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At this point I am heavily leaning towards a dysbiosis/overgrowth of bacteria that just needs some more time to work itself out. He is acting awesome today and eating tons. He has had a few normal poops (not cecotropes) that are extra dark, mushy and watery but they are normal shape and size. They also smell quite stinky, so maybe that is the…[Read more]

Oh man, that is so frustrating! But take a deep breath! Fights are often inevitable, despite how hard we try to prevent them. And it does not indicate they are unbondable, most bondings are full of some ups and downs.

Was this all in a neutral space?

Sometimes when you’ve been bonding a long time in one area, things can get “less neutral”. I…[Read more]

Most rabbit pellets have some kind of filler and/or binder. Some things are just worse than others. If you want to avoid soybeans and grains, then I would suggest something like Sherwood. They use safflower and flax seed.

It really is soooo hard to know what to do. In a senior pet, I do think it’s important to consider quality of life, what the chances of success are, and whether the treatment is for us or for them. Sometimes it seems like issues like this open up a cascade of other problems when the bun is a senior. You could always try the less extreme option…[Read more]

The doctor did want to culture it but determined it was more important to start medications at the time than to get the culture. She doesn’t believe we’ll get an accurate sample until she’s been off the antibiotics for a little while.

thank you!!!

Before antibiotics it was thick and white and she was sneezing quite a bit. After antibiotics there have been moments the discharge is clear but right now it’s slightly cloudy and enough to make her fairly sneezy.

Thank you for your help!

I got up one morning and found that my American Chin Clover had chewed a huge hole in my leather couch, burrowed inside, and was sleeping inside.

Wasn’t much I could do after that.

You might consider a dig box, and selectively removing half the toys and rotating them in and out on a weekly basis.

But getting her fixed might likely end a lot of…[Read more]

Thank you! I think we’ll move to our kitchen. It’s next to our living room where the mini’s have free run, but the littles haven’t been in there and the minis don’t seem to care about territory. If they did, I suspect we would’ve noticed when I moved the littles into our bedroom next to them. I’ll use the sheet idea so Rascal can’t see the living…[Read more]

You’re doing fine!  All things with bunnies takes time.  And treats. So many treats.  He sounds like an active, healthy, and happy bunny, so you got that down.  Everything else will take time.  As far as the grooming and teeth issues, there’s only one cure for that.  Take him to the vet.  Let THEM be the bad guys, they’re used to it.  You get to…[Read more]

It does have fillers, ugh. The second and third ingredients are fillers. Do you guys know any that don’t have fillers?

I also saw online that megacolon bunnies usually don’t produce cecotropes, which he is producing. He is also a brown lionhead, so I don’t think he matches the genetic profile of a rabbit with megacolon, but I could be wrong. I feel like he wouldn’t be acting so well if it were megacolon. He’s running around, playing, eating, drinking, etc. and eve…[Read more]

I’d get rid of the lid, for starters, see if that helps.  Like people rabbits attitudes change from time to time, and maybe he’s changed his mind.  Also, rabbits eat and poop at the same time, it would be better to have his food sources aligned with his litter box.  I don’t have a hay box for Loki, his hay sits in a pile in the litter pan along wi…[Read more]

Thank you, Dana. This news was shocking, and my husband and I are going through it this weekend.

YAY!!!  Free all teh Bunnehs!!!!

Congrats on your furever home!

I wouldn’t have thought about dust from the hay being an irritant, so thank you for pointing that out. I’m glad she recently migrated to a floor pen so she doesn’t have to climb/jump onto a box or ramp to get to her old set up any more. We’ve also been placing more bowls of water around for her because one of the medicines she’s on is a diuretic,…[Read more]

After his exam last week, the specialist said that she really doesn’t feel like it’s dysautonomia or megacolon because most of the time his poops are absolutely perfect. She said that rabbits with those conditions usually have abnormal poops most of the time and their cecum feels strange on physical exam (which his did not) and his x-rays from bac…[Read more]

Honestly, she’s only been put under once in her life, and that was when she was 1yo and I got her fixed.

The doctors plan was to lightly sedate her, not put her completely under, and then numb the area and cut it open to get out as much puss as possible.

I’m not sure what meds she would be on after her mini op, but I feel like most meds have…[Read more]

I don’t have any experience with this, just want to say I’m sorry you are going through this. 🙁