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I recommend clipping a bed sheet or something along the outside so he cannot see outside the pen.

They can absolutely eat their cecotropes, which you have spelled correctly, at any time, really. Cecotropes used to be called night droppings, but rabbits definitely often eat them during the day as well. There’s a neuronal signal that alerts the bun when a cecotrope is on the way, and the bun responds by reaching down and eating the emerging…[Read more]

So, I’ve been in contact with our Canadian member. She had a UV-bulb for her bun when she was living abroad, for use during the 6 months of the year when going outside was too hot for a rabbit. She had it mounted above his litterbox, so he’d sit in the light while he did his business. It was on for approx 6 hours per evening. Her bun would…[Read more]

I’m sorry you are going through this. The main issue with Convenia is the possibility of dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, which is why probiotics could be beneficial. Probiotics are (still) considered more or less experimental and not a legitimate veterinary treatment for a very sick bun.

I hope you will get more answers. Has your rabbit had…[Read more]

Things have been going a little iffy lately. 😐

They have gone back to acting bonded half the time. I don’t know, Silver’s been acting the same toward both of them – she now nips OB sometimes! 😮 OB is pretty neutral towards both of them, well, she does chase Smokey sometimes…What I really think the issue is, is curving Silver’s temper, and…[Read more]

Good idea Wick! Wasn’t sure if it would work! 😆 I’ll try one now to see if I’ll be able to do this in the future…

Here’s a photo from an old thread…my profile pic! 😆

Thanks for the feedback. To be honest after talking to the vet I was really set on rehoming her because I thought it was in her best interest. But talking to the rescue totally changed my mind and made me think it was in her best interest to keep her 🙁 maybe I should have called more than one rescue. Sadly where I am.now I do not think its at all…[Read more]

Thanks for your thoughts Wick! It’s hard to say what has worked and what hasn’t. Certain situations had less fighting (like the short bathtub sessions), but then the bunnies weren’t behaving normally. So hard to say. Longer sessions at the shelter were OK. Some scuffles, some ignoring. Nothing crazy but lots of intervention needed from me. My…[Read more]

Bonnie sounds like Wick with the defensive-offense.
What Wick lacked which Bonnie has is the strength to actually create a nip-impact, which I’m sure opens the opportunity to solidify the fearful aggression as more serious.

Honestly I am unsure what the progression or steps have been so far, but what are your thoughts on short or longer sessions…[Read more]

Indeed, patience. Also remember that as you may observe progress, there may be better and worse days, and that could be from her end, not anything you might be doing particularly wrong. When I first got my Fable, in a somewhat humorous fashion, she would always be at the furthest side of the room possible from me. I would move somewhere (not…[Read more]

Definitely can simply be an individual difference. When there’s a change within an individual, like a rabbit who used to be really energetic suddenly turns sluggish, that for me is more worrying.

In my pair, the bigger rabbit is absolutely more energetic. She flops, binkies, and zoomies several times a day. It’s wild. The small dwarf is probably…[Read more]

Untreated cotton is considered “safe” as long as the rabbit isn’t regularly consuming it. I know many people opt for fleece stuff as well because rabbits tend to chew but not eat it (my observation from my Fable, who is a big chewer as well). I don’t know if fleece is specifically OK to break down in their stomach or not, but I know cotton is…[Read more]