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Bunnies experience what we like to call the “post-neuter craze”. Their hormones will be all over the place after they are neutered and this can actually cause a brief period of super hormonal behavior. This can last anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks after being neutered. I say give it a little more time and see if he starts to calm down.

Oh Dana, I’m so sorry!

How can you tell he’s in pain?  Sorry if this is naive, but is it possible the splaying is just from the arthritis / muscle weakness?  How is his appetite/affection/attention?

Again, I’m sorry I’m only speaking from experience with 1 senior bun, but Teddy’s had at least one splayed front leg, a back leg that usually f…[Read more]

I’m sorry to hear about your bunny. I agree with Meg. Seeing the body does seem to help the other bunny understand. This way they aren’t searching for them. They know that the other bunny has passed.

Some bunnies are definitely “needier” than others. There will be a grieving process, for sure. Some bunnies need a decent amount of time, while…[Read more]

I’m so sorry, HT!  How recently did your other bunny pass?  I know this sounds weird, but did your surviving bunny get to see the body?  (Oddly this can help them cope because then they know what happened, so if she didn’t others might have ideas about how to help respond to that situation.)

I’ve only had one pair of bunnies so I don’t have th…[Read more]

I’ll start introducing timothy pellets slowly into his diet and see if that solves the issue. I hope it’s not as serious as bladder sludge. Thanks a lot everyone! I appreciate everyones help 🙂

I would try changing his diet. As the others said, alfalfa pellets are unnecessary at his age and the excess calcium could lead to problems. Bunnies pee out extra calcium, so seeing calcium in their urine isn’t usually a cause for concern. Bladder sludge, however, is a more serious issue.

Hi there, welcome 🙂

So, it used to be more common for unspayed females to be bonded with neutered males (back when it was impossible to find a vet to spay females), but it is more challenging and more likely to break at some point. It depends a lot on the buns personalities and whether the male mounts obsessively. If he mounts her a lot it will…[Read more]

Well, after doing really really well for the last three weeks, Bun has had a few not great days in a row. I think we’re getting close to the end. 🙁

Over the weekend both his back legs started splaying out to the sides again so I added in the second dose of tramadol, but that hasn’t seemed to help much.

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Young rabbits pellets have alfalfa, which has more calcium, so I’m guessing that is the source of the calcium! Alfalfa is also more rich and will cause darker poops. I think switching to timothy pellets and encouraging timothy hay eating will help both of these.

Calcium in the urine on its own is not something to worry too much about, you don’t…[Read more]

That’s great the car ride went well! I would repeat that at least a couple more days in a row!

There are a couple of ideas behind why it works. One is that rabbit are social by nature due to fear… so providing a slightly stressful environment helps them realize “hey the other rabbit isn’t so bad” and seek them out for shelter. The other idea is…[Read more]

Thanks again! Today, the first car ride went without a hitch. We were wondering about what is actually the reasoning behind the car rides, I have read it makes the bunnies to seek safety from each other and that way to think more positively about each other, but does it help them to set their hierarchy somehow?

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Yes I think I’ve seen excess urinary calcium before in his litter box, do you think it might be caused by the young rabbit pellets I give him? Not sure about the sludge though because it absorbed in his blankets so I don’t know if it dried down cakey or not.

He does eat lots of hay but I’m still kind of worried about his poop because they got d…[Read more]

If he’s used to eating lots of hay, hay and water will be fine for a while. If heisnt a big hay eater, you should complement his diet with a small amount of pellets, just so he doesnt get too little nutritious food in him (rabbits that are unused to hay cant readily absorb all the nutrients and calories in hay).

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Yes, I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for all the help everyone! I’ll keep an eye on him and give him just hay and water for now to see if he continues to release sludge. If he does then I might take him to the vet.

You can absolutely switch him to adult pellets! Young rabbit pellets have more calcium and protein than an adult bun needs.

The flower mix sounds fine, what to avoid is mainly alfalfa, clover and very dark leafy greens such as kale and black kale.

It’s great that he gets a lot of exercise!