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Harry is currently unbonded and I’m pretty sure he gets lonely when I go out, he’s always very happy to see me and he acts worried when he knows I’m going out (putting on my shoes seems to be the signal).
Tomorrow I have to drive to my mum’s, take her cat to the vets at 8:30am, then pick him up after his surgery at 4pm. Realistically I won’t be home until 8 or even 9 – maybe 15 hours in total. Harry has never been alone that long before, the longest was 6 hours. He coped fine, but I feel like we’re closer now than we were then.
I’m juggling in my mind whether to take him with me or not. The house would be unfamiliar and smell like cats. We could block off a room so the remaining cat couldn’t get to him, but the smell would still be there. My mum has all laminate floors and Harry doesn’t chew wires (or anything really!) so he couldn’t cause any damage, and it’s okay if he pees outside his litter tray.
I don’t know if the comfort of being with me will make up for the stress of the drive and being in an unfamiliar place. He is a very relaxed bunny, he has only used his hiding place once in the weeks I’ve had him, and that was when I vaccuumed. He has only had one short trip, to the vets, and it did stress him quite a bit – he lost his litter training for a few days. I don’t know if it was the journey or the vet’s exam that did it.
I’m torn, please give me your thoughts! This will all be so much easier in a few weeks when he is hopefully bonded, but for now I’m all he has
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We have a routine and it will be messed up. He gets his pellets in the morning about 7am and then his veg in the evening at 7pm. He sleeps from about 10am to 3pm and I guess some time during the night, although it seems every time I wake up in the night I can hear him munching hay. He will amuse himself I hope
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He’ll be fine! I’ve left mine for those periods lots in the past, between having multiple jobs… and actually trying to have a life
I just give extra food and they really don’t seem to notice that I’ve been gone, specially once I break out dinner haha. My cat is the only one who seems to care when I leave… but that’s probably because she doesn’t have a constant supply of food
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Oh my god, wrong decision
Bunny took the opportunity to learn how to climb onto the dining room table. In the weeks I’ve had him he has shown zero inclination for climbing, he doesn’t even like going upstairs in his hutch. So I didn’t see any issue with leaving a bowl of fruit and… some leftover chocolate… on the dining room table. He managed to climb up there – still can’t work out how – and nibbled the fruit and the chocolate. A few bites of apple, kiwi fruit, and about 8g of chocolate. I have spent the last 5 hours in total anxiety, watching his every move for signs of chocolate poisoning.
The emergency vet said if he was a dog, the amount he ate would be far too small to pose a risk, but nobody really knows the tolerance level for rabbits. He is acting, pooing and eating completely normally but it’s 1am and I can’t rest in case he starts showing any signs of pain or illness.
Lesson learned: never assume bunny can’t get somewhere just because he never has so far, and remove ALL food from the rooms bunny has access to.
I am a terrible bunny mum, if something happens I will never forgive myself for leaving it there
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