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Never thought I’d be so excited to see this!

Yes, we have treated her, but i think we caught the parasite too late 🙁 Thank you so much for the link, its really helpful.

It sounds like he’s made a lot of progress!

In temps over 30 C (86F), my buns dont do much. Since movement generates body heat, buns will avoid physical exercise during the warmest hours of the day. Their ears will be warm, because the ears function as the major cooling system for buns. Wild rabbits would spend the day in their warren below…[Read more]

Hi everyone – thank you once again for the replies!

Thank goodness the gas episode is over with getting my bun back on his quality hay diet. His poops are great, bottom is clean, and he has an appetite.

I’ve come to realize that his belly is just…big. It is no longer bloated and it is soft so I know it is not gas at this point. It is not…[Read more]

Anywhere they don’t normally spend time is neutral, so that could be an area of your home that’s away from their areas (such as a bathroom). I think given their history, doing bonding gradually may be the safest bet, so you can sure their bond is very strong and won’t break again.  So you could either bring them to the space you are currently…[Read more]

I am currently at a relative’s home almost an hour away from their permanent home. If i bring them back and house them seperately while I do short sessions would this place still be considered neutral?

You may need to slow down a bit. Try removing the litter boxes and shortening the sessions again.

This is the third day and it doesn’t seem to be getting better if anything it’s getting worse. Zhu would get annoyed instantly and would nip at Mo and retreat but Mo would see this as an attack and lung after Zhu after.

Here’s the new set-up (Myra’s turn to exercise):

It’s very possible that it could go more smoothly because she is female, but it’s hard to say. It will take a long time before you know for sure, because you will need to wait until she can be spayed and then hormones need to settle.

If it were me, I might try to find another home for the baby, but then look into whether you could speed date your…[Read more]

They are now all set up in the living room, and I think it’s for the best for now. The nice thing is they are all waaaay more active exploring the room, and I think being exposed to each other is going to be helpful.

I head to sea for work for 2 weeks so hubby is going to rotate them every few days. We are aiming to give each bun at least 4 hrs…[Read more]

That sounds like a great plan! And sounds like good progress!

Going to lock this since it’s a duplicate post. See the other post here for replies: https://binkybunny.com/forums/topic/how-to-stop-invasion-of-privacy/#post-1977821

There really isn’t a way to stop those behaviors, as they are pretty normal rabbit behaviors, esp during bonding. In a bonded pair it doesn’t cause fighting. All you can really do is keep supervising and intervening before fights happen. Eventually the behaviors should calm down. How long have you been working with them in this round of…[Read more]

5+ is not too old. I know of rabbits that were spayed at ages 7-8 and the vet was able to successfully remove the cancer that had formed, so I def recommend spaying ASAP. It can take a while to get an appointment, so I recommend just getting the appointment somewhere, which (if you are anything like me) will make it easier to save for as well…[Read more]

Thank you for the update!

I’m very sorry your bun is struggling. The parasite is (most likely) encephalitozoon cuniculi, commonly called EC or E Cuniculi. It is an intracellular parasite, so its very, very small (microscopic). Many buns carry this parasite, they can even get it from their mum before they are born. Treatment is Panacur…[Read more]

Hi, So we went to the vet, and they think that she had some sort of parasite (that we treated) but the side affects stay with her for the rest of her life. The seizures were mostly because of dehydration, because she can’t get to her water bowl (the parasite affected her brain, so she can no longer walk). Thanks for all your help!

Thank you so very much for this update! It is very valuable!

Im so glad to hear he’s doing so much better with his hind end! It does seem very likely that the cause of the paralysis was/is EC. The improvement seems too swift and radical for the paralysis to have been due to arthritis/joint inflammation. (Arthritis and joint inflammation can…[Read more]