Vetiora
Well-Known Member
Being my first time ever owning a rabbit I havemany things yet to learn. One of these would be to completelybunny-proof my home before letting bun run around on his own, or justnot assuming my room will be relatively devoid of bunny disasterswaiting to happen.
I aqquired Ferguson about 3 weeks ago I suppose (I sort of forgot tomark the date) and everything has been peachy until now. Tonight Ifound a rubber bracelet I owned chewed and beaten up by none other thanmy favorite little bun! Now I could care less about the bracelet exceptfor the fact that it was missing a (rather large) section of it and Icannot find it anywhere near the last remanents of it. This only leadsme to beleive that Fergy ate the missing piece. Problem is I don'treally know when he ate it.
The area the bracelet was loacted in is sort of out of sight from me,not completely but enough to where bun can do a little mischeif if Idon't pay attention to him everynow and then (a good sign of trouble iswhen it's quiet....too quiet). He's not really having problems poo-ingas far as I can tell and he seems to be eating just fine (although Ifind I'm having trouble with that just as well--different story, willcover at end of post). I'm worried about blockage, but since I don'tknow when he ate it I can't guarantee that it's not in his system rightnow (heck, I can't even guarantee that he ate it!:shock: ). Of course Ihaven't found any pink plastic bracelet pieces in his litter box eitherand I cleaned it out today.
Any help or suggestions? I'm only a college student so I'm a littlepoor to send bun to the emergency room unless he really shows signs ofsevere problems (which he is not exhibiting currently) so I'd like toknow if there's any sure-fire way to find out before it comes to that.
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As for Ferguson himself, he's a netherland dwarf I aqquired from a petshop. Sadly the most I can guess about is age is that he's roughly 3months (the pet shop did not attain the bun's precise age). He's allblack except for a bit of his tail that's faintly white and his littlepaws are just barely trimmed in grey.
To me, he's my little prince
Earlier I mentioned trouble feeding him. Well it's not that he's noteating as much as I started feeding him veggies right when I got him.It was only after I had read a few books and online articles that Ilearned you don't give them fresh veggies until 6 months or older. SoFergy seems pretty miffed that I've been slowly trying to steer himaway from the veggies to his pellets and hay.
My question on that is why excactly can't I feed him vegtables yet? Heseems to be handling them fine as long as I don't give him too muchkale or juicy veggies (which causes his poo pellets to be mildy squishybut nothing horrid). Also, does this mean I can't let him gnaw on appleslices every-so-often or what? I'm very new to this rabbit raisingthing and I want to be sure to do a good job!
I hope I can get some answers because I can't seem to find any otherresources that answer these particular questions of mine. Thanks somuch!
I aqquired Ferguson about 3 weeks ago I suppose (I sort of forgot tomark the date) and everything has been peachy until now. Tonight Ifound a rubber bracelet I owned chewed and beaten up by none other thanmy favorite little bun! Now I could care less about the bracelet exceptfor the fact that it was missing a (rather large) section of it and Icannot find it anywhere near the last remanents of it. This only leadsme to beleive that Fergy ate the missing piece. Problem is I don'treally know when he ate it.
The area the bracelet was loacted in is sort of out of sight from me,not completely but enough to where bun can do a little mischeif if Idon't pay attention to him everynow and then (a good sign of trouble iswhen it's quiet....too quiet). He's not really having problems poo-ingas far as I can tell and he seems to be eating just fine (although Ifind I'm having trouble with that just as well--different story, willcover at end of post). I'm worried about blockage, but since I don'tknow when he ate it I can't guarantee that it's not in his system rightnow (heck, I can't even guarantee that he ate it!:shock: ). Of course Ihaven't found any pink plastic bracelet pieces in his litter box eitherand I cleaned it out today.
Any help or suggestions? I'm only a college student so I'm a littlepoor to send bun to the emergency room unless he really shows signs ofsevere problems (which he is not exhibiting currently) so I'd like toknow if there's any sure-fire way to find out before it comes to that.
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As for Ferguson himself, he's a netherland dwarf I aqquired from a petshop. Sadly the most I can guess about is age is that he's roughly 3months (the pet shop did not attain the bun's precise age). He's allblack except for a bit of his tail that's faintly white and his littlepaws are just barely trimmed in grey.
To me, he's my little prince
Earlier I mentioned trouble feeding him. Well it's not that he's noteating as much as I started feeding him veggies right when I got him.It was only after I had read a few books and online articles that Ilearned you don't give them fresh veggies until 6 months or older. SoFergy seems pretty miffed that I've been slowly trying to steer himaway from the veggies to his pellets and hay.
My question on that is why excactly can't I feed him vegtables yet? Heseems to be handling them fine as long as I don't give him too muchkale or juicy veggies (which causes his poo pellets to be mildy squishybut nothing horrid). Also, does this mean I can't let him gnaw on appleslices every-so-often or what? I'm very new to this rabbit raisingthing and I want to be sure to do a good job!
I hope I can get some answers because I can't seem to find any otherresources that answer these particular questions of mine. Thanks somuch!
