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I haven’t been able to figure out how to really shave her safely, only trim. The tail fur had hardened together so firmly that even trimming was not doable. The cream I have doesn’t have zinc oxide so I don’t know anything about that yet. I will do some checking.

“What reason(s) are you thinking that trimming the affected fur is a mistake?”

Because I feel like maybe it has given more exposure to the skin for getting urine scald.

Thanks for the links, I will check them out.

Oh that’s an awful situation, but it’s great to see that you’re so dedicated to giving her all the best 🙂

A friend of mine had this problem too with her senior rabbit. She was a long-haired rabbit who had aggression issues and was very difficult to groom. They discussed it with the vet and ended up shaving her problem areas.

The skin was then…[Read more]

Thank you!

Pictures! ^_^

It’s so sweet of you to take her in, and I  hope she’s healthy! Hope that the bond between them works as well.

Yes, it’s crazy that there’s this Easter tradition of giving rabbits. It’s seems to be mostly in the Anglo-Saxon countries though. I’ve been campaigning for “Make Mine Chocolate” on social media, and most continental…[Read more]

Thanks for drawing attention to this issue, Ellie. Unless the discussion around this progresses into anything that may breach our forum guidelines (e.g., witch-hunts, debating…), it can stay open.

Background information on this can be found here: https://binkybunny.com/forums/topic/loose-stool-incontinence-intermittently-for-the-last-year/

I’m very sorry to hear you and your rabbit are going through this. Sanitary shaves (i.e., clipping fur) is something that some rabbit owners do need to do in order to keep things clean and more…[Read more]

Thanks for introducing her, and thank you for taking in this rabbit — indeed, many rabbits suffer around this time of year once the family learns how much work pet rabbits may be. Please feel free to link any pictures of Judy :).

As a reminder, you will want to keep Judy and Jinx separated not only for health-quarantine reasons, but also since…[Read more]

There’s little research about wire flooring for pet rabbits, it’s mostly about industrial scale rabbitries.

The results of these studies are often mixed. Yes, wire floors are better for hygiene. But yes, they also cause sore hocks.

Our beloved house rabbits get their hutch cleaned often enough, so the “hygiene benefit” of wire flooring is…[Read more]

That part about attention is a good one: I think that our young boy’s antics are to do with that as well. He is a big attention lover, and hates it that he’s temporarily confined to an exercise pen. I hope that it’ll improve after rebonding him with his sister.

Would finding him a girlfriend curb his destructive tendencies?

We have a brother and…[Read more]

If common sense or empathy for animal welfare doesn’t work, slap them with science!

Oh crud, it won’t let me edit, because it all needs to go past a moderator if you post one link. Well, I’ll make separate posts then…

About impact of hay on GI health:

From: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11228689/

“The feeding recommendations for the pet or house rabbit include grass hay fed ad libitum, dark leafy green vegetables fed at…[Read more]

Tip: if you want to find a scientific article and need a short answer to a question, search for: abstract [keyword] [keyword].

An abstract is the start of any scientific publication to give people a quick overview of what the study was about and what results they found. Abstracts are usually free as well, which is a bonus!

About trancing…[Read more]

I’m editing this as I write, because the page keeps reloading and I lost what I typed.

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Maybe you should present them with the actual research by experts, science has no opinions, it just has facts.

About the importance of hay consumption:

From: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/600517/file/609545

“The ideal diet consists of grass and…[Read more]

Between all the worries and bad news, it’s great to hear that Spud is helping him out so much.:kiss: It’s great that they can be together again!

Hoping for mountains of poop and a speedy recovery!

Still bonding and it feels like I’m in a rut. We typically bond for at minimum 30 minutes and there are times when we’re able to supervise for an hour. After about an hour, Rascal seems ready to end so we usually let him go rest. We’ve also had to take some nights off because of my work schedule or when Smudge decided to impale himself with a…[Read more]

So while Apollo has been taking his medication on leafy greens, he did leave a little last night that he wouldn’t finish due to it tasting funny and this morning he took a lot of convincing to eat them so I decided that tonight we would syringe them to him again rather than risk losing a full dose of the meds onto leaves that he wouldn’t eat. I…[Read more]