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Thanks for the advice! I'm going to start slowly tapering the meds before I completely run out. So far he is still doing well.

Rune seems to be better! 🎉 He's eating on his own and pooping, so I am going to discontinue the syringe-feeding. I'm going to keep giving the prescription meds for the full seven days, but it looks like he's out of the woods!

Thank you! Aiming for 35mL per feeding seems a bit more feasible, and I can do every 3 hours instead of 4. Update for this morning: Still not eating on his own, but there were a few tiny pellets in his litterbox. He also peed beside his litterbox. Behavior-wise, he seems pretty normal. He's...

Rune has GI stasis. :/ Yesterday I noticed he did not eat his full bowl of pellets in the morning, which is somewhat unusual, but not completely unheard of him for him. He free-roamed as usual throughout the day, and last night I put him back in his cage with clean litterbox and fresh hay...

Good eye about the hay feeder! It's actually been gone for awhile after I realized it wasn't working out. That's an old picture from when I still had it in there.

Hey, so follow-up question on this! It's been a few months and I'm still having the pee problem. He's otherwise been absolutely fantastic every other place in the house, even on other furniture, blankets, and beds. It's only this one particular bed. Anyway, I am in the process of replacing...

Hey all! When I got my bunny last year, I bought this litterbox, which I have been using without the grate. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098DZ847R/ Here is a picture from last year of my set-up with the litterbox (Rune was such a tiny baby then!). Since then, I've gotten a bit...

Hey all, it's been a bit. Rune is still being pretty stubborn about the orchard grass hay and will only reliably eat it when I mix it with alfalfa. Today I decided to try oat hay, and it's been a huge hit! But I want to double-check, is oat hay a good choice as his regular hay? Does it contain...

I'm not an expert, but hoping someone more experienced will come by who can offer advice! My understanding is that calcium is very important for pregnant buns and buns in labor. Do you have alfalfa? Try feeding alfalfa. Also, if you have Tums (regular, calcium Tums only, not any old antacid)...

I didn't think about that! Yeah, I can move it somewhere else, should be less of a problem since he's eating so much less of it.

Looking for some expert opinions on this, I'm kind of worried I'm doing something wrong or being too trusting of my cats. My rabbit, Rune, is about seven months old now. When I got him, my original plan was to start him off in his cage (4 by 6 ft with two additional partial levels he could jump...

I left my rabbit for that long before and he was fine. I gave him his usual pellets and vegetables before I left, then as Blue eyes said, put in lots of hay. One day with hay only shouldn't hurt. If you don't already, you might want to consider a gravity water bowl. If your friend doesn't mind...

Darn, any chance he might be less territorial if I wait a bit longer for the hormones to get out of his system? It's been about a month. When I check him peeing, is there something I can do to discourage him from doing it again? I'm not sure what (if anything) rabbits would respond to. I know...

Made some progress with this -- I've tried to switch over to the alfalfa more slowly and been mixing it in more thoroughly, and he's doing a much better job at eating the orchard grass hay. The only problem is, when I let him out of the cage, he immediately runs over to the box of alfalfa and...

Hey all, Looking for some tips on how to train Rune to stop peeing on a bed. He's otherwise very well litter-trained, his one problem is this one particular bed that he and my cats hang out on while I'm on the computer. No humans sleep in the bed or anything, it's just the cats and the rabbit...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I got more alfalfa today, so I'm going to try to mix it more thoroughly with his other hay and food and see what happens. If that doesn't work, I will look into other hays, I guess my horse will enjoy the orchard grass if Rune won't eat it.

I have a rabbit coming on 7 months here soon, and I have been trying -- somewhat unsuccessfully -- to switch him from alfalfa hay to orchard grass hay. Any advice? Rune was eating Viking Farmer's alfalfa, and I've been slowly adding Small Pets Select orchard grass hay to his alfalfa with...

Just an update! Rune was fixed on Wednesday and everything went very smoothly. Confirmed that he is a boy. I made him stay in his cage until today, but since he's been active and very good-natured/acting normal ever since the surgery, I let him out and he's been fine. I'm glad he is doing so...

Here's a picture I just took with ears up!

This is Rune! He's a 3/4 Flemish Giant 1/4 Satin mix, and I am really curious how big people think he is likely to get. He is about 21 weeks/shy of five months old and weighs 7.8 lbs. His ears measure around 5.5 inches, if that is relevant. I'm doubting he will get to full Flemish Giant size...