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That makes sense, thank you so much for the reassurance! I’ve been coming home and washing my hands, immediately throwing my clothes in the wash and taking a shower before I see him!

Thank you both! I’ll keep this in mind. 🙂

How about pellets?

Hi thank you for your advices 🙂 As of now he’s eating again though only small amounts of hay.

@GlennTheLionhead the soft poops are not that often, sometimes I won’t see any soft poops in his cage and in some days they’ll be there.

@ Wick & Fable I don’t really see my bun having trouble eating, I mean with his pellet he seems fine eating them.…[Read more]

I can’t say 100% sure. But yes, if this bunny at the rescue is not actively shedding spores and what they are suffering from currently is an EC flare from a previous infection, then they are probably not contagious. It is never a bad idea to take precautions though since there are other things to worry about as well (RHDV, etc.). So yes, wash your…[Read more]

Thank you for your reply! So you think that as long as I wash my hands and change my clothes before I play with my bunny, there is essentially no risk to my rabbit because it’s only shed in the urine (which I’m not coming into contact with other than dumping the litter box) AND he is probably not even shedding it right now? So it’s probably reall…[Read more]

The likely scenario: You bunny was already exposed to EC when he/she was a baby. It’s estimated that 80% of rabbits are exposed at some point, most when they are young.

For the sake of argument though, is the bunny at the rescue actually contagious? Rabbits typically only shed spores the first few weeks or months after they are initially…[Read more]

Parsley will now eat only the Aldi brand cilantro but not the Food Lion brand…… 🙄

I think you are taking great steps, and I love the set up, but I would do pre-bonding side swaps for longer before doing sessions. More challenging pairings benefit from longer pre-bonding, so I would wait until you don’t see any aggression through the bars if possible (at least another week or 2). Also make extra sure they can’t actually nip each…[Read more]

If you want to provide extra flavor options and she won’t eat fresh, you could try some dried herbs. I have one who can’t eat fresh anything due to digestive trouble and he eats dried sage, mint, dandelion, chamomile, etc. No guarantee she would like it though if she’s picky!

I agree with Wick that it probably doesn’t really matter. 🙂

Thank you. As he’s young and already started to have problems I’m going to just stick to the few veggies he normally eats.

<p style=”padding-left: 40px;”>It’s possible something made him gassy and you actually prevented stasis by getting him meds early. I keep some baby symethicone on hand to give when I suspect someone is gassy or not feeling well and give it half an hour before I start calling for a vet. I had one case of gassy bunny that the gas drops helped, and…[Read more]

In truth, as long as she is eating an appropriately limited amount of good quality rabbit pellets and she is hydrating well with water, she doesn’t actually need veggies — pellets do the vast majority of the work in filling in the nutritional gaps a mainly-hay diet leaves.

To ensure you are feeding good quality pellets, see here:…[Read more]