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Thank you, lovely people.

I feel I should have written more for Mooshy. My brain is broken and for someone who has been so active here over the years, writing a post doesn’t feel as easy as it once did. 😳

I am grateful Potamus had a long life and was able to share it with bunny friends. I first met her when she was about 30 minutes old!  In a w…[Read more]

I used boxes I already had, one plastic and one wooden box. They were there as “platforms”, not as houses, and esp the plastic one was popular with my girl bun, who was a bit scared in the beginning. There was a “house” and a tunnel too. Rabbits feel safer when there is a tunnel, so I always like to have at least one tunnel in any bunny area.

Thank you Bam! That means a lot since they seemed to have missed each other which broke my heart, but it’s good to hear that it was the right thing to do.

I’ll keep an eye out for the “post-neuter craze” and I do have a smaller neutral space for the first bun to bun sessions.

In the neutral space, should the boxes they can climb on be new so…[Read more]

I have had bunnies literally collide with my leg/foot while walking. They are definitely oblivious! As the others described, you have to do a shuffle when trying to get around when bunnies are running about.

As for breed, his ears look too long for a Holland. Probably a mini lop. As for the coloring, Bam is correct. It is called harlequin. Don’t…[Read more]

Indeed, the slide/shuffle walk is key. I have 3 black buns in my household now. Thankfully, after some time, they will naturally pick up signals to discriminate when you are actually likely to have food/treats or not. Just make sure you’re not reinforcing the behavior by giving him goodies and pets every time!

One way to try to avoid stepping on your bun is the slide walk. You basically drag your feet along the floor. I know moderator Wick uses this method and I do too, esp at night (f ex when I try to navigate my way to the bathroom in the dark 😄). I dont know how many times Ive said Please dont walk UNDER my feet!! to my buns.

Your bun might just be…[Read more]

Very clever of you to separate at the first signs of one bun being uncomfortable with being mounted!

Pre-bonding can start pretty much right away after the neuter surgery, and it will bc of how you’ve set things up. As things are now your buns are able to smell and hear each other, but not reach to hurt each other. This is great!

It’s not rare…[Read more]

Thanks Bam. Good to learn a little bit about his breeding. I’ve got a feeling he may be crossed somewhat but can see that he’s def a lop.

I’m proper anxious about being a good rabbit owner probably to the detriment of my own mental health tbh but I’m hoping this will calm down once we get used to each other – suppose a bit like first time mothers…[Read more]

Bertie is completely adorable! My first bun was an impulse of sorts too, he was a stray I found and took in. So I too had to learn “after the fact” and that worked very well!

Having him neutered could help with his following you around. Persistent following and circling are typical features of bunny courtship. The circling is often accompanied by…[Read more]

If he was wobbly immediately after getting up and then became less wobbly after moving around a bit, then I would be more inclined to think arthritis. If he is wobbly all the time, despite trying to get him to move around, then that suggests something else is going on. As Bam said, there is EC or a stroke… things like that can cause weakness in…[Read more]

My rabbits are spayed and neutered. My older sister’s are not.

Hi Theodorus! Lovely to hear from you (although I of course wish Theodore wasnt having a problem) 💚

Hopefully this is nothing grave, “just” a bit of age-related arthritis, making him stiff and less agile. Elderly rabbits with joint problems often respond well to a low maintenance dose of meloxicam.

A more sinister cause for a balance issue would…[Read more]

I’m glad to hear she started to eat again!

You can store the unopened CC in the freezer and it will keep way beyond the expiration date on the package. (You can keep an opened package of CC in the freezer too to extend the shelf life). Hopefully you’ll never need to use it, but it’s great to have some at home for emergencies. A rabbit might very…[Read more]

Thank you both for this. I ordered the new one and on the day it arrived Honeydew started eating again lmao! Such a rabbit thing to do! How long will Critical Care be good for without opening it?

So sorry for the late reply. I haven’t seen any snot or discharge nor anything on her paws. She isn’t a lop and her ears aren’t down as of yet. As for the bug I tried to find more but I didn’t. Though they didn’t let me look very well or comb them to find out.