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That’s great! Hopefully you’ll never need a vet in the middle of the night, but it’s really that there is one!

Gas pain can be symptomatic from one hour to the next.

One very important home remedy is to make the bun move around. Dont let it go into hiding, thinking that things will be better with a bit of rest. Block off access to any hiding…[Read more]

Min-Min throws himself into his flops. Sometimes he throws himself so hard he rolls 360 degrees (back onto his paws) . Then he seems stunned and offended he rolled all the way over (he wanted to either perfectly land on his back (180 degrees) or go slightly over where his paws flare out to almost bring him back to his feet but not quite (270 degrees).

Ah yes, I can see that it can be uncomfortable for her paws. A 2 cm layer of hay also protects against contact with the urine.

Rabbit urine is nasty concentrated stuff: my boyfriend’s first bunny peed her way through the steel bottom of her hutch over the course of 5 years.

The ammonia in the urine irritates the skin and can cause painful…[Read more]

LOL! They don’t show their butts… they sit there and just stare at you, you can feel their eyes in the other room! Two bunnies in unison just following every move with their eyes, like a pair of haunted house portraits!

That thread sounds amazing! Wish I could post photos as I would share the one of Dorian’s butt. Right now his molt just…[Read more]

Oh just found an emergency vet that specializes in exotic pets only 1/2 hour away! Bookmarked as 3am is not the time to be trying to google that. (Hopefully someone else reading this can learn from in retrospect seems like an obvious thing to do!) In my defense I had been told another closer emergency vet had a rabbit vet, but turns out that is no…[Read more]

Thanks @LBJ10 .That is good to know, when I was panic reading articles while she was having her incident I was worried it was much more common. Most of the things said you could tell apart by one being gradual and the other being immediate, which since she was fine and then not fine had me really worried. Though having read up more, she did do…[Read more]

Glad that I may be able to help you for once Dana! ^_^

We had to do a complete overhaul of the living room to welcome Owen and Molly. When we first clipped Molly’s nails we saw that she was getting sore hocks as well: hair loss and dark pink skin.

We have bought 1 large rug and several small rugs from IKEA. Even though they’re synthetic they…[Read more]

She’s spayed, but it’s just the litter. Maybe I can try to do hay over it

Yes, true bloat is rare. The stomach will rapidly fill with gas and become distended. The stomach will actually start putting pressure on other organs and major blood vessels. This is why bloat is so deadly. Bloat should not be confused with gas pain (which can lead to stasis). This is a much more common condition. As Bam said, there is a lot of…[Read more]

Yes, we used to have a thread called “Moult Monsters”, it was hilarious to see all the punk rock hairdos and those silly hula skirts that they get at the end of their moult 😆

Heart-shaped bunny butt sounds adorable, at least you’ll see something pretty when dinner is late and everybunny is sulking ^_^

Crazy molting! Neither Miu nor Dorian seem to lose patches. Dorian changes color a little and will have molting rings. My favorite was when they ended up with a heart shape on his bunny bum! Miu sort of gets the ring, but mostly just a lot of shedding.

Snoa does have an elegant head shape!

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Ugh, that statistic is so depressing.  Living creatures are not disposable.</p>
As for housing the dog fencing is easy. You can also use a large crate for housing (as long as you have additional exercise area). Not sure where you live, but sometimes you can find both for cheap from people who had them for puppy…[Read more]

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Thanks Bam. I do have thermometer and hot water bottle. That clarification on bloat helped. I will look for pepcid and chat with vet about rest.</p>
<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>Trying for now to stay on top of grooming and though she’s still shedding at least it seems reduced, so hopefully we are over the worst.…[Read more]

Yes, those seeds are great. I’ve heard that people use them before shows as well, so the buns get a glossy coat. Only problem is that the extra protein can raise their body temperature a little, and if you feed a lot of seeds it can trigger a heavy moult. Imagine having a prize-winning bunny and 3 days before the big show: POOF! 😆

Just a…[Read more]

@Ellie, they can look so silly 🤣 The skin in the bald spot is slightly sandpaper-like from new hair growth and her appetite and energy are great. I gave her a few sunflower seeds tonight like you gave Breintje back in the day when he had a big molt, the extra vitamins and protein wont hurt.

Last bit of names I have saved on my…[Read more]