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Thanks everyone, and sorry for your losses ThePelletnator and TreasuredFriend. I try not to be too hard on myself, there are probably things we could have done differently but we did our very best with Robbie. I appreciate your thoughts.

Hi everyone, thank you for your thoughts. We are still upset and in shock about Robbie's sudden passing. We are trying to work out what might have caused it. When he first came to us 7 months ago he was 2.6kg but eating the muesli type stuff they sell at the supermarket which is not good for...

Robbie died a few hours ago. I am heartbroken. My wife took him to the vet who said he had abdominal swelling and he did an X-ray which showed a large obstruction. My wife tried giving him critical care at home but it wasn’t helping and he died some hours later. It’s all so sudden, 48 hours ago...

Robbie isn’t eating and unfortunately I am out of town for work so relying on a combination of my wife who does shift work and a friend who is checking on him. He’s not eating his hay and while last night (around 10 hours ago) he did eventually seem to eat most of a romaine lettuce leaf (which...

Robbie has been doing a few good ones lately

Thanks Blue eyes and everyone for your comments. Just re the above, in general do you find that a play date at a rescue shelter is a good indicator for how two rabbits will get on living together full time? Or is it just not a long enough time to be meaningful?

thank you! I’ll let you know how I go

Fair enough, two intact boys would probably not end well. But how about an intact male who is very chilled out/not aggressive, and either a neutered male or spayed female? Could that work? Would a speed date reveal whether it would likely work or not?

I am currently trying to work out whether to get a friend for Robbie. Robbie is 4 years old and currently intact. Until around 18 months ago he was one of a pair living outdoors with his brother at the previous owner’s place until his brother died. Then 12 months later he came to us, so we have...

Thank you! I am in Australia as well actually, and I will be getting Robbie microchipped. His original owners didn't do so though, but I will get it done ASAP

After more than 24 hours Robbie has been found! He had gotten out of the neighbour's yard and was wandering the streets and thankfully a lady picked him up and took him to a local vet. I had left my details with them so they called me and I went and got him. He was a little shaken but seems back...

Our Robbie (who lives outdoors) has dug a hole under the neighbour's fence. He had never tried this before but has successfully done so and I can't find him. I went to the neighbour's backyard and it's like a jungle in there. I've asked the neighbour to look out for him but I'm hoping he hasn't...

Thanks Blue eyes for the valuable advice, am pleased to say that the first try at bringing Robbie inside worked well. No accidents at all!

Robbie is an outdoor rabbit but where I am it can get hot in summer, as it is right now. I would like to bring Robbie inside on hot days, though he has no experience being indoors. I was thinking of putting him in the main bathroom. He is three years old and I have only had him for a few months...

Thanks Blue Eyes, sounds like good advice. I will make sure to block off the exit, as much as he loves digging out there. A digging pit of some sort sounds like a good idea.

HI all, I have owned my 3 year old mini lop Robbie for around 3 months or so. He is an outdoor rabbit and lives happily in our fairly large suburban backyard. However there is one spot he has found a liking to hiding away in, behind our garden shed between the shed and the fence. I myself can't...

Hello, this is Robbie. He is 3 years old and lives outside in his big backyard. He is a mini lop (I think) and I inherited him 3 months ago from another owner who couldn't take care of him. I am trying to devise all sorts of plans to prevent Robbie digging up my yard and eating all my plants...