Hello

[caramelsoda]

Hello- I am a first time rabbit owner. I just got my bunny yesterday. She is an 8 week old gold English Spot doe and I named her Lacy. I can already tell that she is quite the lover!
I'm feeding her Oxbow Bunny Basics 15/23 and timothy hay. She's in a pen, not a cage or hutch, and I'm not sure how big it is. I'm also trying to litter train her (so far, not much luck) so any tips would be great!

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Need to use Alfalfa instead of Timothy for the first six months--higher in protein and calcium while they are in growth mode. Very cute.

 

[caramelsoda]

Yea the place where I got the hay didn't have alfalfa. But the pellets are alfalfa based.

 

[ChocolateBunny]

Yeah, but her being a baby she needs alfalfa. So, regardless..you should really get her some alfalfa instead of hay. Its like feeding a new born baby skim cow milk or breast milk..it makes a difference.
Your bunny is cute.
As far as litter box training goes, put her food and "hay" (alfalfa) in the litter box and she will go in the litter box. They catch on fast that way

 

[caramelsoda]

I do have her hay in the litter box and she goes in there to eat it but she still goes to the bathroom all over the pen. And I'll try to get some alfalfa asap!

 

[ChocolateBunny]

the food AND hay need to stay in the litter box. also, when she pees or poops, get it up and put it in the litter box, she will get the hang of it, may take a few days but she'll get the hang of it.

 

[woahlookitsme]

aw what a pretty spot. Gold is really rare where im located!

 

[Halucinate]

Welcome your bun is cute.

Well firstly, it will take some patience. As stated earlier, just keep some hay in the box. If your rabbit decides to PEE, somewhere else, clean it... and move the box to that location instead.

For poops... even litter trained buns, dont poop 100% of the time, in the box ;p luckily for us there droppings are odorless (usually) and easy to sweep up.

litter training, isnt really "training" for a bun. Its more, tricking them to use the box, as most rabbits will pick a designated corner to pee in usually

good luck!

 

[caramelsoda]

Well she's been peeing in both of the front corners. Also, I noticed today that her poops are a lot softer than they were yesterday. Some of them were stuck to the floor when I was sweeping them up.

 

[Ronin Shinobi]

Welcome to RO. Soft pellets are normal actually. As long as there not a lot of it that the hard, orderless pellets. If she's had a diet change recently then that would explain any excessive amounts of soft pellets as her system is adjusting to new food. Any other chase would be cause for concern.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Let me welcome you to Rabbits Online, my name is Dave and I am a moderator on the forum. So if I can be of any help please let me know. This is a terrific website for rabbits and their slaves, not only is it very active but also friendly. I am so glad you’re here and I know you will enjoy it.

Many bunny's recommend their slaves to this site so we may learn of others methods to keeping our furry masters happy.

If you everhave a sick bunny, please post in The Infirmary and include your rabbit's age, breed and health history as well diet and output details leading up to the problem.

I have listed some links I thought you might find interesting:

*For reference the Library section

*To brag or tell everyone about the antics of your bunny or just to talk about your day here is where to start a Bunny Blog, you can also look back at it later and remember when you had a life before your bunny.

*Now all the bunny’s like talk to each other when we mere slaves aren’t around in the Bunny Chat is the spot to be.

*Rabbits Online also has regional forums , this a good way to find a vet in your area that has experience with rabbits and to find out from other nearby of good sources of rabbit supplies.

The Let Your Hare Down section is for anything non-bunny related.

Here is a link tothat will help you and your bunny to connect, How To Bond With Your Bunny.

Now every forum has rules and ours can be found with this link Rabbits Online Forum Rules. This gives guidelines on what is acceptable, what is not and how we hope everyone will treat each other.

Everyone on this forum loves to see pictures of each other’s bunnies. So if you would like to post a picture this link will help you do that, Upload Photo's to Photo Gallery. Then in the post, you click on the "G" in the tool bar to insert your photo. Many people also use Photobucket. You just copy the img file and paste it into the post.

I am glad you have joined rabbits online and I look forward to seeing you around.