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I know your rabbit has been going through a lot and I haven’t been able to catch up on the topics, so I’ll offer my typical thought until I get the details!

The most straightforward possiblity when this is seen in a healthy rabbit is that there’s fur encased in the poops. Anything like that seem possible?

Looks like a Flemie/ flemie mix to me. Though he would be small for a flemie I think so I’d guess he might be a mix or still growing.

My cousin’s rabbits are unneutered; two of them became super aggressive (beating on the younger one until he bled unfortunately) but the one was no more grouchy post-puberty than he was before. Only one of them lived inside but good gravy he was a peeing machine! He felt the need to mark EVERYTHING and boy did it stink.

I know this is less…[Read more]

As a thought, could you potentially try fostering a rabbit, or adopting an old rabbit, so that you have that experience but not that ten year commitment? Then if it absolutely does not work out, you can move the rabbit on and/or only have it for a year or two.

The bed is a very soft and scent-latent place, and this is really potent for rabbits who have such a great sense of smell and a lot of their survival instincts are dependent on whether things smell like them or not. There are a lot of rabbits that are litterbox adherent every but the bed it seems. In those cases, having a litter box on the bed may…[Read more]

Hi all,

I REALLY appreciate everybody’s replies and comments as this definitely has been worrying me for the past 2 months.

Bam – Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply.  It definitely looks like I may need to cut out greens if the greens keep causing Snowball’s poops to go moist.  Snowball is relatively good weight (definitely not o…[Read more]

@HipHopBunny, thanks so much for your response! I have been picking up the poop and placing them in the litter box – I will continue to do so, and try to keep my patience! I am looking into rabbit savvy vets and trying to get her neutered within the next 2 months. I hope it will help! Thanks again!!

Hi @Anis

I’m so sorry you are going through this problem. 🙁 Spaying will definitely help, this could be her way of showing that this is her territory, since you moved, she might feel as though she needs to establish that. What could help is to pick up her poop and put it in her litter box so that she gets the message that that’s where she…[Read more]

As an update – I ended up blocking off the area that she likes to poop in entirely EXCEPT for the litterbox itself and she’s been doing perfectly fine. A larger litter box would probably have done the trick, too; when I opened that area up again she started going next to it as well as in the box so I guess she really had just designated that whole…[Read more]

My rabbit Audrey-Hepburn is unspayed, but she doesn’t really smell, even though we live in a carpeted apartment. It probably helps that she’s the only rabbit in the house (so not super territorial). She’s pretty well litter trained too, and I use paper shreds (from junk mail and old print outs and the like) as litter which does need to be changed…[Read more]

Thank you. 🙂 Yes, she’s hopping around on it fine, it just bothers her a little bit sometimes. Didn’t know if I was being an over-worrying bun mom. *Sigh* Poor girl. 🙁

Yay! That’s so awesome! Would love some photos if/when you bring her home! What I did for my bunnies’ xpen bottom, (we have hardwood floors) was basically sewing two pieces of thick canvas-y fabric together leaving an opening with velcro to shut it, and I then stuff a folded tarp inside. It’s been working great, the tarp it to protect from…[Read more]

I’m sorry she’s not better yet. 🙁 She does put weight on it right?

So cute! I LOVE the clip with her little tongue!

Maybe you can try to trap some of them, or seal up your home. Here is an article I found.

https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/cockroachcontrolpi.pdf

I’ve also heard of a bug spray called Zevo, and it says it’s safe for pets when used as directed, but if you do use it you should do so sparingly and far away from your rabbit and avoid…[Read more]

Please note that there are flea remedies that are toxic to rabbits. The compound you most definitely want to avoid using anywhere near rabbits is Fipronil. It’s deadly toxic to rabbits. It’s sold as Frontline and Sentry and has several other market names.