Wednesday is leaving on Friday!

[bunnyjames]

Hey guys kinda sad my lil’ Wednesday is leaving on Friday ;I know he is not 2 months yet, but his new owner which is his vet needs to check him on Friday, right now he is 1month and 2weeks. His perfectly fine and all but he needs his monthly check-ups right now since they want to make sure the meds they gave him are working perfectly fine and see if the dose needs to be increased or decreased. Personally i think his fine on the meds his on right now. His healthy bun who LOOOOOOOVES to be cuddled, his a BIG baby! But he needs more test done and I think that at this point his better off with his new owner since his needs will be better met with her then with me right now. Had a talk with her a while ago and we decided it is safe for him to go to his new home and better for him, since he will be better monitored and stuff.

SO my question is this, i want to make this transition as easy as possible for him so need to know what might make this easier for him. His used to sleeping with his siblings they snuggle up with each other and they have this blanky i put them in their cage when they discovered they could dig. Its a swaddle blanket the type you use to swaddle newborns he seems to love to snuggle on top of that blanket so i was thinking of packing that with him so he could have something that is familiar. But what else can i do to make this transition easier? I’m thinking his gonna miss his siblings a whole lot. Im preparing a ziploc bag with the food im currently giving him so if his new owner wants to change his food she can slowly do so by mixing it with his current food. Also packing some of the timothy hay I give him and letting him have the food dish they use, i dont know im thinking if he has a new dish he might not want to eat from it. Any other tips on how to make this separation from his siblings and transition of a new home easier for him? Oh also got a question about hay, Coke doesnt seem to want to eat timothy she snubs it, she will only eat Alfalfa but im trying to get her used to timothy also but just wont have it, i bought orchard grass thinking maybe she would like that, and she did, still prefers Alfalfa though. Does it really HAVE timothy hay that they eat? I know they cant have alfalfa for the rest of their lives cuz its too rich in proteins but can they have any other type of hay?

[RabbitPam]

That’s good news for little Wednesday.
OK, last question first: Orchard is fine if Timmy is snubbed. It doesn’t have to be that only, and Sammy doesn’t prefer Timmy either. I just gave her a taste again of some American Pet Diner Timothy that I had as a sample, and she’s liking the change, but is still devoted to Oat. Any way you get them off alfalfa is just fine.

I would send the blanky for a snuggly soft familiar thing, but that’s all he needs. (I mean, send the food he’s used to by all means, but that’s enough.) Fresh dishes will not bother him at all, and is more sanitary. Also, the less he smells the others but doesn’t see them, the more he will mark plain new items as his own and become attached to his new possessions. It’s hard not to project our feelings, but babies are separated from their mothers and siblings regularly, and with a new loving home they adjust quickly. His feelings could easily be “I’ve got my own space and room to binkie? Cool!” You just don’t know. He will get to know his new home quickly and be bonding with his slave, so don’t worry. The vet sounds like an excellent new mother.

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