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I agree about seeing if another vet would spay her. It’s unfortunate they turned her away when she was six, as that’s not too old, my girl was spayed a few months ago and she’s six.

It used to be more common to bond neutered males with unspayed females, back in the day when very few vets would spay. And we do occasionally see situations where it happens still, such as a case where the female can’t be spayed for health reasons.

If you do try, it would definitely need to be with a castrated rabbit. Maybe an older neutered male…[Read more]

How old is she? Could she be hitting puberty?

Often when buns hit puberty their box habits go out the window.

Ok that’s good. The smelly smell I was talking about is more a manure smell, almost like cow poop!

The smushed one could have been an uneaten cecotrope. The fact that the others had hay in them is great.

I have always loved the look of those set ups for free-range buns! I’m too frugal to justify the price of them personally, but I love them!

I think it’s a good idea to keep a pen or crate on hand for times when you might need to confine her (such as after spaying or if needed for potty training). When she hits puberty her litter box habits might…[Read more]

Sounds like you found a good vet! Always nice to feel welcomed and not like a burden to the vet.

Many spring mixes have a lot of spinach and other things that need to be fed in very little quantities, so not all of them are okay to be fed on a daily basis. I would probably introduce spring mix over a week by mixing it in their noral veggies and slowly increasing the amount of spring mix. It depends a lot on what specific veggies are in the…[Read more]

Very young buns can produce rather weird poop. This is because their gut microbiota is still immature. As the buns grows and eats lots of hay, the microbiota becomes sturdy and diverse.

Weird looking poop in a young bun is not considered a significant problem as long as there are still some round, well-formed poop and the bun is eating and has…[Read more]

Thank you DanaNM. In the photo above that I said I woke up to in the morning, the one squished on the floor had some chewed up hay but mostly just mush. The other ones seem to be chewed up hay.

I haven’t noticed his poops being super smelly. I mostly just notice the wet wood smell from the wood pellets. But then I open the window and the smell g…[Read more]

Thank you for the update! It sounds like a good vet clinic! Revolution is the best antiparasitic for rabbits. I have used sulfamethoxasile/trimetoprim with two of my own buns, for respiratory infections, with excellent results.

I’d recommend giving the benebac a few hours after or before the antibiotics, to give it the best chance possible to do…[Read more]

We did ask about the risk to Pip our parrotlet and he advised we keep hands washed and not let them have direct physical such as Pip having contact with Charlies ears, etc. Pretty much same as what LBJ10 had said and advised.

Sorry, everyone…I meant to post an update yesterday on Charlie. I tried to make appt with the vet Buddy saw. I was told they are no longer seeing rabbits, but since they had seen Buddy, receptionist would ask vet and call me back. Also said they were booked yesterday, but she thought Charlie could come around 10:30 once she asked vet.  She…[Read more]

Agree with Bam, sometimes they try to scare you off with a high price because they don’t want to admit they don’t feel confident in their own skills. As you said, that might not be the case with this vet. However, I’ve been to a couple of vets before who were supposed to be experts on exotics and I was shocked by the ineptitude they showed when…[Read more]

6 isn’t too old at all. If a vet tells you that, it just means they’re not rabbit savvy so you want to stay away from them anyway. A good rabbit vet won’t have any issue with neutering him.

Her showing interest in hay is great news! So glad that her appetite seems to be returning. Poor thing has been through a lot, and you too! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for lots of poop today! 🙂