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Sounds good. 🙂 Good luck with the longer sessions! Sometimes all will be good during the day, then around 3 in the morning they get crazy lol.

I would keep them only in neutral until you have marathoned and deem them bonded in that neutral space. Then the community exercise space would be a good transitional space. It also helps to deodorize and…[Read more]

Yeah, I do have a syringe and critical care but she will eat the critical care by herself off of a plate. She has eaten some hay today, a lot of lemon leaves, and 4 large leafs of romaine. Should I still syringe feed?

@ Prince dorian that is A LOT !

If it’s working for Dorian that’s great, but remember hay should be 80% of the diet! It is possible for buns to get overweight on too many greens as well. Keep in mind the veggies we eat were bred for our stomachs, and bunnies evolved eating MUCH higher fiber plants.

Anyway, I give about 1 large handful twice a…[Read more]

Can you syringe feed her?

As upsetting as this is, it makes SO much sense given her symptoms. All of her symptoms pointed to a problem with the mouth, so hopefully this will actually cure her for good.

For dental abscesses, I recommend treating as aggressively as possible from the outset. I had a bun with a dental abscess and prolonged antibiotic treatment may slow the…[Read more]

I am so sorry! 😥 Don’t blame yourself! You were doing the right thing by taking her in for a check-up, there is nothing wrong with that! It was unfortunately her time. It is always a hard blow when they leave us. It leaves you in shocked and devastated confusion. Having a feeling of coming home to find her there like you always did, but she…[Read more]

If it provides any peace of mind, I did a search of various forums and found orbax being prescribed for rabbits for various ailments as far back as 2011. One of our newer members here had their bunny on it recently.

Hi there

I wouldn’t be too worried about the orbifloxacin. It’s in same “family” of antibiotics as baytril. Many of the meds we give rabbits are actually used off-label ie. don’t have official approval for use in rabbits. It’s a shame as so many are probably tested on rabbits before coming into the market!

She may be a little off food in the…[Read more]

My version of stand-offs is just grooming requests. There has been some grooming one way but it is very minimal. They don’t get upset if the request is not met. I have been doing sessions for as long as possible for me each day and I haven’t really been timing them. I haven’t had to separate them because they fought only because of my schedule.…[Read more]

Here’s the latest on Hunny:

1.) Even though we were told the blood test had been sent out, we eventually found out it never was.

2.) Hunny has gotten by the past two weeks by eating only soaked pellets. She occasionally tried to eat hay but could never get anywhere with it and instead used it almost like a toy.

3.) We took Hunny to a dentist…[Read more]

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We took Hunny to the dentist today. He anesthetized her and filed down her misaligned front teeth. He also took x-rays and found an abscess near one of my girl’s back molars. The dentist prescribed orbifloxacin, an antibiotic not FDA-approved for rabbits but apparently safe for them. We are to give Hunny the…[Read more]

So she was doing better but today she seems to be slowing down. She’s eating enough but has only pooped maybe 15 normal sized poops all day. I gave her some simethicone this morning and some guy motility meds. Is there anything I can do? I don’t have any pain meds left.

Oh, I’m saddened to read this. I’m sorry you lost your girl. Binky Free, Sweet little Reese!

I’m also glad the boys have each other, but I’m glad you have them too. I find it’s a comfort to have other fur babies to love on when   you have suffered a loss. I hope they provide that for you.

Sending so many (((hugs))). I am very sorry for you loss. I know this hurts so much & must be such a shock.

I agree it was likely something like a heart attack or stroke.

I understand your regret taking her today but please don’t beat yourself up over that. Your intention was to get her a health check -a perfectly normal & caring thing to do- an…[Read more]

I was confused about this at first, since they are both adjusting start smaller, maybe 2 -3 cups for both of them and see how they eat and if they have any issues, you can then add more as you and the buns feel comfortable. I pretty much free feed veg, well I put a bowl down in the morning (I’d say about 1 to 2 lose cups) and if he finishes it and…[Read more]

Oh my gosh, I’m so so sorry. 🙁

My mind goes to a potential heart attack. Is your vet able to do a necropsy? I would hope they would given the circumstances. Did the vet say anything about the check up itself?

I’m also obligated to ask, are you within the RHDV2 outbreak area? It causes sudden death, which could have been coincidental to the vet…[Read more]

I’m thinking of putting louie in a bowl to weigh him… he won’t sit still to get weighed. Dorian was (and still is) SO CUTE in that photo. Louie’s old foster owner sent us a photo of him when he was only three months back in march and he was so fluffy!

“When do I know they are bonded? I don’t think they are bonded yet because I still haven’t seen Calliope truly groom Theo but is that the only thing I should look for? They do everything else great, they cuddle, share food and a litter box, they can climb on top/over each other, etc. The only thing they don’t do is consistently groom each other,…[Read more]

Thank you <3 <3 She was a lovely sassy lady (the white and brown one in my pic). 🙂