeks and unfortunately they haven’t helped to relax him. I guess all I can do is hope that he’ll settle down more with time. And LOL LBJ, good to know it’s not just mine that seem scared of the dark! 😂