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Merlit was my Flemish giant. She usually thunders down from the shelves of her hutch when I come with breakfast, but yesterday morning she just sat there, breathing heavily. The vet said she had a mild respiratory infection, and gas. She ate all her medicine for the vet, and all her...

Hello, I just moved to a new place. Previously, I lived in an apartment and the bunny hutch was in the living room. It stayed at room temperature. I just moved into a place where the bunnies (two adult Flemish giants) have their own room, which is great, but it's unheated. The bunnies are now...

Hello, Chud, the male of a brother and sister pair we've had for just over a year, was breathing heavily and acting funny. My girlfriend noticed this, because I'm presently visiting family. She took him to the vet and an X-ray revealed an obstruction. The vet is caring for him now. We have...

Hello, We had the cover off of a mattress in the living room. It has a layer of "memory foam" inside it, like you would find in disposable earplugs. I just noticed a few bitemarks in this sheet of foam; perhaps four. I have two ~12lb flemish giants who made these marks some time within the...

Hello, Does anyone have a source for bulk timothy pellets? Right now I'm buying Kay-Tee "Timothy Complete" (if there's something better out there, please tell me) from Petsmart for nearly $14 per 10lb bag, and Froogle's best pick is $7.73 a bag (coming to about $11 a bag with shipping). I'm in...

It was a very cold, dry day out, andwe noticed that both bunnies were looking a little haggard.Their fur was dissheveled. When we began to pet them, theycrackled. They were so charged from being petted that theirfur was floofed out all by itself. Just thought I would mention that.

First, i apologize for the spacing; the forum software does not recognize Macintosh carriage returns. This morning I noticed nothing unusual about the bunnies. Today(unusually) they did not immediately come out of their hutch when I let them out. I can't find anything besides this that is...

Hello, We have two Flemish Giants. As I understand, it'sbest to switch from alfalfa pellets to timothy rather early.However, I noticed that that timothy pellets are lower inprotein. Our bunnies are about 5.5 months old, and shouldstill be growing (they're certainly smaller than theirparents)...

Hi, As I understand, Flemish Giants areexpected to grow to 15-20lbs within 9 months from birth. Ourgiants are just over 5 months old now, and the doe and buck are 5lbsand 4lbs, respectively. Is this normal? I see fourpossibilities: 1.) Bunny growth is geometric, not linear. That...

So here is the male whose name isChud. He's the one that chewed through a 120V cordyesterday. The black patch to the right is the cord inquestion, the red/blue/black is all shrink tube patching.

I apologize for the lack of carriage returns;for some reason the forum software doesn't recognize them coming from my laptop. At first I thought he just had a bit of dirt of fluff on his whiskers, but upon closer inspection, his whiskers were actually singed. After that I found the cord he...

Hello, Two unrelated questions about a pair of Flemish Giants: 1.) Our female is due to be spayed this Friday. As Iunderstand it, it's a good idea to do this because there are long-termhealth benefits (the rabbit will live longer, and will have reducedagression at about 9 months of age). Is...

Hello, So I have a male and a femaleflemish giant. Some months ago the male begam to act like a maleand began trying to mount the female. We (girlfriend and I)expected this, and set up separate cages, hoping that when they weremature enough for neutering/spaying, we would do it and then they...

Hello, My girlfriend and I are new owners of baby Flemish Giants (a male and female, about 3 months old). Since they've been together since birth and tend to sleep on top of one another, I'm assuming they're 'bonded'. We knew we would have to separate them between the time when they...