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Ok that is helpful. It hasn’t been very long at all, so please try to be patient. Bonding can take several weeks in easy cases to several months in hard cases.

So first of all you should give your new rabbit a lot more time to settle in before starting bonding, especially because he is shy. If you start off with a very fearful rabbit it makes it…[Read more]

Yeah they are both neutered my first rabbit was neutered 5 months ago not sure when my new rabbit was neutered but he is 4 years old! My first rabbit is free roam and new rabbit is in a pen. My new rabbit is shy he’s even frightened of me only had him for a week but feel like giving up already

Hi there, sorry you are having a tough go of it. Some more information would be helpful!

Could you answer these questions?
Are your bunnies spayed/neutered?
If so, for how long (for each)?
If not, why not?

Please describe your bunnies’ current housing set-up (living together, as neighbors, etc.).

Did you allow the bunnies to “…[Read more]

That’s wonderful! Thanks for the update!

Hello. I just wanted to thank all of you for responding and sharing advice/tips based on your experience!  I appreciate you all so much!! With the appropriate attention and medical care, Max has fully recovered and is back to his normal happy self! Warm regards!!

Oh one other question, have you noticed if he also have well-formed cecals that he’s eating? The poops you describe do sound like cecal dysbiosis, so I’m wondering if he’s also not getting normal cecals.

Also just want to say I feel for you, taking care of a poorly bun is very stressful and draining. But I do know of several buns with “icky…[Read more]

I agree with your vet that it would probably be good to just keep him on the free-choice timothy pellets in this case. I think it would likely be safe to try adding a daily probiotic, there are some rabbit specific ones out there now (aside from Benebac, which is also good), so it might be worth a shot.

Does Benjamin live with another bunny? My…[Read more]

I agree this sounds like it could be a dental problem. Lionheads and lops seem more prone to molar spurs. It’s difficult to do a deep oral exam without some light sedation, but sometimes vets notice problems right away without it. If the vet doesn’t notice anything while the bun is awake, I would request either an oral x-ray or a deep oral exam…[Read more]

When you say the fur is matted around his mouth, I assume you mean it’s crusty. If that is the case, then that would suggest he is drooling. I would have the vet check his teeth thoroughly (i.e., not just taking a peek in there while he’s awake). The matting around his mouth is highly suspicious of a tooth problem and it would explain why he isn’t…[Read more]

Does she have a tutorial of how i can clean with tweezers??

I’m a bit nervous of hurting inside my bunny ears, so i’m cleaning it with cotton!

Thank you!

I talked to vet and she sent me home with the shots

im supposed to do them every 5 days

If I recall correctly he would willingly eat 20-30ml per serving before refusing to eat any more and hopping away. These past few weeks, before I’ve been weaning him from the CC, he would eat 30ml in one sitting if I gave him 15ml with a few minutes in between syringes.

Definitely speak directly to the vet regarding this, but I will also add 1 week apart is unusual from my perspective. My Wick got penG shots for his URI (in addition to Baytril– he needed both) and the shots were every 3 days.

You mention x4-6 feedings of CC per day– how much are you giving each time? I’m wondering if you increase the amount per feeding while decreasing the number of feedings, you can leave more time for him to pellets and hay and try and regulate his GI a bit.