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For oral antibiotics, the general “rule” is you see improvement in 48-72 hours. URIs can be stubborn though. If you don’t see any improvement in a week, it may be that the antibiotic isn’t right for the type of bacteria that are causing the symptoms. You should then contact your vet again. They may tell you to keep up the same antibiotic for…[Read more]

Can anyone advise me about how long it takes to tell if antibiotic is working? She started first dose Monday afternoon and has had 4 doses so far. I know this is really  only day 2 from when she saw vet on Monday. It probably hasn’t had enough time to do much yet.

Charlie was sneezing less yesterday but is sneezing more today and still has so…[Read more]

Four months is very young and few rabbit vets would attempt a spay before the age of at least 5 months. The rabbit’s size and weight is important too.

I’ll be sure and put the poopies she drops around the room in her litter box and if I see her raising her tail or find she is peeing outside box again I’ll move the box to that area.

Charlie is  close to 4 months old. Our vet wants to wait until the first of the year to spay since she is small and we aren’t exactly sure of her age. She was better last night.  She did not pee on us last night and as far as I can tell used the litter box in her room to pee. But there were poopies everywhere in her room this morning. That I can…[Read more]

Oh I see! Well still a good sign that they calmed down and no noses got bitten. 🙂

Oh no she didn’t actually get IN the pen, just past the barrier blocking her from the outside of the pen. The whole interacting was noses through the pen. When he first got here Esther couldn’t even be able to even reach through his pen or she would go nuts trying to bite him, so the bar for being impressed is pretty low lol.

I’m hoping cage…[Read more]

That sounds very positive! It’s prob good that Esther got into Blaze’s pen, and not vice versa. Typically in the wild ancestors of domestic rabbits, the males will allow females into their territories (for obvious reasons!), but females will be more territorial.

I have heard reports of bunnies that are just crazy trying to get to each other, but…[Read more]

Sounds good 🙂 Yeah maybe the bok choy was just a little too much for him?

That sounds like you have thought things through pretty thoroughly!

The only other concern I think is vet expenses. Bunnies can be very cheap or very expensive, if you end up with a bun that has some chronic issues (such as dental problems, stasis treatment, etc.). Are your parents on board to help with vet care if needed? Often the older…[Read more]

You sound like a responsible owner, considering how much research you are doing, and the precautions you are willing to take! 😉 A lot of the things you described sound wonderful, too! 🙂

About the dogs – I have cats that will sometimes fight or growl at each other; and sometimes my ladies will lift their heads to listen. Or other times there…[Read more]

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That’s true, it could’ve been a cecotrope. Today when I woke up of course he had poops in is favourite sleeping spot. They’re still dark, but not as wet and mushy as yesterday morning. I fed him just romaine as his veggies again today. Maybe tomorrow they’ll be even better?

I agree with everything you guys are saying! I have been thinking more about it and what the long-term plan might look like. Due to the circumstances we are in, I plan to commute to school for the next 3 years when and if we go back to in-person classes. I then believe I will be living with my parents until I get enough money from a job (I would…[Read more]

He’s 2 now. He looks very baby-like though!

Thanks guys, you really helped me feel a lot better! Sorry I never responded, I was having weird wifi problems.

Something awesome happened today! While I was downstairs preparing their salads for the next couple days, Esther managed to get past the barrier and the blankets, and got to Blaze’s pen (not inside). I’m not sure if there was any nip…[Read more]

I too would guess that this is about her hitting puberty. It will be difficult to fully litter train her until she is spayed. Her new hormones are urging her to mark her territory and make her presence known to all the other buns in the vicinity, even though they are pretty much non-existent 😬

While this is very inconvenient, it is at least…[Read more]