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Veggies can definitely be a part of his diet now, but the main part of his food should still be hay. Veggies are good as enrichment, but not essential from a nutritional perspective. If a rabbit fills up on too much veggies, it will eat less hay. It’s only hay (and fresh grass) that has the capacity to wear the teeth correctly.

Whoop, we’re piling up the good news here! I’m so happy to hear about Luna and Bun Jovi! Man, what a difference a different dosage can make…

More good news from this side: Molly is a bit calmer and hasn’t attacked us this week. And Owen finally decided to try sofa snuggles! (My knees and back are overjoyed…)

He isn’t very comfortable yet…[Read more]

One thing I have a problem with my buns is they munch up their hay so fast that they do not have access to fresh hay 24/7 . Don’t get me wrong, they’re litterboxes are dumped rinsed and replaced with a new liner and a big pile of fresh hay every day and they always have hay available just not always fresh (what I mean by not always fresh is I mean…[Read more]

Have you had COVID? I’m just wondering if your sense of smell was altered and perhaps that is why her urine smells so bad to you.

If it isn’t that, have you thought about having her checked for a UTI? Sometimes bacteria can be pretty smelly.

Hmm… yes, I would be suspicious too. I think your best bet would be to see if you can get some confirmation that they are both, in fact, spayed. A vet can look for a scar. They could also do an ultrasound to look for a uterus and ovaries. They both have to be spayed, otherwise they will be virtually impossible to bond (I know there are…[Read more]

If there is concerns that perhaps this particular animal shelter is not well-informed on rabbits, I would have a vet examine for a spay scar…. unsure if a physical exam can feel the absence of the uterus or not. Separately, if not a well-informed shelter, regardless of spay status or not, the rabbits may not have been bonded properly in the…[Read more]

20lbs for 2 rabbits — a small and large rabbit
… this includes hay waste, which is the hay that just gets thrown out because they don’t eat it/soil it.

Re: litter, I use pine pellet litter and buy it in 40lb bags which usually lasts a couple months.

Huh. I never even thought about a dehumidifier. That’s an excellent idea, thanks! The humidity is typically very low in my home, so I wonder if there’s a sort of reverse one that humidifies the environment.

I know you have air purifiers, but what about dehumidifiers? Temperature changes often relate to changes in weather, which impacts humidity of things.

50-70 oz and 8lbs of hay. I have two bunnies, a netherland dwarf and a polish dwarf.

I think it is her urine that is causing the odor. In the past I have gone to changing her pan twice a day, but within an hour or so it is back to smelling just as bad. There is really no one I can bring in my home to ask about the smell as my family lives so far away. Yes, the smell is so intense it nauseates me. It is really difficult to live like this.

Its reasurring to hear how common this is! So cute and little but so greedy and tenacious 😂

So its been a few nights of trying the advice suggested!

I have basically placed their box of food in another room out the way and I am quietly taking portions out and casually going to their pen so they check out what I’m doing then I quickly place it in…[Read more]

Heh.  I said “apparently” because the Human Society listed them both as spayed, but when I asked for documentation proving so, they didn’t have any.  Basically, rabbits don’t get the same treatment like dogs or cats when it comes down to having actual documents showing a spay was done.

So sometimes when they showed behaviour like this, or Peach t…[Read more]

I have some thoughts. But first, define “apparently” spayed.

I agree with LBJ. The abx does kill off some of the beneficial gut bacteria, and it takes a bit of time for the gut to get back into good working order. So you might notice some gurgling, possibly some gas discomfort, for a few weeks more, but as your buns appetite (esp for hay) stays good, things will righten themselves.