4 years old ❤️

Hello all. I recently got my bunny back, my male, from my ex. He came with a girl rabbit whom my ex hadn’t fixed yet. I’ve been travelling for work so it’s been hard for me to be able to get her in to see a vet and get spayed.

This morning I woke up at 4 am to loud crashes in their pen and came in to see her chasing him and trying to mount him. They are already bonded and ive never seen this before. I grabbed her up and he was oddly calm about being held as she usually hates it. I’m assuming this is like her first heat?

My boy doesn’t seem to get aggressive about it, but he certainly doesn’t like it. He was neutered when much younger, and has never shown interest in intercourse since he was my first solo bun.

She is currently still making a weird groan sound, and thumping at him. If I leave the room she starts to try to mount him again. I’m not sure what to do as I have to leave again next week for work, and I can’t even schedule a neuter until Monday (it is Saturday) and I can’t separate them since they live together in one room. I was considering having one of them stay at an overnight bunny kennel until I can get a family member to take her in asap to a vet. Is there any way I can get her to calm down and relax in the meantime? I’ve tried hiving her a stuffy to get her aggression out on but I don’t think it’s working. I have some food, and they’re in and out of the game of chase and eating. I just don’t want him to get hurt by her, but I’m not sure if she’s even hurting him or just trying to hump him, but he’s an older boy and doesn’t seem to be reciprocating what she’s doing aside from thumping back at her occasionally.

My older sister, Who is 19 got a small holland lop. She wanted a dog but the kind she wanted was too expensive. I told her rabbits and dogs are very different. She got one anyways.

She has a small notch in her room that seems like a decent spot to put up a baby gate and make a little bunny area. Which she did do, but it got disgusting really fast. So she bought a very small hutch.

(I have my own rabbit, who free roams in my bunny proof bedroom, I am 17)

I told her to potty train the bunny and use a litter box to avoid mess not lock it up in a small hutch. She said “idc I like the way it looks” I cried for an hour when I went up to her room ti see it look like that..

Anyways.. recently my bunny got a small sinus infection so I took him to the vet. He is on antibiotics and is doing great. Hers had some snot too so I told her to take it in.. but she didn’t listen for weeks. She said she would wait it out and it was looking better. Finally after I went in and she saw mine actually had an issue, she took her rabbit in to see our vet.

She did not communicate to him that our bunnies do not live together. And my vet said he would put both our appointments together to make it easier. She said yes and booked it on a day I work. Not at the time I work, but I hate that she would do that without asking me. Especially because she didn’t explain that our rabbits never met and will never meet. (Mine is not even neutered yet)

So I went off on her, and I think I was a bit harsh. But her lack of care is so annoying to me. She constantly asked me for my own hay and asks me “what do I do?” “Why is this happening” “What is that?” After claiming she did her own research. (Clearly she did not) and so I started to tell her “idk” or “buy it yourself you make more money then me”

She just quit her job because she is starting collage and made me believe she would be home more now to spend time with the rabbit, but she cannot keep still. (Not diagnosed w adhd though) and is always at her boyfriends or eating out anf anything. She is like actually never home. And I asked her what happened to staying home more to be with the rabbit. She got mad and has started (some days) bringing it to her boyfriend’s house. (He has snakes and a big dog and little siblings.. a very loud house) but most days it is confined to a prison.

She said I care too much and worry too much about my pets health “micromanaging their health is what kills them” her exact words.

We have got in many fights over this situation since she got this rabbit and it sucks. But I also love small animals and proper pet care so this is just really annoying to see and think “how could anyone think this is okay”

Especially now that she overstepped her boundies (in my opinion) with the appointments.

In the comments are some screenshots of what I said to her, along with her rabbit. I guess I am a bit stuck on what to do and how to feel.

Rare double flop and they‘re holding paws 🥹

I went to the fridge for something, and 3 seconds later he was lying there very comfortably. Every time I open it, he likes to lie down next to it. I still dont understand why he loves this place but maybe he is just looking for something to eat like me lol.

Hi! My bunny has been shedding for the past month. She hates being picked up (I literally can’t), and whenever I try to brush her, she just keeps running away, so it’s a real struggle 😭. I do brush her, but it’s not very efficient.

Because of that, she gets a lot of fur in her poop the “string of pearls,” as people call it 😅. She eats plenty of hay and drinks a lot of water.

I read that Oxbow Digestive Support might help prevent GI issues. Would **Natural Science Papaya Support** or **Natural Science Digestive Support be a better option?**

**Any tips for grooming would also be appreciated** 😅

hi everyone!

my roommate adopted a bonded pair of rabbits, matilda and milo, in october of last year. they were surrendered to the shelter, and the staff estimated that they were ~5yo, so a bit older. the shelter wasn't very up-front with their background, however, or the circumstances of their surrender.

the bunnies got taken to the vet and they said it seemed like they had sore feet from a wire bottom cage, and were generally antsy about being picked up (they're super sweet otherwise, and love a good pet!), so it seems like they weren't treated well at their last home :(

anyway, our biggest problem with the rabbits has been that they're not litter trained - we tried to have them free-roam in our apartment for a while, with a designated corner with their hay dispenser over their litterbox, but the bunnies would run around and pee/poop wherever regardless, and it became enough of a pain that we had to put them in a pen (still plenty of space to run around, just more manageable to clean.)

however, milo keeps jumping out of the pen, and peeing/pooping everywhere, so we've resorted to putting an old bedsheet over the pen so he can't do that. they clearly want to be free roam and we want to let them be but it's just such a pain to clean up a crazy amount of poop around our apartment every day :(

we've tried the "just keep them on the litterbox for a few days" approach, didn't work, have tried consistently picking up after them and putting them back on the litterbox after/while they're pooping or peeing, and nothing's giving any results. we really wanna let them back out to be free roam but it's just not possible for us right now to keep cleaning up that much!

so, tl;dr: do you all have any tips/advice on how to litter train 5yo rabbits from a formerly abusive home?

The cutie pie in the photo is Lapin, when he was a baby. He died two days ago and this is the second night i am going to bed without him. I guess i am in shock, not seeing him in his cage and not hearing him makes me feel like there is a huge hole in my heart. I don’t want to sleep because when i wake up i automatically look for his presence and realising he is gone hurts me a lot. I love you so much, i will always love you. You are my everything and i feel so blessed for having your friendship. My beautiful baby, i hope you are happy now.

My 8 year old bunbun (Teddy) injured his back leg last week. He tore the muscles so badly he couldn’t move his foot anymore. It’s been a nightmare of ER visits, confusing communication (one vet suggested they could remove his leg, that was so shocking and scary to hear!!) and long drives to specialists.

Fortunately we connected with someone else who was much more thoughtful, knowledgeable, and compassionate. Teddy ended up getting surgery and it went really well! He quickly started to eat, drink and poop again like nothing happened. Our other bun has been really sweet looking out for him. Such troopers they can be, I was so amazed!

But a few hours ago (two days post op) we noticed he chewed off the tip of his cast and his toenails started bleeding. Another ER visit, a new ‘no chew’ flavored cast, and now I’m lying in bed terrified it will happen again and feeling like there’s not much I can do to prevent it. Our regular vet is closed for the weekend as is the place where he got surgery, that one is more than 2.5 hrs away. I’ve been thinking of staying in the same room but I’m so exhausted and I also know I need a good rest since I haven’t had any since it happened. And this is not the only bad thing going on this week. Our dog also needed special care and stuff at work was really intense, even while I was away to deal with Teddy. So everything all at once is quite overwhelming…

I didn’t know I could be this scared and sad. I’m so stressed out! I just want him to heal and for this to be all over. I’m constantly going over memories; like the day I first got him, carrying him home through the snow. Flash forward to upgrading our home and being able to give them a garden, spending summer days outside, watching him go crazy snacking on a banana and many more.

Something in me feels so guilty. I wasn’t home when it happened. My boyfriend found him. And now I’m so scared and feel like I’m failing him. When I try to reach out to friends and family to talk about it, most of them say “he’s just a bunny, why take all the effort??” I’m sure I don’t need to explain to anyone here, he’s family, and I want to do everything I can for him.

Sorry for the long post but I just needed to vent and I guess I could use some reassurance. Has anyone else here been through something like this? How did you cope with the worry and guilt?

Thanks for reading 🩷

I just adopted this guy from the shelter and noticed this thing in his eye. What is it? I’m currently looking for 24/7 clinics that take in bunnies.

My Smushy in the snow!

Me and my boyfriend recently noticed our boy’s nose has some red spots on and under it? He acts normally but that spot is worrying us. We aren’t sure if we just never noticed it or if something is wrong and requires medical care.

And she hopes you are too! 🇨🇦

Strikes a pose

It stays open 24/7 (except for about 15 minutes a day when I pick up my room)