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Deceptor101 posted:Be aware of head humping, if the humpee is unhappy it can be very dangerous as genitals can be bitten. I tie all my cords up so they're aren't even on the floor that way they can't even reach them. Would that work? They're not allowed in the bedroom because it isn't bunny proofed. How old are your guys? I noticed a sharp decline in the amount of chewing Ender did when he hit 2 years old. He never chews on anything anymore, and his teeth are fine. He likes to pretend he's an old feeble man  Anyway, I would stay stick with it. If you post a pic of your desk I can help suggest things if you want. Young rabbits are a pain in the rear end (under the age of 2 or so) but once they mature they're wonderful. Ender just gets better by the day. I may just have a freak rabbit however.
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Deceptor101 posted:Be aware of head humping, if the humpee is unhappy it can be very dangerous as genitals can be bitten. Bunnies chew. I'm sorry. My bunny ate my phone charger, my printer cable, and my $120 duvet cover if that makes you feel any better. It's not their fault that I didn't cover those cords and I let my duvet hang off the bed. If you don't enjoy them though, I can understand finding a new owner. I've never given up an animal, but if I did, I think it's the owner's responsibility to find a suitable home, not the humane shelter's. That's the only stipulation I have for rehoming pets. Not every pet is suitable for everyone, just have to be responsible in finding the person that is right for that pet(s). Stepping off the soapbox.
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Mar 11, 2008 04:59
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its not that I don't like them, and it's not like these area's weren't bunny proofed. That's what gets me down. I have NO idea how she got in there, it literally doesn't seem possible, unless she jumped up 5 feet or through a 2 inch hole, which her shoulders and head are def wider than. I just feel rather helpless, I do all that I can, and somehow she gets past it. Maybe i'm just frustrated. I fixed the speaker cord, so thats so relieving. Dont worry, I love my bunnies, i'm just frustrated, but i wont do anything rash.
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Mar 11, 2008 05:26
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I really should get more serious about bunny proofing my room. Right now the vulnerable parts of my computer are stuffed behind a piece of cardboard. I guess that felt adequate because Billy is always more interested in shredding the cardboard than anything else.
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Mar 11, 2008 08:33
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Heh, so I took a picture of my setup, and then realized that they'd chewed through the uploader cord.... So far Speakers are the only thing that's been fixable. I may take the mouse and webcam to a repair shop since they're worth it, the mic, well, it was a POS anyways, it's just annoying since I bought it last week because they'd chewed through my other two mic cords. (you'd think i'd learn, well I thought i did with this one) Buns and I have had some snuggle time, and we're all on good terms now. I need to figure out how to trim their nails tho, both refuse to be burrito'd and wont even get halfway into the trance position. They really like the floor and being rightside up. Half-tempted to go to the vet, but your story still scares me girlscout 
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Mar 11, 2008 09:41
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I think it was the very second day we had Mocha he chewed through my husbands Macbook power cord, that was a delightful $85. It was my fault for not making sure it was out of the way, and I defiantly played it off as such so Mocha wouldn't start off on a terrible foot. Now, before we let any bunny out, we are supposed to check and make sure that the laptop is unplugged or pulled as far off the floor as possible.
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Mar 11, 2008 12:51
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 Minor scare with Toastie. Noticed a lump on his cheek while rubbing them (he loves that) on Sunday, so got him into the vets today. A tooth had become a little sharp and caused an abyss on his cheek. It had happened really quickly. Luckily they could operate today as well, so they've filed that down and cleaned his cheek up. It's good we caught it early, though sadly not early enough that they could clean it up without having to cut his cheek, but he hadn't lost weight and it wasn't infected. It's his own fault, he doesn't eat enough hay. I feel like a rubbish pet owner though.
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Mar 11, 2008 22:59
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shmee posted:Aww...poor Toastie.
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Mar 11, 2008 23:35
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Deceptor101 posted:Be aware of head humping, if the humpee is unhappy it can be very dangerous as genitals can be bitten. Those things are all really pretty easy to fix with a wire stripper and some electrical tape. I've also had unfortunate bunny chewing up computer things experiences, just be glad that she didn't try the power cord! You can get pretty hard plastic tubing to keep the wires inside, I think it's tough enough that the buns wouldn't mess with it.
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Mar 12, 2008 17:05
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I'm not entirely sure what happened, but when I got home both bunnies were out of their pens. The front of one of the pens was broken out (grids pulled apart) but the other one was closed. There was lots of white fuzz in the broken pen. My guess is that Mocha managed to jump from his pen into Creme's and he started harassing her and her efforts to escape him broke the pen apart. I watched them for a few moments before repairing the damage and putting them back, and it definitely looked like Mocha was defending the pen from Creme. That punk. Creme seems okay, she's a little skittish right now so it's hard to get a good look at her.
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Mar 12, 2008 23:37
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Baitu posted:I'm not entirely sure what happened, but when I got home both bunnies were out of their pens. The front of one of the pens was broken out (grids pulled apart) but the other one was closed. There was lots of white fuzz in the broken pen. I watched Lucy jump into Jack's pen once, thankfully I got to him before she ate him. Now there's a sheet covering their pens so she won't jump in. Bunny love sucks.
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Mar 13, 2008 01:41
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Do rabbits need to eat pellets? I just feed mine hay and veggies.
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Mar 13, 2008 02:41
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SpaceMonkey posted:Do rabbits need to eat pellets? I just feed mine hay and veggies. I don't think so. They're fortified with vitamins, so they are nice as a supplement but if your rabbit(s) are getting a good mix of dark, leafy veggies that probably isn't a concern. My vet told me to only give my buns 2-4 tablespoons (4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup) of pellets a day since they are so high calorie.
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Mar 13, 2008 04:09
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Mar 13, 2008 04:26
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Baitu posted:I'm not entirely sure what happened, but when I got home both bunnies were out of their pens. The front of one of the pens was broken out (grids pulled apart) but the other one was closed. There was lots of white fuzz in the broken pen. Ug I'm sorry. Same thing happened to me and it required a vet trip. I would hold off on the bonding for a few weeks because they will remember the incident and Creme will be extra crabby because of it And rabbits don't need the pellets, but I think of them as a healthy treat instead of those crappy yogurt things
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Mar 13, 2008 04:29
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SpaceMonkey posted:Do rabbits need to eat pellets? I just feed mine hay and veggies. In the winter I can't always afford the higher cost of most veggies, so I end up being a bad momma and offering pellets - mo more than 1/4c - and offering whatever happens to be on sale as a special second course until the next shopping trip. I was thinking about getting one of those AeroGrow garden things if they weren't so dang expensive. It would be perfect for winter gardening since I get almost no light through the windows.
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Mar 13, 2008 05:03
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SpaceMonkey posted:Do rabbits need to eat pellets? I just feed mine hay and veggies. No they don't need them. I do give them to mine - only a 1/4 cup though. They are good to have around though. This past week I've been incredibly ill and could not get out to get veggies. So I had to give them extra pellets for 2 days so they wouldn't starve.
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Mar 13, 2008 14:07
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girlscoutdropout posted:No they don't need them. I do give them to mine - only a 1/4 cup though. They are good to have around though. This past week I've been incredibly ill and could not get out to get veggies. So I had to give them extra pellets for 2 days so they wouldn't starve. Ditto on this. I give pellets one or twice a week, because most of my rabbits are elderly and can benefit from the extra calories, and I do feed pellets on any day when I fail to feed veggies (like the day I got home and my veggie donation bag was full of nothing but iceberg lettuce and rotten strawberries). But otherwise, you are correct, hay and veggies is really all they need.
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Mar 13, 2008 16:58
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Kind of like the same reason my mom would keep TV dinners in the freezer growing up, if she got sick, we at least knew how to operate a microwave and wouldn't burn the house down. Just a last resort thing.
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Mar 13, 2008 22:25
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14 hours until we get the keys to our new house!! The bunnies get moved tomorrow evening!! Anything else I need to think of? New plastic tablecloths for under the carpet. New Carpet Clean pens Brand new litter boxes Clean bowls/hay racks All new toys What else can I do?
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Mar 14, 2008 01:37
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So last night was the first night in the new house. Everyone is all settled in their cages. Then I'm still up at 1am (no idea why) and I hear running. I run upstairs and SOMEHOW Lucy has gotten into Jack's cage and he's humping her. I know the next step would of been fighting. Thankfully I got there in time. So I put Jack in the spare bedroom and I've been moving all day. I just put them back in the same room and covered Lucy's pen with a sheet and clothespinned it about every 3-4 inches. I don't see how she could get out. She sure was trying, so I just separated Jack again. I'm worried that Lucy is going to stake her territory in the room she's in, but I can't move her because it's really the only bunny-proofed room. I don't have time to sit there and "referee" because this weekend is the only weekend I have to move. What should I do? I want to just scream. Why does this have to be so drat difficult? i can hear her right now trying to climb the bars to get out. I guess my next option is to take apart the whole cage and use the connectors the NIC cubes come with and make a cage with a top? I don't think I have enough though. Advice? Please? I'm begging.
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girlscoutdropout posted:So last night was the first night in the new house. Everyone is all settled in their cages. Then I'm still up at 1am (no idea why) and I hear running. I run upstairs and SOMEHOW Lucy has gotten into Jack's cage and he's humping her. I know the next step would of been fighting. Thankfully I got there in time. So I put Jack in the spare bedroom and I've been moving all day. I know how hard this is...sometimes you want to kill them when you have more important things going on. I think you're going to have to build a secure cage witha top. They can't be allowed to get at each other because if they have a bad experience it sets you back. I would have let him keep humping her and seen what would have happened...in a new place sometimes they just change their minds. Get a secure cage together, and start bonding again immediately if possible. Don't let either one get the chance to establish territory in the new place. It needs to be "their" house not one or the others. Do you think your female is really going to let the male be the dominant one? I would encourage her into this thinking if you feel that she really can be submissive to him. My female kicked my males rear end and he finally got the point and submitted to her. Sorry about the babbling. Get them in the car as soon as you can, or on top the dryer. They have to work out their squabbles in the new territory as to who is going to be dominant. Once that's established, I think you'll have a very easy time. Don't separate them unless things get really nasty. I'm kinda thinking that a little roughness is needed to get the job done
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Bunway Airlines posted:I know how hard this is...sometimes you want to kill them when you have more important things going on. I think you're going to have to build a secure cage witha top. They can't be allowed to get at each other because if they have a bad experience it sets you back. I would have let him keep humping her and seen what would have happened...in a new place sometimes they just change their minds. Get a secure cage together, and start bonding again immediately if possible. Don't let either one get the chance to establish territory in the new place. It needs to be "their" house not one or the others. Do you think your female is really going to let the male be the dominant one? I would encourage her into this thinking if you feel that she really can be submissive to him. My female kicked my males rear end and he finally got the point and submitted to her. Yeah, bonding starts today. I hope the top is secure enough with the sheets and clothespins. I just don't see Lucy being submissive, but I don't know. I just want to get this over with. I have the hardest time telling if they are about to fight or not. I never see their tails go up and their ears don't go back since they're lops.
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Yeah, lops are hilarious with their ears. Just keep trying. The key is to do it sooner rather than later so they don't establish ideas of territory. Keep us up to date 
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I cannot believe how difficult it is to get my rabbit to sit still for a picture. He'll sit completely motionless for hours and hours but when I have a camera, he KNOWS it. Well I got you this time you fucker.  It's still totally out of focus GOD DAMMIT 
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Mar 16, 2008 20:11
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if they run around long enough they much eventually lie down for a bit. my bunny always run around for 10mins rest for 3-4mins, he really likes it when I pet him them.
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Mar 17, 2008 05:26
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This was my beautiful Dutch rabbit, Coco. My bunny died this morning. I adopted her after she was abandoned in our neighborhood. She was with our family for about 5 years and I miss her terribly. I'm thinking of getting another bunny.
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Mar 17, 2008 20:39
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Sarita posted:This was my beautiful Dutch rabbit, Coco. Aww I'm so sorry.
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Mar 17, 2008 23:16
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So my girlfriend and I are bunny lovers who frequently lurk the thread. We've never bonded buns before, and today we adopted a second. We have a cube cage, split down the middle with a divider. When we put the new bun in his side they seemed pretty interested in each other, and pretty soon they were licking each other through the bars. From what I've read this is a pretty good sign. How long should we wait before introduce them? (they're both fixed etc... this is also a new place, and a new cage, the old bun has only been here for a few days).
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GoodApollo posted:So my girlfriend and I are bunny lovers who frequently lurk the thread. We've never bonded buns before, and today we adopted a second. We have a cube cage, split down the middle with a divider. When we put the new bun in his side they seemed pretty interested in each other, and pretty soon they were licking each other through the bars. From what I've read this is a pretty good sign. How long should we wait before introduce them? (they're both fixed etc... this is also a new place, and a new cage, the old bun has only been here for a few days). That's an excellent sign. You may be lucky and have love at first sight. I would try a car ride and then let them be together when you get home, in the bathtub or somewhere like that. Set up a pen if you have one and see how it goes. Humping is to be expected, just no seriously aggressive chasing or biting. Good luck And I'm so sorry for your loss Sarita, she was a very pretty bunny
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Hey, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about what to do with a pet rabbit when you have to leave town for a few weeks? I don't trust my parents with my rabbit, and I don't want to push the responsibility on my roommates either. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Linda posted:Hey, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about what to do with a pet rabbit when you have to leave town for a few weeks? I don't trust my parents with my rabbit, and I don't want to push the responsibility on my roommates either. Any ideas? Thanks. I know our bunny vet has "exotics only" boarding - no cats or dogs. They take a picture of your pet everyday and make you a little "camp diary." I'm not sure how much it costs, but that is probably what my husband and I will do when we are out of town. I think the price will be worth the piece of mind that they are being taken care of by someone who knows bunnies. I'd check and see what local vets have to offer in terms of boarding, but make sure to check it out in person before you book anything to make sure it's going to be suitable for your bunnies. Local rabbit rescues may offer boarding as well.
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Now Lucy has figured out how to chew through the zip ties to get out. AHHHH!!!!
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girlscoutdropout posted:Now Lucy has figured out how to chew through the zip ties to get out. AHHHH!!!! I think Mocha and Lucy are working together plotting new escape routes, he just started doing that too.
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girlscoutdropout posted:Now Lucy has figured out how to chew through the zip ties to get out. AHHHH!!!! Get some of these paper clips. They will fit between the bars and you take the grips off for bun safety. They wont be quite tight but the bars wont separate enough to let a bun through. And you can put the grips back to rearrange panels. <edit> Or if you want the bars held tight together you can put the clips over your zip-ties to protect them from the buns. Paul E. Waug fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Mar 19, 2008 |
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We decided to start our bonding today. We put them in a box and drove around for 20-30 minutes. They cuddled up a bit and seemed to be doing fine, so we put them in neutral territory (a bathtub). They sniffed and each other and laid by each other a bit. A few times they took short licks at each other, but for the most part that's all they did. No aggression, but not much else either. I tried putting juice on their noses, which Milly thought was great, and Knowles seemed pretty apathetic about. We were there maybe 2-3 hours and they mostly just ignored one another, although for some reason when Knowles (the new bunny) is around Milly, he's far more comfortable. He let's us pet and play with him a lot more than when she's locked up. Anyway, once we got home and unlocked the cages they both jumped out before we could get them, and they've pretty much just been hanging out, doing exactly the same thing they were before, in non-neutral territory. We decided to just let them go for a bit... they've been in each other's cages, even eaten each other's food and neither seems to mind. We are confused!
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GoodApollo posted:We decided to start our bonding today. We put them in a box and drove around for 20-30 minutes. They cuddled up a bit and seemed to be doing fine, so we put them in neutral territory (a bathtub). They sniffed and each other and laid by each other a bit. A few times they took short licks at each other, but for the most part that's all they did. No aggression, but not much else either. I tried putting juice on their noses, which Milly thought was great, and Knowles seemed pretty apathetic about. Could be love at first sight! Just don't leave them unsupervised and still keep an eye out for ears back and/or tail up so you can prevent a fight. Bunnies hold grudges, if I fight happens, bonding will have to be put on hold. I would keep doing as many supervised bonding sessions as you can. Maybe after a week or so of no aggression you could start leaving them unsupervised(?)
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Paul E. Waug posted:Get some of these paper clips. They will fit between the bars and you take the grips off for bun safety. They wont be quite tight but the bars wont separate enough to let a bun through. And you can put the grips back to rearrange panels. Great idea! Going tomorrow to buy some. Thanks.
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girlscoutdropout posted:Could be love at first sight! Just don't leave them unsupervised and still keep an eye out for ears back and/or tail up so you can prevent a fight. Bunnies hold grudges, if I fight happens, bonding will have to be put on hold. I would keep doing as many supervised bonding sessions as you can. Maybe after a week or so of no aggression you could start leaving them unsupervised(?) Hope so! They've been together in non-neutral territory for a few hours now and seem fine with it. They're still not paying each other much attention aside from the occasional nudging. When they're in close quarters they'll clean themselves, but not each other, I read somewhere that might be a sign that they want to clean each other but are too nervous. Wow okay, actually, as I was writing this they finally started paying attention to each other- Knowles started licking and nudging Milly who seemed to be laying submissive for him. Then when it was Milly's turn she licked for a bit then started humping... his head. Fortunately he's pretty laid back and we got her off quick enough it wasn't a problem. It seemed like it was just a fluke so we let them get near each other again, but after a few seconds of licking Milly seemed about to mount again so we put her up. He didn't seemed too bothered about the ordeal but it scared the crap out of us!
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GoodApollo posted:Knowles started licking and nudging Milly who seemed to be laying submissive for him. Then when it was Milly's turn she licked for a bit then started humping... his head. Perfectly normal. Actually, the licking bunny is usually the submissive one. That flat, submissive-looking posture is actually bunny for I AM YOUR QUEEN GROOM ME NOW. So it makes sense that she would also demonstrate her dominance through the humping as well, to reinforce the message: "I'm being nice and grooming you, but you still my BITCH". I have a pair who've been bonded for over 3 years. The female Daisy is VERY dominant, and humps Wordsworth every time she grooms him. He just looks rather resigned at this point. Next time you give them together-time, don't separate them prematurely unless you see fur pulling and biting. It's helpful to see what happens after the humping - do things deteriorate, or do they go back to ignoring each other and occasionally grooming? It's better that they work out any dominance disputes under your supervision.
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