Shout out to my bunny living his best life
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Phantom has been through a lot this year. He lost his life partner, went blind, and hit his 10th birthday. In some ways, he’s the happiest I’ve seen him. Pictured here, he is chilling, grinding his teeth, after consuming many treats.
Kemuri
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I honestly just joined Reddit to read something so this is my first post, have a picture my (very spoiled) boy. His name is the title of this post and he's a Flemmish giant/chinchilla mix
Cute!
Free Roam Bunny = No sleep..?
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Am I the only person out there who’s raising the equivalent of a crying baby with a rabbit? I have a free roam dutch rabbit who hops up on my bed every morning to wake me for his breakfast pellets. What started as a 7am wake up has gotten earlier and earlier to the point that it’s now closer to 4:30am consistently.
Any tips or tricks on ending this? I’m contemplating if I need to change his feeding schedule. But that could turn into him dragging me out of bed if he doesn’t get them!
I live in a loft so the only door I have is to the bathroom lol.
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That moment when your big-ass hand grabs too much hay, so you try to put some back (ya know, to save money), but your bunny grunts at you and chases you off. Guess she won't need replenishment very soon!
I'm a baribe boy
Koko and Mouse
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Koko is on watch duty whilst Mouse is taking a nap
Unlike her brother, Strawberry doesn't think watermelon is the most beautiful thing she's ever seen.
Recs for a good rabbit brush?
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My boy is a sheddy beast! I need something to help him shed quicker that wont bother his skin. Thanks!
How to encourage a bunny to eat who has less appetite from pain medication?
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Noodle had her molars trimmed down 3 days ago. She is on pain medication twice a day, and she is eating but not very much. The first 2 days I gave her critical care 3 times a day as per the vets instructions, and it was a nightmare. She is extremely difficult to catch, even more difficult to wrap in a burrito, and the whole process is clearly very traumatizing for her.
She nibbles on hay, pellets, and greens but mostly from my very insistent hand. That process takes a long time too, but it’s easier on both of us. I am in regular contact with the vet, and if she isn’t eating enough I have critical care on hand. But since she seems willing to eat and has some appetite, I’m hoping to get enough food in her so we don’t need the critical care.
It’s up to her whether she wants to eat or not, but what are some of your buns favorite foods and treats? Or any ways I can entice her to eat her normal food more?
New rabbit
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Accidentally inherited a roughly 8 year old so thought I'd join this sub.
Some info:
His name is Chaplin, Chaps for short.
The original owners called him male, so at the time of posting I'm assuming this is accurate.
Pretty sure he's a rescue, they're supposed to be sending me his papers.
They have had him roughly 7-8 years.
This rabbit has lived everything from a full house free roam with litter box in the bathroom, to basement dwelling, to outside hutch, to alone in a garage.
The owners recently moved and were advised by a vet that he wouldn't survive the trip, so we tried to help find him a new home. Every new home fell through, and here we are.
A quick rundown:
He's been in his cage since we got him, my mom cleaned the whole cage once and has been spot cleaning and dumping the litter box every day once or twice. She wanted to give him time to acclimate to us before trying to hold him or take him out of the cage. He's more used to her than me, but I'm the only one with space to let him roam free. Except I have a dog.
They sent him without hay and she assumed it was for a reason, I told her that they're supposed to eat hay not just pellets so to be on a hay free diet sounded extreme. The owners are hard to get in touch with because they're very busy so it was awhile before I got confirmation that they didn't stop feeding him hay she just ran out and forgot to order more.
We're not sure how much he weighs exactly, but he looks like a California white and seems roughly 8 pounds. I've been slowly introducing hay back into his diet to avoid digestive upset from a quick change.
I bought him several things from Amazon on Prime Day, so a quick rundown:
Toys like balls and pine cones
Cups to put food in for enrichment
Chews and treats
A hay "house" he's torn apart before the fresh hay was delivered
A hay feeder to hang on the inside of the cage
A big cat litter box that uses pellets so it should be compatible with his pellet litter
A small fabric playpen for temporary setup
A new soft plush bed
Two x pens that can be joined together to make a bigger or smaller space indoors or outside. We're hoping to get a floor mat and top to make trips outside safer, too.
I will take pictures when everything is here, I'm still cleaning out my room to give him a space to go in. The current plan is to take him out twice a day during his peak activity hours so he's not in the cage all day and night. Right now, that's the best we can do as it isn't safe to free range in this house and we are not equipped to change that. He will spend nights in his cage and during the day when his "downtime hours" come that he prefers to nap. Probably 16 hours in the cage, 8 in the pen/out with us.
The major benefit of the cage is that it's in a high traffic area so he gets a lot of social interaction with us talking to him and each other. He's in the main room of the house and is pretty much never alone except when we sleep. This will change as we go back to work but he happened to arrive during a slow month for me.
I also have a soft blanket and some dog toys that might be appropriate for him. My dog gets monthly deliveries from BARK so right now he has a temporary cave in his cage from one of those boxes.
I welcome feedback (and fun suggestions!), but this is our first rabbit so please be respectful of the fact that we're still learning and very new to this.
