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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 05/17/2021 at 11:41 AM
  Sonn
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  Okay on Saturday I’m traveling 4 hours to meet potential fosters/adoptables. I’ve only traveled a handful of times over 2 hours with my rabbits. What should I bring to keep him/her stress free?
  
  I thought about bringing Tater since they’ve opened bonding sessions back up. BUT he travels poorly in the car. Just going to the vet stresses him out the rest of the day.
- 05/17/2021 at 12:45 PM
  DanaNM
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  I don’t think I would bring Tater along, just for the reason that I doubt he will behave normally in a date after such a long drive (esp given that you know he stresses out after the vet). Plus having to make the round trip would be hard on him.
  
  As for bringing a new bun home, I would line the carrier with some litter or a pee pad and fluffy hay, and the bun should do just fine. It also helps to put a rolled up towel under the carrier if needed to make sure it’s level (since most car seats are slanted), or put the carrier on the floor in the back seat.
  
  When you get home with the new bun, it can also help to let them just sit in the carrier with no movement for 30 min or so. This seems to really help buns calm down in new spaces, as they feel safe in the carrier.
  
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  - 05/17/2021 at 7:17 PM
    Sonn
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    That’s what I thought as well. If it was closer it would be no problem. But I don’t think he’d be in the mood after a long car ride.
    
    I like the pee pad idea and rolling up the towel. I always found it awkward for them to slide to the back of the carrier because the seat is slanted. I don’t think my carrier would fit in the floor.
    
    I always leave new buns in their carrier when they first come home to just decompress a little. I can imagine the stress of going from somewhere you are comfortable to a strange carrier to a car and into a strange home all at once.
- 05/18/2021 at 10:17 AM
  DanaNM
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  I just learned of the rolled up towel thing recently, when I was doing research before moving. It does seem to really help! I always felt so bad when they would be smushed in the back of the carrier because it was slanted.
  
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