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thank you! I love the photo of your bun in your profile photo!

@DanaNM

@Louiethebunny

She actually makes her own hay tea, but she won’t drink it. She would deliberately pick up the hay I give her and put it in her water dish. I think that’s just one of her little quirks 😂 The mint tea idea is great, I grow mint in my backyard and she loves it. I have been exclusively giving her filtered water just bec…[Read more]

Hi @Bladesmith 🙂 and welcome back to binky bunny! It is very nice to meet you and Senor Lump Lump 😉 who is very good-looking and is just begging to be petted! You’ll have to give him a good long stroke for me. 😉

Aw, bummer. How is he doing now? This can happen with too much stressing, so you were right to pause. I’m guessing the stress was what did it. Can you syringe feed him? You can also mix some banana into the CC to see if he will eat it that way. If he hasn’t eaten anything on his own in 12 hours you are in emergency territory and should go to the…[Read more]

Hi there! I have two rabbits, and my male who I adopted a few months ago would barely drink water when I first got him. Turns out he didn’t like tap water, so when I started giving him water that had been sitting out and refrigerated or water from our fridge, he would enjoy it and I began to notice him drinking more. Since then I have been working…[Read more]

You could for sure ask about metacam (which is a commonly used anti-inflammatory pain med, similar to ibuprofen), especially since you are seeing signs of pain.

She also might not drink very much because she isn’t a great hay eater. Hopefully with more hay she will drink more water. And putting a tiny amount of juice to get her to drink is probably OK, especially with the sludge concerns. You might also try making mint or hay tea for her.

That’s good to know. Does anyone know of anything else I can put in her water that is healthy? I put a little juice in her water again yesterday (before I found out it was bad) and she drank it all again.   Maybe I will soak some strawberries or cucumbers in it overnight so it gets the flavor without all the sugar.

So far there still isn’t any…[Read more]

I don’t think I can get any stranger, LB, but I’ll try!

They look fine! Romaine hearts are crunchy too, so I bet your rabbits will enjoy them.

@princedorian: I kno you mentioned you are in the PNW as well, not sure exactly where, because it’s a very large area, however I know there are a lot of smaller rescues in the Puget Sound area that are not as widely known as the larger shelters. I joined a Facebook group for the PNW, and I found many smaller rescues in the general area. They…[Read more]

I agree with @DanaNM, keep doing what you are doing, and they will figure out the hierarchy. I’m curious, in previous topics you have talked about bonding all four of your buns, but now you are doing two, have you decided not to go for a quad? Are you going to do two sets of two? Whichever way you choose I am sure will go great, you know your buns…[Read more]

Oh yes I have a spayed female and neutered male that live together.  The boy has not been near this bunny yet.

If you find you are not refilling her water often, that’s a good indicator that she is not drinking a lot. Getting water from veggies can be a cause as well. I have two rabbits who have very different levels of water consumption, so it’s hard to provide what you should be looking for.

Hydration can be really important to ensure things the body is…[Read more]

It may say no sugar added, but they get around this by using apple and grape juice as sweeteners, so it is still very high sugar. Straight cranberry juice is so tart that you wouldn’t enjoy drinking it straight.

Since you have only been doing sessions less than a week, I would say just keep doing what you are doing and be patient. It sounds like they are communicating without fighting, so you are on the right track.

@Louiethebunny I hope it goes super smooth! Can’t wait to see more pics!!  & we will try speed dating once that’s an option with out having to drive really far, both the shelter and vet were very hesitant about Dorian bonding when I asked, so we will see.