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Yeah I agree about face nips! They are a lot more stressful and it’s good to try to prevent them.

OMG YAY!!! Congrats!!! I am soooo happy for you!

This does sound like hormonal behavior (including the stinky-ness). Are you very certain they are both males and were both neutered? (Neutering is the term for castrating males, spaying is for females). Just asking because sometimes people get rabbits from sources where they might not get correct info (could be told they have a neutered male when…[Read more]

Shedding does seem to coincide with GI problems in a lot of buns. Dehydration and reduced hay consumption can also cause issues. And of course stress as well, if there has been a new source of stress in your home. Has he eaten any new veggies that might be causing issues? Perhaps a visiting family member giving too many treats? I remember a case…[Read more]

A drop from 2.2 kg to 1.6 kg is a huge weight loss (if I read your post correctly). If that is what the weight loss was, you should have him checked out at the vet to see what’s going on.

If the vet rules out other undiagnosed medical causes, they may have you supplement his diet with critical care to help him put back on the weight in a healthy…[Read more]

Hi everyone! Good news- I brought a stool sample to my vet this morning. They did a fecal float in the office and it was negative for parasites and they are sending a sample to the lab just to confirm the results. He seemed to be a little bit gassy last night and he had some more irregular poops, but he ended up eating and pooping wonderfully…[Read more]

Update: We have been in semi neutral for 24 hours, and they are acting completely bonded now! Yay!!  Once they go to sleep for the afternoon I plan to clean and re-arrange their final home. I think they are ready to move up there today. They typically get 2 bedrooms and a hall, so I’m thinking keep them in the one room at least for a few hours…[Read more]

Thank you for your feedback! It makes me feel a lot better that you felt this was a positive date. I don’t separate when I suspect they might nip, I just tend to keep a hand nearby to separate if they do get aggressive. I know that the nipping will bit part of their process to establish hierarchy, but I would prefer butt nips and not face nips.…[Read more]

I think that sounds like a pretty positive date to me. Uninterested is totally fine, it means the bun isn’t really threatened by the others, so I don’t think you need to force any interactions at this phase. Choosing to eat, groom, and relax is a choice that she made after she decided the other buns were “safe”, which is great.

Rather than…[Read more]

If your rabbit is losing weight or having trouble maintaining a healthy a weight despite a healthy, age and size-appropriate diet (https://binkybunny.com/infocategory/healthy-diet/), then you should take your rabbit to a rabbit-experienced exotic vet for assessment. At-home treatments are not recommended for rabbits. Medication administration and…[Read more]

My suspicion is that the amount of alfalfa may be too high in the mixed bales (or your buns would just start picking out all the alfalfa).

I agree you could look for other types of grass hay, such as oat, bermuda grass or rye grass.

You could perhaps find a hay that’s neither timothy nor orchard? There are many types of grass hays, brome, fescue, rye grass (not from the cereal hay) and also oat hay.

If you can get the hay analysis for the orchard/alfalfa you could perhaps adjust your bun’s diet accordingly. It’d mean going pellets free and avoid other calcium sources,…[Read more]

Oh yikes, I’ve never seen a horse allergic to hay before, I bet that’s not fun. I haven’t tried it, I’m nervous to just buy it since the buns are in my bedroom but if I can find it in a store I can always sniff it and see what happens haha. I don’t mind taking the L for the hay that works for me (reactions are very similar to season reactions with…[Read more]

Hey!

What a tough situation to be allergic to hay :/

This is a really random thing to add but have you tried haylage? My friend has a horse that is allergic to hay so she feeds him haylage. A couple of places on Google say this is also fine for rabbits. That way you could possibly feed Timothy haylage or find a cheaper haylage alternative, so…[Read more]

oh! my bun are quite similar like a French angora,,,but I’ll take your tip on starting from bottom to top,,, Normally,I’d start from top to bottom and I would work but after that,they would turn their backs when I want to groom their back side😅

thank you! i’ll use gloves until she seems to calm down.

i dont think so, i make sure not to pet her when wearing a strong lotion or perfume, the soap i use doesnt have much smell at all and she’s never really seemed to mind it before. i also wash my hands before petting her if i’ve been with another animal.