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Thanks, I made an appointment with my vet for Saturday. I did try leaving grass in his litter box, but it's hard to tell if he's eating any of it when half ends up on the floor. This is very uncharacteristic of him though - this is a rabbit that normally eats every scrap of food on the floor...

Hi all, My rabbit Einstein recently passed away (May 1), which has been very difficult. He was a little over nine years old and we were really bonded. It was sudden and I keep replaying in my head what I could have/should have done differently. My other rabbit Butterscotch (same age) now...

Hi all, So I have a large plastic store-bought cage for my rabbit, and he has a bad habit of peeing under the shelf (on the opposite side of his litter box) and also over the edge of the litter box. I have been cleaning it with vinegar and Nature's Miracle, but unfortunately it was pretty...

Thanks. I've been trying to brush him daily but we've been having such a major heat spell lately that I hate taking him out of my room to do it(one of the few air conditioned spaces in the house). I used to give benebac once a week but sort of got lazy about it. I might get started again. My...

Thanks guys. He seems to be doing better now. I didn't give him any medicine but I kept an eye on him and offered him some grass from my hand about an hour ago. He seemed hungry but would only eat his grass when I hand fed it to him (of course!). He ate the vegetables from his bowl and...

I have 3-year-old lionhead/angora mix. He is fixed and eats Oxbow pellets and timothy hay and some vegetables. Last night he had some red and green pepper and everything seemed fine. When I woke up today he was laying down in his litterbox (something he never does). Usually he makes a lot...

Hello all, My rabbit Butterscotch has a cage that I built him out of NIC panels. It's square - 2x2x2, so 28"x 28"x 28" (I would like it to be bigger but unfortunately don't really have the room). The cage has plexiglass about 2 inches high around the bottom, to try to prevent poop from...

Okay, thanks you two. I think he's fine now - he's made a few pellets in his cage and the litter box. I guess it was a more stressful car ride than usual.

Hi all, My rabbit and I went to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. We drove back this afternoon, with my rabbit in his carrier. The drive was about 2.5 hours - he's made it several times before. He's been in his cage since we got back (around 6:15 pm) and has not pooped. Before we left, I...

Hello all, In a few weeks I am moving to attend graduate school. One of my rabbits, Einstein, will be coming with me. (the second will be staying home with my parents) As I will now have my own space, I bought Einstein a bigger cage. He isn't using it now because it's too large to fit in his...

Me again, with an update on Einstein. Back in January, nothing seemed to really persuade him to drink his water, but he has started again (actually a while ago, but I'm a bad updater! Maybe because it's getting warmer? He drinks a pretty good amount each day, 1/4 to 1/2 of a small bottle. I...

I think he's a pretty good hay eater, but I don't know if I would qualify what he eats as a lot. He's a pretty small rabbit, ~4 pounds, so I give him grass 2-3 times a day because once he pushes it to the floor he won't eat it. I think he seems hydrated when I tried the skin test - my...

Thank you all for your advice. I've tried putting a small bowl of water in his cage, but Einstein does not seem to prefer that any more than a bottle. Instead he tipped a good amount of water out, and it's possible he peed in it - yellow water when I came home today. But I changed his...

For some reason, my lionhead Einstein will not drink his water. I've been noticing this over the past few weeks - his water bottle stays full, and his litter box is pretty dry when I clean it. It doesn't matter if the water is fresh or not - a recently changed water bottle does not seem to...

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