Activity

Grade 1 sore hocks

There are creams you can get from vet and also over the counter ones that supposedly helps; never seemed to help my buns but my buns feet never got worse.

Do those spots seem to cause him pain? From the photo, it looks a little pink, but not red or open/sore.

The reason I ask is, I had a mini rex who had a small spot like that on the back of one of her back feet, but never caused her pain and never seemed to cause any issues. It was almost like a calous. She also had lots of soft spots to sit on,…[Read more]

Oh that may be what it is. I can’t really tell either, for some reason I couldn’t get a clear photo of it. But my older rabbit had these before and they turned into really bad sores. I’m not sure how he could have possibly gotten them though. So callus makes a bit more sense haha

It’s hard to tell from the picture. Is there an actual sore? This almost looks like a callus.

If the cord is close enough to the barrier, they always seem to find a way to get it through the bars.

Yes, I tried switching their litterboxes but that’s about it.

Thank you for the reassurance about if I need to rehome him, I would feel very guilty.

We decided to go forward with attempting to bond (the right way this time!).

I think we will get a second pen for this reason exactly! We had baby gates but Gus chewed through them and without a second pen it’s impossible to separate them at the moment.

Ok, I have shower curtains for them already.

Almost all the girls I’ve had are destructo-maniacs. I keep saying, no more girls… Omg, as I was typing this, she killed my laptop charger. It was “blocked off” but stuck her nose/mouth in and in a 2secs, dead.

I was thinking that, too. Maybe you could cover it with something old or a shower curtain/vinyl tablecloth when you aren’t able to supervise.

She sounds like our girl, Georgia. I’m pretty sure nothing makes her happier than destruction lol! If I scold her for chewing something she shouldn’t, she skips and binkies away, like its a game. We always…[Read more]

There’s the old shower curtain trick. It’s used for bunnies that like the pee on the bed, but I think it would work for digging too. Or at least it would slow her down enough that you would have time to intervene.

It can be challenging to find neutral space with a free roam bun, so sometimes you have to think outside the box. I’ve had good luck in the past with using the bathtub (although a shower stall would work, too, if you can block off the front). Its just awkward and stressful enough that it encourages the buns to seek comfort from one another. And it…[Read more]

Buns can still have a great relationship after horrible fights in bonding. I’ve had an incident that lead to surgery but the boys quickly became BFFs. They actually became BFFs before I even found out about the issue. Unless the buns are doing meet/greet/speed dating, I am usually very involved when I bond being in the same pen as the buns until I…[Read more]

If you’re willing to wait it out, it would be worth trying again, especially with more knowledge on bonding.

For starters though, I’d wipe the slate clean, give them time apart, and spend much more time in prebonding before moving forward with dates and such. Also, as you mention, neutrality is very important, so maintaining the eventual space…[Read more]

No, it wasn’t with the shelter, but its not their fault. We originally had him scheduled with them (they were happy to do it for free since they had missed it), but we had the flu and couldn’t make the 4 hour drive that day (its 2 hrs each way). And since then, the weather here has been super cold, snowy, and icy. So, I checked with a local…[Read more]