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Wow, what a journey you’ve made together with him! I’m in awe of your great care and love for him! 🥰

Just a quick question: is his other leg okay? A friend of mine has a rabbit who also developed problems in one of his legs. Because he favours the other leg there’s been a lot of pressure on the hock. He was developing a sore hock there, and wears…[Read more]

This is wonderful vaccine info, thank you both!

It makes perfect sense that this is what’s going on with his motility problems. It’s a relief that no underlying illness (like ec) is suspected! And I know what you mean about the gabapentin. My dog became a zombie on half the dose her vet prescribed. But it’s worth trying (like you have done) -some…[Read more]

Yes this is the graph I was thinking of their presentation! glad they were able to give some guidance!

Yes, I brought up the 12 hour dose splitting, and she was firm in wanting to do once a day! She did say since he’d been on the higher dose in the it was OK to continue, but wanted to see how the lower dose went. I chatted with a friend back at the rescue and she said the dose she gave me won’t do anything, so I’m really not too confident in her at…[Read more]

I agree with Ellie, this does sound like a molar issue. It doesnt have to be anything dramatic, even small molar spurs, or just the one spur, can cause a bun to refuse  food. I

I had a very similar experience with one of my buns, three weeks of Critical Care, all tests good, energy level good etc. His vets didnt think his tiny spurs were enough…[Read more]

Oh wow, thank you so much, DanaNM!!  This is awesome and I will check it out for sure.  🙂

I wrote to MedGene last night and they wrote me right back today!  What a pleasant surprise.  Here’s what they said (looks like they shared a slide from this presentation!):
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I’m sorry to hear that your bun is in such a state, it must be nerve-wracking 😰

Sometimes they can’t see all sides of the deeper molars during a regular tooth check-up, because they’d have to go deep and rabbits resist that. Has she ever had a dental exam under sedation? That can reveal a bur.

That’s a good point — I read that the effectiveness drops off around 8 hours, so splitting it into every 8 hours would be ideal.  We do every ~12 hours.

Can’t help you there, I’m really sorry 🙁

What I do know is that dosages of Metacam vary a lot per vet: my friend’s rabbits get 1/4th of what they prescribe at our clinic. (Which is still in the safe range, but a bit much to give in one go.)

We talked to our vet about it because our bunnies were totally spaced out every time. We agreed to spread…[Read more]

Oh my 5-6 years!?  That is sad.  But congratulations on having a senior bunny in such good shape that they literally thought you were lying about his age! ;D  I’m also so glad he’s been doing so well the last few weeks. 🙂

Teddy and I are both on twice-daily famotidine, haha.  I’m not sure what these negative effects are (but maybe I haven’t not…[Read more]

Glad they calmed down! I agree it’s so weird that soooo many places recommend small spaces. Small has never worked for my rabbits!

Thank you! I tried expanding the space and cleaning up and for now they are just ignoring each other and resting. They’re both usually VERY sleepy during the day, especially Bodhi- he goes into full REM, flops, and twitches while he sleeps lol, so I’m wondering if yesterday they were too tired to work out their issues and saved it all for night.

I actually just expanded the pen after cleaning everything up. I agree I think they need the extra space too. It’s hard because all of the forums and pages I’ve looked at and probably 95% of them recommend using the small pen, so I keep thinking that’s the right way. Now, they’re relaxing and ignoring each other.

Just as an updated, I took Bun for his check up today and the vet didn’t believe me when i said he was 13. LOL

Like I think they really thought I was lying or misinformed. I had to say, no really, I have his records going way back from the shelter! Sadly they said the average rabbit lifespan around here is closer to 5 or 6. 🙁

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I think you should expand the space (to at least an x-pen, preferably 2 x-pens). Consistent fighting for that long means that something isn’t working.

As an aside, small space methods like this are also known as “flooding”, which is now considered inhumane by many animal welfare groups. They sometimes work, but it’s because the animal becomes so…[Read more]

While negative in terms of the relationship, this is the reason why these long sessions are needed to have an understanding if the current dynamic between them is stable. Though this may seem like a step back, I consider it a step forward in the communication of the relationship between them. Rabbits who just ignore each other during long dates…[Read more]

They were amazing until 11 hours last night and then all hell suddenly broke loose after Salem started humping Bodhi. It’s been about 12 hours now of fighting with breaks of 1-2 hours in between if I’m lucky :(. They aren’t snuggling anymore and just ignoring each other when they aren’t biting. Both of them seem really tense.

Our bunnies love their “dais”: it’s a little platform in their hutch so they can look over the edges of the hutch.Thedesign is very simple: take a cardboard or wooden box, cover it with something soft and hang a cloth over it to give them cover from above.

I covered a cardboard box with a soft faux sheepskin, and it’s become prime real estate…[Read more]