Bunny Care Questionnaire

[LittlePuffyTail]

Just thought it might be interesting to see what we do the same and what we do different with our bunny care.

Enslaved by: Stormy (Mini-Rex), Bindi Loo (Mini-Lop) and Olivia (mixed Beauty)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: No, working on bonding Stormy and Bindi

Free roam or caged: caged with separate run time at night and some mornings

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: yes, but Bindi enjoys making a mess

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: yes but only a very small amount of Martins Less Active Pellets

How many meals a day: 2 with a snack before bed…and lots of treats during the day

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Bindi and Olivia do, Stormy hates blankets, he gets shredded paper

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: gi statis (lots), ear infections (lots), sore hocks, infected spay incision

Are your bunnies low maintenance? NO, they are a full time job. If anyone answers yes, you are doing something wrong or your bunny is actually a hamster!!!!!

[babybunsmum]

Enslaved by: Pinky (new zealand white)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: n/a

Free roam or caged: roomed.  lol.she has an enclosure thats permanently opened giving her access to her whole bedroom. 

Does bunny go outside: no (except in my arms when i comb her hair during crazy molt times)

Litter trained: yes, completely save for a stray poo or two that gets flicked out

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: yes – 1/4c per day in mornings

How many meals a day: pellets in morning, greens before i go to bed, hay all day

Hay- store bought or farm: farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  she has loose blankets, a box of shredded paper, and faux sheepskin liners on her enclosure floors

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: gi statis (twice passed quickly and once needed vet appt), sore hocks (when i first adopted her, hence the faux sheepskin)

Are your bunnies low maintenance? well i would say Pinky is low maintenance… until i have to list out care instructions for a sitter!  then i realize she is in fact pretty high maintenance for a pet.  low maintenance for a rabbit since she is well litter trained and her room is bunny-proofed

 

[Deleted User]

Enslaved by: Lint, Mops, Deirdra and Neigey

Spayed/Neutered:  yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: yes

Free roam or caged: captive

Does bunny go outside: yes

Litter trained: yes but only to an extend.

What litter do you use: cardboard strips and hay

Do they get pellets: in the winter yes and Neigey year-round

How many meals a day: two

Hay- store bought or farm: farm hay

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  no

Crock or water bottle: both

What health problems have you dealt with: with my four I’ve only had to deal with GI trouble

Are your bunnies low maintenance? LOL… this must be a rhetorical question

 

[Sarita]

Enslaved by: Pepe (agouti mix), Toffee (agouti mix), Mango (Dutch), Peaches & Peppermint (bonded Dutch pair). Also caring for 2 rabbits for awhile for a friend who’s husband is ill and I don’t know how long I’ll have them – Bobby (gray Netherland Dwarf), Bogie (cute white with black spot dwarf mix)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: Only Peaches & Peppermint

Free roam or caged: Only free roamer is Pepe

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: yes, but Mango and Toffee have terrible litter habits

What litter do you use: Lone Star Bedding (pelleted pine)

Do they get pellets: Peaches, Peppermint and Pepe only. Bobby and Bogie get pellets but they don’t seem to eat much.

How many meals a day: Greens in the morning; treats in the morning and afternoon when I clean their areas.

Hay- store bought or farm: internet store bought.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: No, just carpets.

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Stasis, dental, pasturella, mites, urinary tract infections, bladder sludge, poopy butt, head tilt – really way too much stuff. Also arthritis. Currently it’s mainly dental and some potty problems. Also dealing with Bobby who has dental problems and abscess and needs pen-g shots but he got a very good report card from the vet and his abscesses are clearing so we are just continuing the pen-g as a precaution.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Heck no! They require lots of cleaning and stuff.

[LoveChaCha]

 

Enslaved by: Chacha (Netherland Dwarf)

Spayed/Neutered: Yep!

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes

If more than one, are they bonded: She is single

Free roam or caged: Caged during the day/while I am asleep, she free roams the living room when I get home from work.

Does bunny go outside: Nope

Litter trained: Yes!

What litter do you use: CareFresh

Do they get pellets: Yes, a tablespoon of Oxbow a day

How many meals a day: 2, pellets in the morning, greens at night

Hay- store bought or farm: Store Bought

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  She gets blankies.

Crock or water bottle: Bowl

What health problems have you dealt with: Ruptured Ear Drum, Ear Redness

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Oh no, she is the DIVA QUEEN!! She requires full time TLC 

 

[peepi&warri]

Enslaved by: Peepi (holland lop) and Warri (mix)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: yes

Free roam or caged: free roam

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: They’re more “litter area” trained. I have to put a towel under their litter box because often they like to go around the litterbox instead of in it.

What litter do you use: Carefresh

Do they get pellets: Yes, about half a tablespoon each

How many meals a day: 3. Greens in the morning, pellets and greens in the afternoon, and greens at night.

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm hay bought online.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  I cover the floor of their room in sheets and towels so technically yes.

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Gas, sludge, urinary blockage.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Nope

 

[bunnytowne]

This is interesting to see what we all do.  

Enslaved by             Cotton Boo McChew       and Princess Ruby Ravisihing. 

Spayed/Neutered                yes 

Are you bunnies only caretaker:         yes  

if more than one, are they bonded:         no

Free roam or caged       Well free roam during the day caged when we sleep

Does bunny go outside     Cotton  yes but I dont’ put him down unless we are on the dock.  Ruby no cuz I can’t let anyone know I have her. When I did take her outside  it was in hiding and when we came home the next day she showed me she doesnt’ like going places by running from me which she never does otherwise  lol  smart huh? 

Litter trained:             yes they do quite well.   However Cotton may leave poo by Ruby’s house but he doesnt’ much anymore. If I pet her in her cage and Cotton sees then he will leave poops there     Ruby had started leaving territorial poops on her rug.   Has dwindled down lately

What litter do you use:          Wood pellets     they last   aspen is too messy

Do they get pellets:             Oxbow they love it

How many meals a day      2  breakfast n supper  when I eat.  Cuts down on the begging lol

Hay- store bought or farm:          a whole bale from the feed store   

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on         Cotton gets towels in his fav spots and on top his house.  Ruby has rugs.  I put a plastic thing in her house for her to lie on.   She has wire bottom.  She really likes that big plastic thing to lie on so I left it for her

Crock or water bottle:               crock

 

What health problems have you dealt with              Cotton continuous lip ulcer   Ruby nothing

 

Are your bunnies low maintenance?          Hmmm.  so so  I am used to it so it doesn’t seem to be a big deal until saturday when I wash their cages.   4 litterboxes 2x a week.  Thats easy it is the cages.                Otherwise not a big deal  

 

 

[KimWho?]

Enslaved by: Dodger(Dutch) and Tulip(Mini Rex). And right now, Dash the foster Dutch.

Spayed/Neutered: Yes.

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes.

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes, finally.

Free roam or caged: Caged with a few hours of free roam each evening.

Does bunny go outside: No.

Litter trained: Her, yes. He won’t go outside of their cage, but anywhere in it is fair game.

What litter do you use: Pine pellets.

Do they get pellets: 1/4 cup of Oxbow T per bun.

How many meals a day: Pellets in the morning, veggies in the evening, hay all day.

Hay- store bought or farm: Store.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: No, but their cage is on carpet.

Crock or water bottle: Both. They’re big drinkers.

What health problems have you dealt with: None at all.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? I’d say so, but when I had a friend pet sit, she definitely didn’t agree.

[jennyrabbit]

Enslaved by: Jenny-English Spot mix

Spayed/Neutered: No

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes

If more than one, are they bonded: n/a

Free roam or caged: pen at night, otherwise free run

Does bunny go outside: sometimes on a leash and harness, but she’s not much for it. my previous girl used to run my backyard sometimes, she loved it

Litter trained: yes

What litter do you use: kiln dried pine shaving

Do they get pellets: no

How many meals a day: 1

Hay- store bought or farm: both? I buy bales from a farm store lol but sometimes I do just go to farms and buy bales though.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: fleece blankets

Crock or water bottle: water bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: Jenny-none, Kari- GI issues and Pasteurellosis

Are your bunnies low maintenance? well mid maintenence I guess..no more maintence really then my dogs, but nowhere near that of my birds! lol

[LizzieKnittyBun]

Fun!

Enslaved by: Remy (mini Rex) and Momo (mini Rex)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Mostly…my husband helps when I’m sleepy

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes, and it was almost instantaneous, which was amazing

Free roam or caged: Free roaming, but they’re caged off from the bedroom

Does bunny go outside: No

Litter trained: Mostly…

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: Oxbow T

How many meals a day: Two – veggies, and then pellets

Hay- Store

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: They are obsessed with blankets. They lie on them, chew on them, tunnel through them, toss them, and get themselves purposefully stuck underneath them for funzies.

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Remy came home with the snuffles AND ringworm when we first got him, but medicine got rid of them both, although the ringworm took forever. Momo is a little chubby…

Are your bunnies low maintenance? When they’re asleep? One of Momo’s nicknames is “Momo the Destructor” I have giant cardboard boxes that I break down and lay behind the couch. Every week or two I have to clean up giant piles of shredded cardboard. Wee!

[Barbie]

Include a picture, please! 

 

 

 

Enslaved by: Leroy (grey and white mini rex) and Eugénie “Jeannie” (dwarf hotot)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: Yep – and I am so thankful that we had an easy bond.

Free roam or caged: caged with play time at night and sometimes in the morning

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: meh. Leroy’s habits used to be impeccable (and I’d like to think that they still are) but since getting Jeannie SOMEONE has been pooping all over their pen, and on the carpet when they’re out for play time. For the most part though, pee stays in the box… unless, like last spring, they have “spring fever”

What litter do you use: Newspaper and a handful or two of wood stove pellets on top

Do they get pellets: A little. Leroy is a bit over weight, so he gets less and only the Timothy pellets. Jeannie gets about a tablespoon of mixed alfalfa and timothy. I buy Oxbow pellets.

How many meals a day: 2 – pellets and veggies

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought – I buy the 25# boxes of Oxbow tim. hay

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: Neither because they make a mess of them. Their pen sits on top of a tarp that feels like a blanket, not like the crinkly plastic of a typical tarp. They also have a cat bed, but I’ve taken it away for now since someone was peeing in it!

Crock or water bottle: ceramic casserole dish! It’s nice and big so I don’t have to worry about them running out during the day, sometimes they won;t drink much water all day and other times theyll drink a TON so I want to be sure they have enough. But the sides are low enough that they can drink easily.

What health problems have you dealt with: sore hocks in Leroy, and currently they’re on meds for some sort of upper respiratory infection in both Jeannie and Leroy

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Actually, yeah. I have to do a lot for them and I sure worry about them and their bills are expensive enough to remind me that they aren’t really “easy” pets. But neither bite or intentionally scratch me, I can do nails by myself, they don’t ruin the carpet or baseboards TOO often, and they haven’t made my hair turn grey yet … So yeah, they’re pretty low maintenance compared to other bunnies.

[Lintini]

 Enslaved by: Bun, Bee, Indy, Lion, Bagheera

Spayed/Neutered: Yes, minus Lion

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Me

If more than one, are they bonded: Indy and Bee, Lion and Bagheera, Bun is the lone ranger

Free roam or caged: Free roaming on Bee and Indy, xpens for the others

Does bunny go outside: No 

Litter trained: 99.9% Bun gets all her pee in but not poo’s

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News and Woodstove pellets

Do they get pellets: Oxbow T 

How many meals a day: Three – veggies, and then pellets (morning and night pellets, veggies midday or night)

Hay- Feedstore

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: They love soft things to lay on and smoosh around. 

Crock or water bottle: Crock 

What health problems have you dealt with: On a bonding session with Bee and Bun, Bun was bit badly and was taken to the vet to make sure it wouldn’t become infected. Bun also had fleas when I adopted her. I just combed them out tho and vacuumed well. 

Are your bunnies low maintenance? I would say medium. Obviously not as much work as the dogs, but they do take a fair amount of work and dedication + time. They are worth it though.

[Michelle&Lolli]

Enslaved by: Eddie – mini lop Lollipop – mini rex

Spayed/Neutered: yep

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yep

If more than one, are they bonded: yep – 2 regular little snugglebugs lol

Free roam or caged: free roam when I’m home, in a pen while at work or they get in trouble

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: kind of…..I think they do territorial pooping in certain places of the apartment but no peeing, just poop

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: yes

How many meals a day: they get unlimited pellets and hay and lettuce at night

Hay- store bought or farm: store

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: I just gave them an pillowcase. They won’t lay on it or anything but Lolli likes to move them around and will eventually pee on it. lol

Crock or water bottle: bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: Eddie gets gassy sometimes but nothing that has been major. Lolli’s been fine gut wise, but she’s needed sutures for sores from obsessive grooming. And when I first got them, I let Eddie too close while holding her and he bit her cheek which required stitches. And Lolli caught her toe on the carpet and broke it. I didn’t realize it till it was pretty much healed and there’s nothing the vet could’ve done anyways. so poor Lolli’s been thru some stuff but she’s trooper with diva-tude! lol

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Not really, even though I try to make them as low maintenance as possible. But they really aren’t. LOL i

[mrmac]

Enslaved by: Davey, Delilah (lop/dutch mix…mutts!), Dexter (I don’t know exactly what to call his breed…curly plush lop/rex thing), Dennis (mini rex).

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Me and hubby.

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes. A trio at one point, now two pairs (for now).

Free roam or caged: Free roam all day, caged at night.

Does bunny go outside: Yes, out on our enclosed patio.

Litter trained: Yes…mostly.

What litter do you use: Newspaper and Carefresh.

Do they get pellets: Yes, every evening.

How many meals a day: 2, morning veggies, evening pellets. Of course treats too!

Hay- store bought or farm: HRS store hay.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Yes

Crock or water bottle: Davey & Delilah- Bottles, Dexter and Dennis- Crock.

What health problems have you dealt with: A few minor gi stasis episodes.

Are your bunnies low maintenance?: Yes, I only get their food and sweep up poops. They pretty much do their own thing during the day. Dex and Dennis are definitely more demanding of attention though!

[jerseygirl]

Enslaved by: Jersey (mix breed uppy ear) Rumball (1/2 dwarf lop)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: yes

Free roam or caged: free roam

Does bunny go outside: yes

Litter trained: Yes…..and no. Both are/have been but it’s now problematic in some areas 

What litter do you use: Newspaper+hay and sometimes wood pellets

Do they get pellets: yes 1Tbsp each per day

How many meals a day: 3. 1/2 pellets in morn, other half on dusk then veggies later.

Hay- store bought or farm: fodder store

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  yes + rugs

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Gut slowdowns, UTI’s I think.

Are your bunnies low maintenance?  No and specially not with their litter habits these days. :o( So cleaning up is work but generally they’re easy enough.

[lashkay]

Enslaved by: Dustor (sable point double-maned (is he EVER!) lionhead

Spayed/Neutered: no

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes, except when I go on trips neighbor takes care of him

If more than one, are they bonded: just one as of now

Free roam or caged: lives in pen only

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: Yes…..he urinates only in litterbox (knock on wood) and leaves a pile of poops in there but also leaves some poops outside box

What litter do you use: So far, only Carefresh Ultra, may try Aspen Green to see if it tracks less, may just stick to Carefresh

Do they get pellets: yes unlimited every day

How many meals a day: free-access pellets at all times, unlimited hay at all times, 3 or 4 papaya bits in evening, sometimes about a teaspoon of rolled oats
Hay- store bought or farm: fodder store

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: yes, during the evening he loves to lie on a fleece blanket within a flannel bolster pet bed

Crock or water bottle: water bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: So far none (knock on wood) except mats in his fur

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Yes, in general. Clleaning litterbox very easy, sweeping up poops and stray hay pretty easy, feeding & watering easy

[skibunny8503]

Enslaved by: Archie (holland lop), Gracie (mini lop), and Sandy (mini lop)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: My husband and I both take care of the rabbits.

If more than one, are they bonded: Kind of…Archie and Gracie are bonded but Sandy is seperate (they fought too much)

Free roam or caged: Usually free roam when I’m home and can watch them (esp. Sandy) and caged at night

Does bunny go outside: Not really, they would only go if they have a leash on or the x-pen outside but Sandy is the only one that cares for the outdoors.

Litter trained: Yes but Gracie does pee sometimes outside her litter box

What litter do you use: Equine Pine

Do they get pellets: Yes 1/2 cup Oxbow for each cage (Sandy’s bigger than them)

How many meals a day: 3: Pellets in the morning, greens at lunch and greens before bedtime with a few raisins between.

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  No, Sandy doesn’t use it and Gracie just pees on them.

Crock or water bottle: Watter Bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: Gracie’s the only one that has problems, she has a sensitive stomach and has been on antibiotics awhile ago.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? LOL is there such thing as a low maintenance bunny?! 

Archie (left), Gracie (right), and Sandy (below)

[Sonn]

 Enslaved by: Pacey (lionhead), Walter (lionhead/lop/?), Marshmallow occasionally (Rhinelander/?)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes

If more than one, are they bonded: Not yet getting ready to try Pacey and Walter. Marshmallow is now my mom’s rabbit

Free roam or caged: Both free run during the day in their bedroom during the night (Walter in a pen)

Does bunny go outside: Sometimes if it’s not too hot or too cold we go out in a pen or a run. 

Litter trained: Yes and No having some issues with Pacey at the moment

What litter do you use: wood stove pellets, feline pine

Do they get pellets: Tiny amount of Oxbow in the morning and before bed

How many meals a day: Pellets (2-3 tablespoons) in the morning, Salad mid day, Pellets at night (2-3 tablespoons). Walter gets unlimited pellets still

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Blankets or old sweaters the love snuggling up on those or pushing them across the room

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: GI Stasis, Heart Murmur, Slipped Disc, Torn Ear, I am sure there is something else

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Not even a little bit. I have a lot of pets and it is a toss up between the ferrets and rabbits on who is more high maintenance. 

[bunnyluvr]

Enslaved by: Oreo (Mini Lop – although there’s not much “mini” about him! ), Fuzzy (Lionhead – proud & gorgeous!) and my bouncing boy Happy (very aptly named!)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes – although hubby and daughter help out when needed.

If more than one, are they bonded: No. Oreo wants to be everybunnies friend but Fuzzy and Happy say being single rules!

Free roam or caged: All 3 are free roam – they don’t even know what a cage is anymore.

Does bunny go outside: No. I want to get a covered pen tho so that they can enjoy outside safely.

Litter trained: Oreo 99.5% – very few stray poos. Fuzzy and Happy 99% – a few more stray poos. All 3 are 100% with there potty so I feel very lucky for that!

What litter do you use: care fresh but I want to switch to the wood stove pellets as soon as I find some in stock somewhere!

Do they get pellets: Oreo about a 1/3 cup and Happy and Fuzzy get a little less than 1/4 cup each.

How many meals a day: They all get a big bunny salad in the morning made of romaine, red &/or green lettuce, some parsley, some cilantro, carrot peelings and whatever else fresh, crunchy and bunny friendly I can find at the farmers market . Oreo gets his pellets divided – 1 serving in the morning and 1 at night (because he gobbles them up like he’s starving). Happy gets his in the morning and nibbles on them all day – usually by bed time they are gone. Fuzzy was having a mushy poop butt problem so I started giving him his pellets around noon so he wouldn’t be eating them with his greens and it seems to have worked (we’ve been doing it this way for about 2 weeks and so far no mushy poop butt! Yay!). He usually has them done by evening. Then they all get a bed time snack – usually a handful of parsley or cillantro or a leaf of lettuce. Once or twice a week they get craisens or a papaya treat. Oh – and of course they have unlimited hay.

Hay- store bought or farm: Online store – Oxbow Timothy Hay

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: Blankets – they each have a blue blanket. Oreo eats and naps on his, Fuzzy poops and digs on his and Happy plays or sleeps on his!

Crock or water bottle: All 3 have a crock.

What health problems have you dealt with: Oreo and Happy none (knock on wood). Fuzzy has had a few health issues. When I had only had him for a few months he scratched his eye on what we assume was hay. We took him to the vet who prescribed some eye drops for him. Back then he would not let me pick him up no matter how hard I tried or how gentle I was (he would act terrified, would squeal and everything – it was horrible) and I had to put the drops in twice a day. After 2 days of this he stopped eating, I believe because he was so stressed out from us chasing him around trying to catch him and actually being caught. I bought a cage to keep him in and the poor baby had to stay in it for a week while we finished giving him the drops. I did this so we wouldn’t stress him out so much trying to catch him and he started eating again the next day. He also had a blockage that we had to treat him for about a year ago or so. That’s all tho, thank goodness!

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Not at all! They are a lot of work but are worth every bit of it and then some!

[FluffyBunny]

Enslaved by: Mr. Bunny (unknown breed REW)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: No

If more than one, are they bonded: N/A

Free roam or caged: Caged at the moment, but usually he’s a free-roamer

Does bunny go outside: No

Litter trained: Yes

What litter do you use: Wood Stove Pellets

Do they get pellets: Yes. He gets about 1/4 cup of Kaytee Timothy Complete pellets every day

How many meals a day: 1/4 cup pellets for lunch, 1 3/4 cups salad for dinner, and various snacks of raisins and pellets during the day

Hay- store bought or farm: Store bought, although I’d like to switch to farm hay if I could find good orchard farm hay

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Towels

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Severe gas, sore hocks, many months trying to figure out what a skin condition was (turned out to be a hormone/immune related problem)

Are your bunnies low maintenance? What do you consider low-maintennance?

[Monkeybun]

Enslaved by: Monkey (netherland dwarf), Moose (dutch) and foster-bun Smudge (netherland dwarf)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: No

If more than one, are they bonded: soon…

Free roam or caged: Pens for now, after bonded free range during day, pen at night.

Does bunny go outside: No

Litter trained: Yes

What litter do you use: Carefresh

Do they get pellets: Yes. Monkey gets 1/8 of a cup, Moose gets just under a 1/4 cup, Smudge gets under a 1/4 cup as well.

How many meals a day: 2. Veggies around 6pm, pellets before bed.

Hay- store bought or farm: Local grown hay mixed by RA

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Both!

Crock or water bottle: Both. Bottles as back up. Smudge likes dropping her play towel intot he bowl

What health problems have you dealt with:Stasis with Moose, eye ulcers for Monkey which needed eye drops alot, Hair pulling and small injuries to Smudge’s neck due to hormones and stress.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? LOL. Not with 2 diva nethies!!!

[Elrohwen]

Enslaved by: Otto (holland lop), Hannah (mini lop)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: no, my husband and I split feeding, though I do all of the cleaning because of his hay allergies

If more than one, are they bonded: yes

Free roam or caged: caged while we’re at work and asleep, free roam the rest of the time

Does bunny go outside: Hannah will occasionally go out on the porch, Otto will not go outside

Litter trained: yes

What litter do you use: wood stove pellets

Do they get pellets: yes, a bit less than 1/4c each

How many meals a day: 2 – once before we leave for work and once as we’re going to bed

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  neither – they prefer to sleep in a cardboard box, and Hannah was peeing on the blanket so I took it away. The main area of their cage is a large area rug, so you could say that they have wall-to-wall carpet

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: nothing

Are your bunnies low maintenance? I think they are – I don’t have to walk them, they don’t care if I come home from work a few hours late (or even leave them alone overnight). Sometimes I wake up and find that Hannah has made a mess, which is a pain, but overall they’re less work than a dog. I’d put them at about medium level maintenance.

[corpathina]

great idea!

 

Enslaved by: Michael Jackson aka MJ aka The King of Hop (Harlequin Lionhead Lop)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes, but my boyfriend will feed him if I’m at work

If more than one, are they bonded: only MJ right now. We’ll get him a friend eventually

Free roam or caged: free roaming but penned at night

Does bunny go outside: yes! Only when the weather is nice, though. Too hot right now =\

Litter trained: yes, thank goodness

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News, though I’m going to look into wood stove pellets soon..

Do they get pellets: yes, Oxbow Bunny T Basics 1/8 cup in morning and night

How many meals a day: 2, greens and pellets in morning and night

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  yes, but he pushes them in a corner out of his way

Crock or water bottle: water bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: he had some gunky eye mucus when I first got him, but that was easily and quickly remedied by some eye drops. Other than that, he’s had one tummy ache in over a year. I’ve been very lucky!

Are your bunnies low maintenance? No way! He’s the most high maintenance animal I’ve ever had. Most of his high maintenance issues are due to his crazy lionhead fur and resistance to being groomed, and his gigantic litterbox. He’s not very destructive, though, and for that I am lucky.

[MissPinUp]

Enslaved by: Lucy – the vet thinks new zealand and something else. I was told she’s a dwarf. She’s bigger than my full sized cat, dwarf? I think not!

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: mainly, husband will play with her when she’s out, but I clean her, clip her nails, feed her etc.

If more than one, are they bonded: Bonded to the other animals!

Free roam or caged: penned at night and when we aren’t here, free roam all other times.

Does bunny go outside: only with me, and only on her harness

Litter trained: yup!

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: yes, mainly pellets

How many meals a day: 2, breakfast and dinner, supplemented with as much hay as she wants, an alfalfa chew every friday (dont want her packing on pounds!), some granola chews throughout the day, some salad at dinner, and a few slices of banana if she’s been good (she’s always good, actually if mom has any!)

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought, not many farms around here

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: blankets AND towels, but she digs past them to get to the floor

Crock or water bottle: bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: dare I say none so far

Are your bunnies low maintenance? no no no! She’s a drama queen and definitely an only child! Very diva!

[Beka27]

Enslaved by: Meadow (mini rex) & Max (mini lop?)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: for the most part, altho I consider my husband their financial benefactor…

If more than one, are they bonded: yes

Free roam or caged: free range during the day when they want, altho they have a very large pen and tend to hang out in there a lot, penned up at night or when we are gone for an extended length of time

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: yes

What litter do you use: woodstove pellets

Do they get pellets: yes, they share just under a 1/2cup a day, I’m still trying to reduce it

How many meals a day: 2, big salad in the morning, pellets before bed (hay always, of course)

Hay- store bought or farm: online bought, Oxbow 50lb boxes of Orchard grass

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  blankets, pet bed, large area rug

Crock or water bottle: bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: *knock on wood* nothing very bad, a few stasis scares with Meadow

Are your bunnies low maintenance? no, altho a good routine is so important.

[Ali925]

 

Enslaved by: Oreo & Blu (both holland lops)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: my husband helps, but I do a bit more and also have to tell him exactly what to do…oh and I take care of all the worrying too so he never has to do that. lol

If more than one, are they bonded: no, but hopefully in the near future

Free roam or caged: free range (separate areas from one another) when we’re home, and pens while we’re working/away and asleep

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: yes, although Blu still likes marking a bit

What litter do you use: Carefresh

Do they get pellets: Yes, they both get 1 tablespoon of Oxbow BB/T in the morning and evening … Blu actually gets just under a tablespoon for his morning portion because when it’s a full tablespoon or more he ends up with extra cecals…don’t ask… 

How many meals a day: 2, salad in the morning and evening…which they finish before even touching their pellets.  

Hay- store bought or farm: Oxbow Timothy hay and Orchard Grass (bought online)

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  both, but Blu seems to like the wood floor, cage floor and grass mats more.  Oreo doesn’t know what to do if we remove her blankets (i.e. when we’re cleaning out her area)

Crock or water bottle: crock because they both decided at one point to stop drinking from the water bottle…

What health problems have you dealt with: stasis with Oreo

Are your bunnies low maintenance? no, but I probably fuss over them too much.  I’d say they’re pretty well behaved though.

 

[Moonlight_Wolf]

Enslaved by: Fern (black and white holland lop) Thistle (gray dwarf mix)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes, they bonded easily.

Free roam or caged: They live in a condo attached to a pen that take up almost my whole room.

Does bunny go outside: Occasionally I bring them out in a pen and sit with them, but not very often.

Litter trained: Yes

What litter do you use: Wood stove pellets

Do they get pellets: Yes about 1/4 a cup for both

How many meals a day: 1 in the evening and hay throughout the day

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: No, thistle peed on the fleece I gave them once. But they do have a large rug and sea grass mats.

Crock or water bottle: both

What health problems have you dealt with: Gi stasis

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Hmmm, depends on their mood.

[katiep]

Enslaved by: Smokey, Rupert, Monster, Benny, Flo, Dug, Albert

Spayed/Neutered: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: no

If more than one, are they bonded: Benny and Flo are, working on Dug and Albert

Free roam or caged: pens usually with time out, not so much with the new puppy lately

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: mostly….when they want to

What litter do you use: Equine Fresh

Do they get pellets: yes

How many meals a day: 2 with a green snack before bed

Hay- store bought or farm: store bought

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: Only carpeting

Crock or water bottle: water bottles

What health problems have you dealt with: teeth not grinding down properly, abcesses in the jaw, broken paw/elbow,

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Sometimes they can be demanding but mostly well behaved.

[MirBear]

[LAZ1982]

Enslaved by: Blossom; my beautiful diva rhinelander/mix, and Charlie (or Harley??… my daughter and I can’t quite agree, lol) who is my 3 month old Harlequin Holland Lop

Spayed/Neutered: Blossom is spayed, Charlie/Harley will be neutered as soon as possible!!

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: After my boy’s hormones simmer from his upcoming neutering we will be working on it. As for now, they are in the same room, but in seperate houses. They check each other out on a regular basis

Free roam or caged: Blossom is caged when I’m not home and when we all head to bed, but free roam when I’m home and awake… The baby gets monitored free roam as he is not fully litter box trained and ultra curious

Does bunny go outside: no

Litter trained: Blossom yes, although she leaves her “territorial” poops, and the baby is doing really well about learning… he is peeing in his litterbox, but I have to clean his poops out multiple times per day. That’s fine with me though… atleast he’s not urinating everywhere!!!

What litter do you use: wood stove pellets… or whatever those things are called. They are WONDERFUL if anyone is interested… seriously NO smell!!

Do they get pellets: Ms. B gets 1/4 cup per day (with a tsp of granola on top as her treat…. she looooooves her granola!) and baby boy gets unlimited amounts.

How many meals a day: B gets her greens and her pellets at night… I’m introducing the baby to them. He’s only had parsley yet, but he seems to enjoy it. He didn’t really know what I was giving him at first!! He had a very perplexed expression on his little chubby face, lol.

Hay- store bought or farm: I try to get our hay from the Missouri House Rabbit Society by the box full, but if I’m in a pinch I buy the Zupreem from the local El Mel

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  Blossom gets a dog bed (she’s a princess) but they baby has a nice rug as his floor that he lays on… He came from a wire floor , so I think he’s a fan of his new surroundings.

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: None yet… keeping my fingers crossed

Are your bunnies low maintenance? I’ve had many animals over the years, and I can definitely say that my bunny babies are more work “technically”, but I enjoy the work… I love being with them and caring for them, so it’s not something that I consider “maintenance”. They’re worth the effort!!

[Lis]

 Enslaved by: Link (Flemmie) and Navi (lionhead). Stormy (dwarf) is on the bridge

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: No, my fiance helps out too, and we kind of flip between being the primary caretaker – right now it’s me

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes.

Free roam or caged: Penned. Link is too big for a cage but Navi will chew walls.

Does bunny go outside: Only with close mommy supervision!

Litter trained: Yes, but Link has accidents because of medical issues.

What litter do you use: Mix of Carefresh Natural and hay

Do they get pellets: Yes, Link’s vet (large bun specialist) recommended unlimited pellets bc flemmies have an issue with being underweight.

How many meals a day: If they have no food, they get more (Link IS underweight and Navi is average)

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm. My parents have horses – it just makes more sense to get hay from them.

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  They just started getting them since Link started having issues.

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Overweight bun, underweight bun, kidney failure, urine scald, sore hocks, high fever (the last 4 have been in the last 2 weeks).

Are your bunnies low maintenance? For bunnies, they WERE – this changed with Link’s medical problems. Now I’m always taking care of him – for a while, I was even scheduling work around med times!

[Cheyann]

Enslaved by: Minnie and Maddie

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Yes

If more than one, are they bonded: Yes

Free roam or caged: Free roam in my room

Does bunny go outside: Sometimes

Litter trained: Minnie is. Maddie is getting old and has started to pee on my floor sometimes and she poos everywhere now

What litter do you use: Hardwood stove pellets

Do they get pellets: Yes. They get 1/8 cup each

How many meals a day: 3. Half their veggies in the morning. Pellets around 5 and the rest of the veggies at night. And of course hay all day.

Hay- store bought or farm: Farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: I have offered them but they just pee on them.

Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Well we (the vet and I) think Maddie has kidney problems and she is losing mobility in her back legs due to age. Maddie used to have poopy butt.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? No. Maddie pees and poos everywhere and Minnie digs in everything, destroys everything and likes to make messes.

[LBJ10]

Enslaved by: Leopold (Holland Lop) and Mr. Wooly (Jersey Wooly)

Spayed/Neutered: Yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker:Yes (my husband plays with them, so I’m the only one “taking care of them”

If more than one, are they bonded: Yep, they love each other

Free roam or caged: Caged at night, have their own room to play in during the day, allowed to come out in the living room sometimes (if someone is watching them)

Does bunny go outside: No

Litter trained: For the most part, yes

What litter do you use: Yesterday’s News

Do they get pellets: Yes

How many meals a day: Depends on what you call a meal. They get pellets before bed, but they have hay all the time. I give them veggies usually around dinner time.

Hay- store bought or farm: Store

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: They want to rip those up so they don’t get them

Crock or water bottle: Water bottle

What health problems have you dealt with: Wooly has a third eyelid problem. We may have to do surgery some day, but it is doing pretty good at the moment.

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Yes and no. You have to do a lot of stuff for them, but you don’t have to walk them or bathe them (at least not normally) or let them outside all the time because they just want to go out to “sniff”.

[AbbyGirl]

Enslaved by: Abigail/Abby (Flemish Giant)

Spayed/Neutered: yes

Are you bunnies only caretaker: yes

If more than one, are they bonded: N/A

Free roam or caged: completely free roaming

Does bunny go outside: yes

Litter trained: yes

What litter do you use: wood pellet animal bedding

Do they get pellets: yes, I actually had to icrease them because she lost too much weight

How many meals a day: 3, pellets twice and veggies at dinner time

Hay- store bought or farm: farm

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on:  She lays on whatever she wants to but none specifically hers

Crock or water bottle: crock

What health problems have you dealt with: blockage, URI, eye infection

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Abosulutely not and she’s worth it!

[Kate Monster]

Enslaved by: Kate and Spence

Spayed/Neutered: Yes and yes 

Are you bunnies only caretaker: Sort of, my boyfriend helps out sometimes, but it’s mostly me.  And in a week it will be only me.
If more than one, are they bonded: Yes, they are my little love bunnies

Free roam or caged: In the middle, they are locked up at night or when no one is home but running free the rest of the time

Does bunny go outside: No

Litter trained: For the most part, yes.  Although somebunny enjoy pooping all over the pen.  But the pee goes in the litter box and the poop doesn’t happen outside the pen (except for when they get the poop startled out of them )

What litter do you use: I can’t remember the brand it’s a Yesterday’s News off brand 

Do they get pellets: Yep, a quarter cup total (not each). 

How many meals a day: Pellets in the morning, veggies at night, hay all day but hay replenishment happens right before bed.

Hay- store bought or farm: Store, here usually. 

Does your bunny get blankets or towels to lay on: They have a fleece blanket covering the bottom of the pen.
Crock or water bottle: Crock

What health problems have you dealt with: Katie has a scratch on her third eyelid that might require surgery some day, but for now it just causes some eye boogers that Spence cleans for her.  Spencer has a little ‘flipper toe’ probably a broken toe from a bonding fight that happened before I got them (also possibly the cause of Kate’s eye scratch) and it freaked me out but apparently it’s healed and ok, it was a bit sore for awhile though.  It looks like he’s very subtly giving you the finger though!

Are your bunnies low maintenance? Yes and no, they require a lot, but they don’t have any health problems, they entertain each other pretty well, and they will do pretty much anything for a bit of dried papaya.

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