| Growing bunny food |
[16 May 2012|11:27pm] |
With the warm weather approaching and my mom having her own garden, I was thinking about starting my own. I've never gardened before but I thought it would be cool, and I would like it to be bunny centric. My mom grows string beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
I was thinking of growing herbs and maybe a few other things for my bunny, so what should I plant? Off the top of my head, I can think of mint, basil and parsley.
And here's my bun being his adorable little self:
He's such a loaf. A cute, cute, bunny loaf.
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| bored bun! |
[15 May 2012|01:54am] |
What can I do for my bored bunny?
He has a lot of cardboard tubes, boxes, etc, to chew on and knock over. And he does play with them. But lately it seems like he just wants to get into forbidden areas of the kitchen!
We do stop and pet him/hold him/give him treats. I don't know what else to do, though.
I am open to suggestions!
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| Declawed rabbit |
[13 May 2012|08:51pm] |
I don't really know what happened, but I noticed some blood on Hugos back paw. I looked and saw that his whole claw has been torn off. The pulp (I'm not sure of the english word here and can't find a translation, it's "pulpa" in swedish so I'm just assuming) is still there though. The thing you look out for so you don't hurt it when you trim their claws. It looks like this: http://vovve.info/carin/bilder/120327_pulpa.jpg (not nice picture) but that's a dog so Hugo's is of course a lot smaller. It's tiny, a little bit bloody but it's not bleeding anymore. :/
What do I do? I have a vet appointment tomorrow morning for his sniffles, but is this very dangerous and do I need to do something about it now? Will it heal? Will the claw grow back? :(
I'm cleaning his cage/toilet so that it's completely clean, and then tomorrow vet. But in the meantime, should I do something? He doesn't seem too bothered by it, but I'm worried it'll get infected. :/
ETA: This post got stuck in the queue, so Hugo has seen a vet for this now. :) They say to keep his cage clean, and that there is still a small part of his claw there so it'll grow back in a couple of months.
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| Caging ideas |
[13 May 2012|08:05pm] |
Hi everyone!
I am currently toying with the idea of adopting a rabbit, and since I have been lurking here for years, I thought I would finally step out of the shadows and ask a few questions!
I plan on making my own cage-type dealio. I have a ton of wire cube shelving, which I plan on using to make a large pen, and I plan on using a extra small dog crate for a bed/hideout inside the pen. I just need building ideas, really! So, can some of you guys post some photos of your cage setups? I like getting ideas from other people, especially for the flooring part of the pen - I am thinking of getting a piece of linoleum cut to fit under the pen.
What sort of toys do you recommend the most for playful buns?
I have a local source [a farm not too far away] that can supply me with hay - is this okay, or it is better to buy hay from a certain supplier? If I do get the local hay, should I freeze it before offering it, to kill any bugs?
I am looking into Oxbow pellets, are they still the go-to for buns?
I am not sure what kind of bun mine will be, if we do decide a rabbit is right for us. I am a big fan of lionheads, and also lops - but breed really doesn't matter much to us. We have been doing research, so we want to make sure we are fully prepared before we make the final decision.
Thanks everyone! :)
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| introduction + advice! |
[12 May 2012|10:39am] |
Hello everyone! I've been lurking for a while and I just wanted to get the community's advice on how they litter trained their buns.
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| Little accidents? and mellowing out |
[10 May 2012|09:26pm] |
Bunsen has had a couple of little pee accidents in his house the past day or so. I'm not sure why. He had plenty of time out to play (more than usual, in fact) and he has been litter trained for two years. His eating habits are fine, and he's not ill. My hubby says his litter box isn't big enough, though. Do you think that could have anything to do with it?
Also, lately he has been really, really mellow! It's very sweet--he sits next to my chair during playtime and kind of relaxes into this Sphinx-like pose. He also does chew on toys and binky a bit. But this mellow stuff's very new. He's two years old now. Do they mellow with age? I mean, 2 is a bit young for a bun, isn't it?
Thanks!
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[10 May 2012|08:46am] |
So Hugo is still sick, and I'm worried sick. Not getting better at all, maybe he's a bit more snotty and sneezing a bit more. I decided that I've had it with waiting for this to pass and am calling a different vet. My plan is to tell them that I want them do to a swab and see if they find anything, I'm worried since Hugo seems healthy and it's an unecessary painful procedure for him BUT he's been sick for over a month. That can't be good and the little sneezing fits he gets breaks my heart.
He also has some brown stuff by his nose, I thought it was a booger before but it's not. Was it there all along? I don't know. :( Ugh.
( pics of snotty nose under cut )
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| Dandelion Greens |
[09 May 2012|02:16pm] |
I feed my bunny a small salad every morning and he loves dandelion greens, my only problem is they go bad SO fast. I try to pick the smallest bundle when I'm at the grocery store but even after 4-5 days they get slimy and go bad fast. I wind up throwing them out before I can feed them to him. Does anyone else have this problem? Suggestions on what to do, maybe switch and feed him something else? I just don't feel like going to the grocery store every other day to pick up fresh ones.
It's a little old, but I took this on Easter.
Happy Belated Easter!
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| Strange behavior |
[08 May 2012|08:49am] |
Dear all,
I really need your help as I am not sure what to do. This morning my bunny has been acting very sleepy, and she didn't run for her pellets as she usually does. It's been more than an hour and she hasn't touched them, nor the fresh hay. I tried to give her a little bit of banana (her favorite treat) but she ate it without enthusiasm. Usually she get ecstatic about it...
I saw a little bit of poop in here litter box, but I am still worried...
Is this behavior an indication that something might be wrong or is she just being moody? She is just sitting there looking sleepy..
Please, let me know if any of you experienced something like that and what should I do in this situation. I am really concerned.
Thank you.
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[07 May 2012|12:33pm] |
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Ahhh I'm SO SAD!! We just dropped our senior long-haired cat (Sally) off to Petco to be groomed and we saw this ADORABLE, sweet, playful baby--
Weird, cause they don't normally have adoption bunz. But. So. Cute. Want. Soooo. Bad! But our landlord would KILL us if we got another animal :( So of course, the logical thing to do when you badly want, but know you can't adopt is to look for a name, right? So I looked, and all there was, was a box on top of the cage with a single piece of paper..... 
BREAK MY HEART EVEN MORE!! :'(( Anyone in NW Ohio/SE Michigan who is looking for a new bunny? Please....? It just makes me beyond sad to think he may go to someone who won't know how to care for a bunny :( Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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| Frustrated. |
[04 May 2012|06:34pm] |
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Hey all. So I need to vent.
I've lived in my current apartment complex for almost a year. I live on the third floor, and I store my CLEAN bunny litter (aspen shavings) on my balcony in a huge closed plastic bin. The guy living in the first floor apartment has been complaining for the past 2 months. The first time I was notified by the apartment office, I apologized (I had been shaking out the bunny towels over the banister and did not realize the excess litter/fur was going on to his plants) and I have since stopped shaking out her towels outside.
The second complaint was that wood shavings were "raining down on him while sitting outside". Yeah, because I go outside and dump her litter box all up in your porch. And then Easter weekend (WHICH I WAS GONE FOR) I came home to a nasty notice on the door from the neighbor. Recently his complaints are that "saw dust is covering everything". I had no idea what the hell he was talking about. But earlier this week he came to my apartment door and spoke to my boyfriend (I was at work). We finally figured out what the "sawdust" was, we have carpenter bees in the complex and they are nesting in the wood, hence the "sawdust".
So the last I've heard from the apartment office, if they keep getting complaints (WHICH ARE RIDICULOUS) I have to get rid of the bunny. Which they knew about before I signed the lease and moved in, and they are going to make me get rid of her? (Like she's disposable?)
I'm so upset. My best friend lives about 2 hours away and she'll take Jazzy for a few months until my lease is up here, but still. I do not want have to go 2 months without my baby. There is no way more than a few pieces of CLEAN LITTER ever get on his porch TWO STORIES BELOW ME. I mean our apartments face the WOODS (which are 10 feet away) really, no leaves or anything else ever get on your EXPOSED porch? Just a few stay pieces of litter?
I'm just really frustrated. I mean this could not only make me relocate Jazzy, but it could cost my boyfriend and I the apartment we're planning on up-sizing to in July. This guy is a total jerk :/
Thanks for listening to my rant. Any advice/suggestions?
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| I woke up to a bad bunny.... |
[02 May 2012|07:34am] |
I woke up to my bunny Benson ripping paper everywhere and running around the cage. He's got a pretty big cage at 39" long.
I discovered he unhooked his corner litter box (now I have to figure out how to secure it down better) and ripped all the paper underneath that.
The paper/bedding in the litter box was pulled out and in the middle of the cage where I can tell he freshly peed on it in the new location.
Then of course, as soon as he saw me he was bouncing around and wanted out + treats.
I guess he didn't have enough toys, I did forget to put back his cardboard tunnel last night. He has a throw ball and his beloved stuff tomato (from Ikea) but he threw them off the top of his house sometime in the night/morning and were wedged in the corner.
Here's a recent pic of Benson at 11 weeks old:
Very disapproving
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| D'aaaw! |
[30 Apr 2012|11:32pm] |
Today, my bunny got visitors for the first time! He was such a good boy. Everyone was petting him and cooing over him. My bun doesn't play with toys, but he will snuggle!
He's healing well from his neuter that was at the beginning of the month. It was really hard to keep him confined in the cage, though.
Anyways, here's my bunny relaxing after receiving visitors:
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| Bonding Advice |
[28 Apr 2012|03:27pm] |
Hello everyone!
I have been bonding my rabbits, Bow (female dwarf lionhead) and Neville (male holland lop) for the past two weeks or so. Both bunnies have always lived in my bedroom with me, with Neville's cage on one side and Bow's cage on the other. My room is enormous (it used to be 2 rooms, converted into one), so I would set up a barrier in the middle and allow them to each have one side of the room to run around while supervised. Because of this they spent some time sniffing each other through bars, and eating hay together with only the wire barrier separating them.
When I started to bond them for real, I took them both into the bath tub and did it the way I've seen outlined on all sorts of websites. The first meeting there was a little bit of agression as Neville tried to mount Bow, but that quickly subsided. The meetings after that were full of munching hay and not really noticing each other.
For the past week I have been letting them out in my room without a barrier and the results have me puzzled. There has been NO agression whatsoever. Bow will hop into Neville's cage and sleep, eat his food, drink his water, and use his litter box, and Neville will just hop in and sleep without even a second glance. Same thing goes for Neville hanging out in Bow's cage. I have been putting hay and pellets outside the cages, in the middle of the floor, and they've been eating together happily. There have been tons of binkies going on!
However there have been none of the super positive signs of successful bondings. Neville and Bow will each bow their heads to each other at different times, and Neville has been doing it a lot lately which makes me think he wants Bow to groom him. Bow has only groomed his butt, not his head. Neville has stopped trying to mount Bow. Bow doesn't like to flop, but Neville has been flopping normally, lying down right beside Bow sometimes.
Because there has been no agression or territorial behaviour, I would like to combine their (homemade) cages and start housing them together, but I don't want this to lead to fights. Everything I've read has suggesting that even rabbits who are happy together can become aggressive when put in the same cage, so how can I know when is the right time?
Thank you so much! <3
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