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So an update i just moved them into an even bigger playpen and within 5 minutes the more dominant one started latching onto the back of the smaller boy and trying to hump him, smaller one sat there and took it all but i guess the move in enclosure upset the balance so i have no setup a double fence down the middle with about a 200mm gap between…[Read more]

Well, yes you could start now with prebonding, but you might still see a difference in their reactions post neuter-surgery. Some rabbits get a post-neuter craze phase for a couple of weeks just after their spay/neuter. During this phase (which is normal and will end by itself), the bun can get aggressive, territorial and even hyper-sexual. This is…[Read more]

I’m very sorry this happened to you, but you caught it very quickly! According to Richard Sauders, famous British rabbit vet, full-blown flystrike can develop in as little as 6 hours in a heatwave. You caught it early and took swift action, and that’s admirable.

It is difficult and very stressful to care for a disabled bun. I’ve never had to deal…[Read more]

Oh how terrible 🙁

Don’t beat yourself up, I cared for a geriatric bun who also had EC and incontinence for almost a year, and it can be very hard to keep up with the cleaning. He crossed the rainbow bridge a couple months ago, but as we were going into warmer weather I was so terrified of fly strike. You caught it early which is great, please…[Read more]

Thankyou for the info, when you say meanwhile do the prebonding of swapping litterboxes and the areas etc do you mean start doing that now when i seperate them and keep doing it up until the neuturing and straight agter neuturing also?

Ok, thankyou for the info, when you say meanwhile do the prebonding of swapping litterboxes and areas etc, do you mean keep doing that now while they are seperated and prior to the neuturing and also straight after neutering?

I feel like the worlds worst rabbit owner, honestly. It really feels like everything that could go wrong, is going wrong.

because he was on so many antibiotics along with the metacam, his stools weren’t the firmest and factor in the occasional incontinence with the EC he needed bum baths pretty much daily. We’ve been having exceptionally warm wea…[Read more]

I’d say divided them no later than at 12 weeks. The fence in the middle need to be double with an inch or so disance between them, or very fine grid to prevent biting through the grids. This will not make a post-neuter bond harder. What will make a post bond (which is a true bond) harder is if they get into a fight before being neutered. That can…[Read more]

Well it’s been over 2 weeks and I haven’t worked with them at all. Combo of being busy with work and just not being motivated to work with them. But simultaneously I realize the current situation (no one is really gettting enough exercise) isn’t good long term!

I’ve reached back out to the bonders to see when their availability is, it seems like…[Read more]

Are Maxwell and Ruby currently still bonded? Sorry I can’t remember if you had to separate them or not.

It does sound like separating them at 3 days was probably a good move. Perhaps you just bumped up to marathoning a bit too soon?

I think continuing to work with the pairs would be a good strategy, but just keep the sessions shorter again to…[Read more]

He does look young, it looks like he hasn’t quite grown into his ears yet. But junior rabbit pellets should be stopped at around 5-7 months anyway, and for big breeds its important they dont grow too fast (same with big breed dogs). So I think adult pellets plus hay should be good for him.

It’s great that he has such a lot of energy and…[Read more]

Very hard to tell from these pictures. Does he have Himalayan/Californian coloring? Or is he light gray broken? I’m see what looks like gray spots on his side, but it’s hard to tell in the picture.

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Thanks @lbj10! She was scratching her ears a bit, but it may be just itchy from molt… not excessive scratching, I  may even just be more focused on it.</p>

The cage sounds too small even in inches, as one bunny would be extremely limited, bored and unhappy. Mine run around various times of the day and binky, zoom, etc and they would have no room to be happy and run around in a cage that small. Please let them out several hours per day if that is the best option possible, and if you get 2, you can get…[Read more]

Most rabbits are mixed breeds. He has the Himalayan genotype it looks like based on the fur pattern (will likely darken at the ears and nose when colder. True Himalayan rabbits have a very lanky look and narrow face, which yours does not.

Ear size does suggest he’ll get bigger, but I think unlikely to be continental or giant– just doesn’t have…[Read more]