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I too think this is just a matter of time and patience. Sooner or later, she’ll start to explore 😃

Pictures of her set up would be great.

I think we all wish our buns could talk at times!

It could be a fungal infection. I’d stop the chlorhexidine because it can, under certain circumstances, irritate rabbit skin and make matters worse.

It looks very red. Is it oozing? Do you see skin flakes that look like dandruff? Does your rabbit seem uncomfortable? It’s important that he keeps eating and drinking, which sometimes rabbits won’t…[Read more]

He has screamed a couple of times in his life sadly. The first when he managed to tangle his gut when he was little (2.5) and they had to remove some of it. Then a few months after that (though nothing seemed to be wrong – emergency vet checked him out then normal vet). Then in Feb this year which they put down to arthritis as everything else was…[Read more]

I doubt it’s a UTI. Being prey animals, rabbits only scream when they think they’re about to die or are in unbearable pain. I think this is something more serious. 🙁

Keep an eye out for blood in his poop/pee.

I’m very sorry, I hope the vet can figure it out.

The X-rays and radiograph only showed it in his spine mildly and most of the day he moves absolutely fine and jumps around to the point that makes you think he was 5 years younger 😅

The emergency vet even questioned if we were sure he was 10 and did we adopt him as he had never seen such a well looked after rabbit and thought he was much…[Read more]

I think their setup looks great! I agree with Dana, a second floor to explore might add some interest for them.

I agree with Wick. If the fur is stained, there isn’t much you can too anyway except remove any excess dirt. He will likely take care of that himself with grooming and being in a clean environment. Then it’s a waiting game for his fur to “grow out”.

Not necessarily. The difficulty with urination can “come and go” with a UTI. I also wonder since he already has arthritis if perhaps he is having pain in his hips/pelvis.

Hmm… I’m wondering if the scary encounter is just coincidental. I agree, he needs to see a vet because this is not normal. There are many different possible causes.

Rabbits do a very good job cleaning themselves, so if you’re providing a clean environment that will not maintain the dirtiness, he should be able to clean it off slowly over time, or new, clean fur will grow in! My second rabbit also came to me with very dirty feet and cleaning them myself were not an option due to her anxiety of people, but now…[Read more]