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The fact that she is lethargic is worrisome. A vet visit is a good idea. In addition to whatever else is wrong, she will most likely need pain medications and medications to prevent stasis. She may also need sub q fluids. If she is not eating, you may have to begin syringe feeding her. The vet...

Rex rabbits have relatively thin fur on their feet. This appears to be the toe where fur has been rubbed off. If her nails were a little too long, it may have caused more friction/pressure on this point of the toe and loss of fur. Keep the nails trimmed and avoid abrasive surfaces. Your vet...

Try offering him the medication in a small dollop of unsweetened applesauce. (a small dollop would be about the size of a quarter) Or try offering him apple juice (a few drops only) from the syringe. Offer him the syringe through the wire of his cage. Ideally he would have to squish his face...

Here's a link to a video on You Tube that shows how to mix critical care and how to syringe feed a rabbit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iGZVYVm5Bg The tip of the syringe is placed in the gap between the molars and the front teeth. When the syringe tip is in place, most bunnies will begin to...

How big is her cage ? How big is her litter box? It's possible that the litter box is becoming dirty/smelly over the course of the weekend and that is why she pees on the floor. You may want to consider an x pen set up for when you are away. If you use a wire top ( like this ...

I found an article that describes the respiratory toxicity of Cedar ( and pine): http://www.trifl.org/cedar.shtml Here is a quote from the article: "The primary irritant in cedar is plicatic acid " " Exposure to plicatic acid can cause or exacerbate asthma, rhinitis or conjunctivitis in...

If a person has never had a rabbit as a pet before, I will usually recommend they contact the local House Rabbit Society. The adoption application allows a potential adopter describe, in great detail, the type of rabbit they are looking for. Not only can they specify the age and breed, they...

Here's a web page that outlines techniques for dry and wet "butt baths": http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/buttbath.html With the cow pies, she is likely to have dried on fecal material embedded in her fur. When I give my splay legged girl a butt bath, I find it helpful to soak any hardened...

Instead of picking her up to take her outside, is it possible to use a carrier instead? At the shelter where I volunteer, we will use a carrier to take the bunnies out of their cages, when the bunnies are cage protective. When it's time to go back to the cage, we put the carrier into the pen (...

I have a foster rabbit with splayed legs that needs periodic butt baths. I wear a water proof/plastic apron and use a mattress pad wrapped around a pillow. I put the pillow on my lap with a towel on top of the mattress pad. I put Ditto on her back with her head by my left elbow. My left arm...

I don't know if these count as an "ailments". Mama bunny brought into shelter, found as a stray. Babies weren't found. Underside shows where fur was pulled and engorgement of mammary glands. Another shelter bunny with bladder sludge/bladder infection had blood in her urine. Newspapers...

I fostered a mama bunny with 6 babies- 2 boys and 4 girls. ( Original enclosure was a 5' by 6' pen) At 10 weeks, I had to separate the boys from the mama and the girls. This meant there now were 2 enclosures to house them - 5' by 6' original pen and a separate 4' by 4' pen. At 12 weeks, the...

I received this information in an email from a rabbit group on Yahoo and am posting it here: Zooh Corner Rabbit Rescue has been notified by the leadership of the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society of their intention to reclaim use of the space currently occupied by the shelter rabbits to...

You don't like red eyes ?? How is that possible? They match the pink of my ears so well... It's true, it's hard to capture their beauty in a photograph... I guess if you don't like red eyes, you just haven't met the right bunny, yet...

Rename them "Eclipse" and "Twilight". Write up a cutesy bio- "These 2 dark angels don't bite humans, although they do sparkle in sunlight. They are secret snugglebugs who love to be pet, but prefer to keep their feet on the ground."

A lot of shelters are divided into two parts- Animal Control ( which is in charge of relinquishment) and Adoptions. So when you relinquish an animal, you will be dealing with the Animal Control side. Some are equipped with forms that allow previous owners to pass along information about their...

If you have any nice pictures of them, you might want to send them to the Director of Adoptions at the shelter. A good picture on the website can help attract potential adopters. Also, a nicely written bio can generate interest. If you can indicate that your bunnies got along well with...

Mischief and Mayhem ?

Whenever Bravo, my New Zealand mix, is molting, I'm tempted to rename him "Blizzard". So if you are going to have a pair of large white bunnies, how about "Snowstorm" ( With the nickname "Snowy " or "Stormy") and "Blizzard" ? Or if you are in the mood to tempt fate, how about "Chaos" and...

A bunny came into the local Humane Society where I volunteer that had supposedly been spayed ( She did have a spay scar). But month after month, she would build nests and pull fur. She was also very cage protective. Finally, she went in for an exploratory surgery. The vet found that whoever...