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Hey folks! I moved to Sydney a couple months ago and I'm hoping that when my fiance and I move into our own place (once I find work!) I can get a rabbit again. Although this time, they will not live in the bedroom! I'm still de-furring my things.... Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has...

I'm assuming you performed only a gross necropsy (meaning that no samples were taken for microscopic examination). With that assumption, the lack of plain lesions to find a diagnosis from and the history you're giving, suggests something viral to me. I'd get a good solid check up on the other...

Gotcha. I think I'll do that in lieu of the haycakes if the bunnies end up disliking them. I'd prefer the haycakes since they aren't as finely processed, but if they won't eat them that's hardly any good now, is it?

BabyRue, when in doubt, you can think of your bunny as a small horse in regards to nutrition. Their GI tracts are nearly identical. It's not a hard and fast guideline, but it's a good way to gauge a decision. If you wouldn't feed your horse that way, it's probably not optimal to feed your...

Hey there BabyRue, First of all, you can take a deep breath and calm down a little :) Yes, he PROBABLY should have been getting some extra calcium, but he's probably not much worse for the wear. LakeCondo's advice to give him some alfalfa for the next couple months is sound. Once he's not...

I do feed orchard hay, presently, but it still aggravates allergies. I was considering the straight timothy pellets, but my buns are already used to, and like, the Oxbow pellets, which are also balanced. I also get them at a discount from our student rep for oxbow, so they're pretty cost...

Due to allergy problems in my household that are not being controlled by usual allergy medications, I'm going to be transitioning my rabbits off of loose hay. I did consider wetting the hay so it doesn't float everywhere, but the bunnies won't eat it. I'd like some thoughts on my plan to do this...

Nela, my male rabbit is neutered (for a while) so there's no way I'm going to be getting baby bunnies. Unless the second coming comes in the form of a zombie rabbit apocalypse :P As I said, it was something I tried and then decided didn't work. I"m not even lettig them out at the same time...

I don't see anything particularly contradictory. The lists aren't identical, but that doesn't mean either of them is wrong. Just that some include some things and some don't. you can't feasibly list everything. In general, the House Rabbit Society is a pretty good source. Do you have any...

Well, at one point I had to get up to shove the towel in a corner she decided to dig in that wasn't the corner I had "Defended". After that, nice and quiet... Then she started up again this morning, but we just let her out and she went to town on one of the boxes under my dresser. So lets...

she's in one of the 30" cages that's really best for rabbits smaller than her. She gets to spend a good amount of time out of it, though. I just didn't have the space in here for her big cage, and this is the only size cage that fits on my animal shelf. It's still much bigger than the one her...

That's still an option, although i'd prefer not to do that unless this doesn't work...She's rather attached to my male rabbit, and used to me and my noise and I don't think she'd be very pleased being in a room by herself all night. (yes, I've tried putting the male with her, or letting them...

If this behavior continues despite everything I do, or reoccurs, I'll probably go ahead and spay her. As has been stated, this isn't very fun for anyone!! I'm just right before my next loan dispersal and quite literally have every penny dedicated to one bill or another until May. I'm less...

She hasn't been doing it during the day until just recently (although she isn't right now). I think "Wearing her out" might be a good idea. I spoke with one of my classmates who also has rabbits, and we're thinking she's pseudopregnant so hopefully this will blow over and I'll be more...

I suppose it's possible. Like I said, she isn't incredibly well litter trained. Her cage would still have to be available to her, and she'll dig in it even if she's allowed to run around the room all night. But maybe I could get some carpet samples and use it on the bottom of her cage. It'd be...

Maybe. I was hoping to avoid the chore of cleaning a blanket(s) on a regular basis. She's not incredibly well litter trained 9_9 Her old owners didn't have an actual litter tray for her, so she just sees her whole cage as her litter tray. Thank you both for your ideas :) I look forward to...

The newspaper isn't that noisy. The problem is that she goes straight through it, and then scrambles against the plastic bottom of the cage. Can't do much about that :( I'm thinking about putting some aspen bedding in there so she feels super comfortable and doesn't feel the need to make a...

My female rabbit has in the past week developed an incredibly irritating habit of digging in her cage all through the night. It's making a huge mess in her cage (she's totally ripping the hell out of all her newspaper and flinging it everywhere) and, more importantly, keeps my fiance and I awake...

Thanks for the help everyone. Part of the problem with these two is that they're adopted from other people (and I consider one a true rescue). The lionhead was adopted from a friend shortly after she adopted him from a family who got him as an Easter Bunny *eyeroll*. Turns out he was PETRIFIED...

If someone was super clever, they'd rent out easter bunnies.