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Wow, that’s so weird, but does make sense with swallowing pain! Hopefully the treatment helps!

Wheezing and having trouble breathing IS a life threatening symptom. You should absolutely take him to the vet.

He likely has a respiratory infection that can be treated with antibiotics. Allergies should only be assumed when all possible infections have been ruled out (usually through a culture and multiple antibiotics).

It’s not recommended to house rabbits and guinea pigs together due to Bordatella risk (a bacteria that guinea pigs can carry).

So you should set up separate areas for them. It’s OK if they are in the same room, but stacking them on top of each other would be risky.

I have my pairs in Cube grid pens that are 3 cubes wide, 5 long, and 3 tall (one…[Read more]

Poor baby 🙁 Thank you for rescuing her!

Keep a close eye on her eating and pooping, baby rabbits are very fragile, and especially when you don’t know their history. She should be given unlimited timothy and alfalfa hay for now, and unlimited amounts of a young rabbit pellet. No veggies, fruits, or treats until she is at least 4 months old. I…[Read more]

I ordered 20 more cubes of those metal grids which if I did my math right thats 69 of them and the Guinea pigs cage right now is 5 ft x 2 ft im wondering if I could build ontop of that for the bunny and if she gets bigger and needs more support for the cage I can switch them so the pigs are on top?

They have. No spurs or anything. He did have a very slight UTI before this happened but it cleared up quickly. So I’m not sure if that could have set this off.

I dropped Spud off early this morning and got a text a few minutes ago saying he perked up a lot when Spud got there and was now slowly eating a piece of basil and he isn’t fighting the…[Read more]

I’m sorry, Sonn! I suppose they’ve checked his teeth?

Thanks everyone for the advice! Everyone is super helpful and this has given me lots of ideas of how to improve her digestive health.

Thanks for clarifying alfalfa, I didn’t actually realise it was a legume, I have never really had experience with alfalfa so wasn’t really sure how much of a strict no it was. – Based off what people have said…[Read more]

Oh, wow! This is certainly interesting. It perfectly fits with swallowing pain, so hopefully the meds will fix it!

The vet thinks I have very interesting rabbits, which after today I definitely agree with.

Apollo’s x-ray was completely normal, his teeth are normal. He has small white bumps with some inflammation on one side of his larynx. She’s not sure what they are but we’re treating with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories in hope that it’s a simple…[Read more]

Scented things like soaps, lotions, and even most perfumes are not going to cause an issue. The only thing to be really worried about is essential oils. And even then, it’s long-term exposure that causes the problem.

They are still running tests. So far all of his blood tests etc are normal but his xrays still show a ton of gas buildup. He seemingly came out of it 2 days after being admitted but that night it was like it started all over again.

I will ask his vet if I can bring Spud to stay with him.

I’m sorry to hear that you’re going through this, a week is a very long time to be at the vet for GI stasis and to be separated from the bonded buddy. I’d definitely ask the vet about Spud potentially staying at the vet with him, it will probably help his mood and feel safer, could lead to a better recovery.

Do they know the underlying cause of…[Read more]

Essential oils and scent diffusers are consider dangerous/toxic. I wouldn’t consider body wash/soaps to be a problem because as you said, you apply them and then are rinsing them off. I probably wouldn’t apply perfume right before interaction, and I wouldn’t let them lick an area where perfume was applied or recently applied hand lotion etc.

In addition to the great advice above, be sure that your rabbit’s set up is tall enough to keep them contained. Some rabbits are big jumpers, others aren’t. My current pair I can keep contained with a 60cm pen if needed (though 80cm is probably a good minimum), my previous rabbit could jump over a 110cm pen.

I think rabbits tend to be more…[Read more]