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okiecompy posted:Does anyone else's bun act like they're starving all the time? I feed Sam plenty, probably even more than she really needs for her size, but every time I let her out she just climbs all over me begging for food or searches all corners of the room and under everything for food! I feel REALLY BAD for my downstairs neighbor. Every morning when it's breakfast time I'll walk over to the buns' bedroom and open the closet. As soon as they hear that noise it's like a switch goes off in their heads. They go from lounging to Bunny 500 mode instantly and jump in and out of the litter boxes, through the cardboard boxes, and the giant himself, Sputnik, sounds like a big dog bounding around. You'd think the unlimited hay and the tons of fresh veggies from our CSA share would be enough. Nope, they go most crazy for the little bit of pellets.
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Noise Complaint posted:I feel REALLY BAD for my downstairs neighbor. Every morning when it's breakfast time I'll walk over to the buns' bedroom and open the closet. As soon as they hear that noise it's like a switch goes off in their heads. They go from lounging to Bunny 500 mode instantly and jump in and out of the litter boxes, through the cardboard boxes, and the giant himself, Sputnik, sounds like a big dog bounding around. AHAH, now that I think about it she does go so much crazier for pellets than hay or fresh greens. I got her from a pet store (bad I know!) and until I started reading this thread only fed her pellets from the pet store with all kind of stupid sugary treats, and I thought I was being good to her! Now I give her loads of hay at all times and big handfulls of veggies but whenever she hears that pellet container shaking she flips out. She'll even climb over the dog!
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Aug 17, 2012 20:52
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Mid-pellet eating Showing off her dewlap fuzz  Rain storm naptime! 
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Aug 18, 2012 00:12
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I just want to chime in and have everyone think for a moment how nice it is to have a zoomy rabbit. Gordon was being lazy for a while which was fine, because I knew she was comfortable, but I started to get worried she was bored. So I rearranged the living room and gave her a tunnel. My bun zooms again. 
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Aug 18, 2012 08:48
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Guigui posted:Our vet did a swab of our 10-year old mini lop's eye discharge (it comes and goes) and just as he predicted there was Pastuerella bacteria. Thing is, she's had it ever since we got her, and I understand it is often passed on close to birth. I lost my first bunny to fibrosarcoma last year  A year ago next week.
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Aug 18, 2012 22:35
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We're now fostering another bun! We went down to a local rescue and took one of the troubled abuse cases. A gorgeous chinchilla bun named Shiloh. She's considered unadoptable because she's just absolutely terrified of people. She was abused pretty badly in her former life. We just set up her ex-pen and are ready for the long haul to try to socialize her and get her adopted out  Pictures to come once we've let her settle down a bit. Noise Complaint fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Aug 19, 2012 |
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Aug 19, 2012 02:12
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Anybody else have a bun that's a curious mix of klutzy yet indestructible? Harriet has run into table legs, slid into the wall at high speech, and lept into a lamp and knocked it over, and has shown no sign of being hurt, only embarassment especially when I fuss and freak out
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bunnyofdoom posted:Anybody else have a bun that's a curious mix of klutzy yet indestructible? Harriet has run into table legs, slid into the wall at high speech, and lept into a lamp and knocked it over, and has shown no sign of being hurt, only embarassment especially when I fuss and freak out Frith binkies into the wall. Repeatedly. Also, he's really clumsy and a wee bit roly poly so when he sits up to groom his back he often falls over backwards. It makes me laugh hysterically every time, even though I feel so bad for him.
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Aug 19, 2012 23:12
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Gordon can only change a zoom trajectory by using a wall or piece of furniture to brake. When she gets going it sounds like a miniature horse galloping, punctuated by muffled thumps and shuffling sounds on the carpet.
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Aug 19, 2012 23:29
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Cilantro has learned to plan her running trajectories as we have rugs on hardwood. For the most part, this goes well, except when she goes from around the kitchen sink into the hallway towards her room. If she's in a hurry, she won't turn right to the living room rug and then 180 toward her room, she'll try to turn while running on the hardwood. Black is the safe, time-consuming path. Red is the pellet-hoarding, traction-lacking monster path. This occurs on occasion but when it does occur it's always at pellet time.
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Aug 19, 2012 23:49
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So it turns out both my rabbits have Pasteurella. I'm kind of at a loss for what to do now. I keep the guinea pigs and rabbits in separate rooms now, but I'm not sure how well it will work. I keep most of my animals in the room I'm in almost all day every day, but the guinea pigs are off by themselves in a room and I've noticed they seem a lot less active and vocal. So I guess my question would be, how can I make this work? I want all the animals to be in the same room so they have a bunch of interaction every day, but I sometimes just kind of forget that my guinea pigs are in a different room and augh. The only other room they could be in is my boyfriend's son's room, but he's 8 and I don't entirely trust him with guinea pigs in his room 24/7 (since he is a kid and my guinea pigs are both very nippy, could result in harm to him or the pigs). So what do you guys suggest? Would quartering them off in the same room be alright or should I leave them in a room by themselves, or what?
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It kind of sounds like the animals would be better off if you rehomed some of them. Sorry. Even if you take a lot of incredibly annoying precautions it'd still be an accident waiting to happen. bunnyofdoom posted:Anybody else have a bun that's a curious mix of klutzy yet indestructible? Harriet has run into table legs, slid into the wall at high speech, and lept into a lamp and knocked it over, and has shown no sign of being hurt, only embarassment especially when I fuss and freak out I know when I hear a muffled *bonk* and feel claws digging into my leg it means yet another unsuccessful attempt by one of them to jump in my lap when I'm sitting at my desk. God drat it sounds like they hit their heads really hard but they just keep on trying until they succeed. And yes they always act as if I haven't fed them in like a week. I've had a bunch of people ask me if I never feed those poor little guys. But after seeing them act starved ten minutes after I've fed them, people will know better than that. By the way a little update on that weird lump I mentioned earlier that Tsjoe had. Antibiotics hadn't seemed to help so I scheduled an appointment to have it removed, just in case. About a day before the scheduled surgery I noticed that the lump had almost completely disappeared. The end result is one oblivious but probably healthy rabbit, and one vet who now probably thinks I'm a time-wasting dick.
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Aug 20, 2012 11:25
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That's what I thought.  In bunny-related news, while I was typing this, Decaf and Kahlua got into a very bad fight. I broke it up but in the process got these:   along with scars over my thigh and elbow. Ow. I was being stupid and the combo of small enclosed area + territorial rabbits and no water sprays/bottles was just kind of bad.
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Aug 20, 2012 14:11
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So Debbie just turned 7, and since I can't dress her in humiliating outfits like I do with my cat, I did this instead She certainly doesn't act her age though, and is just as bouncy and destructive as she was as a baby bun.
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Aug 20, 2012 20:47
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Pepper is a dark gray bunny with black nails. I, personally, think her nails are too long, she disagrees. My vet taught me to do a squeeze test by taking the clippers and squeezing the nail before cutting it -- if she bitched, I was going to hit quick. The thing is, once a month when nail time comes around, Pepper only lets me cut off the wee teensiest bit of nail off each claw. I think I see a sore hock on one foot, but it may be healing up. She has a coroplast floor cage but spends most of her time hopping in a carpeted room. Point being, is there anything I should be doing for her? Besides buying her some press on nails and calling it a day.
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Aug 22, 2012 03:00
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Bean posted:black nails Try shining a flashlight behind the nail so you can actually see the quick.
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Starksy & Blue: Starsky is the older of the two and is a 2 year old, orange butterfly, male Holland Lop. Blue is 1 year old, blue, female Holland Lop and was 12 weeks when first introduced to Starsky. When they were introduced, there were very few fights (maybe 3 or 4) and, since then, they have been getting on pretty well (as you can see from the picture). Both are neutered so there is no chance of any little bunnies. Mortonic fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Aug 23, 2012 |
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Aug 23, 2012 13:54
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Found a Pasteurella-free home for my guinea pigs. But I will still worry incessantly over them. Well at least my  Decaf has become awfully cuddly and will run up to people for pets and/or snacks. e: and here's a video of her running around. Hardwood Floor fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Aug 25, 2012 |
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Aug 24, 2012 16:59
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I love that sometimes my buns just know when I need a nosebump.
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Aug 27, 2012 18:08
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Goddamn. I'm so done with other internet House Rabbit communities. I'm so tired of seeing pet store buns, buns in tiny starter cages, buns being fed seeds and whole carrots as food, buns being tranced non-stop, buns being kept in outdoor hutches. The state of house rabbits in general is absolutely abysmal. Why is it people can't take 10 minutes out of their day to do some research on an animal they're bringing into their home? I have nothing but absolute respect for those of you that do it daily, like Alucinor.
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Ugh I really wish I had the money to get Decaf spayed right now. She's very jumpy and nervous and a bit bitey and territorial. A friend of mine volunteered to take her, but she barely takes the  to even feed her hamster every day so I politely declined. I should stop telling people about any troubles I have with my pets, because as soon as I do, that person suddenly becomes a Pet Expert.
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Bear Rape posted:Ugh I really wish I had the money to get Decaf spayed right now. She's very jumpy and nervous and a bit bitey and territorial. What's a spay cost in your area? Edit: Whoops, dug up an old post of yours saying $160.
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pseudonordic posted:What's a spay cost in your area? $165-ish. It's not expensive but we're about to move into a new house so I'm hoarding as much money as I can until we get settled there. e: Yeah it's pretty reasonable. the extra $5 was when I got my other rabbit spayed and nails clipped.
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Bear Rape posted:$165-ish. It's not expensive but we're about to move into a new house so I'm hoarding as much money as I can until we get settled there. Good luck with the move. If you're still gonna be in SC, hit me up on AIM. I'm in Columbia.
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Noise Complaint posted:Goddamn. I'm so done with other internet House Rabbit communities. I'm so tired of seeing pet store buns, buns in tiny starter cages, buns being fed seeds and whole carrots as food, buns being tranced non-stop, buns being kept in outdoor hutches. Wait, what's wrong with feeding rabbits carrots from time to time?  vvvvvvvvvv Cool niethan fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Aug 31, 2012 |
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niethan posted:Wait, what's wrong with feeding rabbits carrots from time to time? Occasional carrot pieces are fine, but they're candy for rabbits. Cilantro gets a chopped baby carrot maybe twice a month if she's lucky.
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pseudonordic posted:Good luck with the move. One of my rabbit vet buddies just moved down that way. She may be willing to do low cost rabbit S/N. PM me if you want a hookup.
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Noise Complaint posted:Goddamn. I'm so done with other internet House Rabbit communities. I'm so tired of seeing pet store buns, buns in tiny starter cages, buns being fed seeds and whole carrots as food, buns being tranced non-stop, buns being kept in outdoor hutches. I'm sick of seeing tiny little rabbits in pet stores that are like 3 weeks old They're going to wind up being loving insane but lookit them little cuties!!! Good lord nobody knows a thing about rabbit care and nobody cares enough to find out. Stay in here where the stupid is kept out.
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Is it weird I've only seen one rabbit in a pet store, ever? It was out in the middle of nowhere and they had a caiman too.  Also I tried to sign up for AIM but computer issues. I'll send you a message once I get it sorted out, pseudonordic. If everything goes as planned I could probably get Decaf spayed within the next 3 weeks. Oh, my grandparents own Kahlua now. They wanted a single, in-house pet to spoil a bunch, and Kahlua seemed like the perfect fit. I gave them the link to the Bunny FAQ site and they're following it to the dot. Had to do that because she tried to break through her cage to tear up Decaf, and now that they're separated they both are much calmer.
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I bought Harriet from a pet store (humane society didn't have any) and it was a half dozen rabbits about 4 months old shoved in a window display way too small for them  .Fortunatly she shows no behaviour problems and has overcome her shyness to the point of jumping on the couch to smell my friends heads when she meets them.
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I've got a bit of a glass house situation here as I did get Billy from a pet store. He was about 7 weeks old at the time and has turned out to be a total sweetheart but I know I lucked out in that regard. If I ever have any kind of need for a new rabbit - say in about 10 years or so, I will absolutely go to a shelter. Aside from the fact that there are already so many perfectly good rabbits in need of a home, there's also the fact that rabbits really don't need to have known you from day 1 to like you. No matter their age they just need to get used to you and know that you're fun to be around and that'll be enough. Plus it's not as if they ever grow out of the hyperactive and cheerful phase. Come to think of it it's probably way better to get an older rabbit as they will be less of a destructive rear end in a top hat if they're over 2 years old.
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What's the general opinion on rabbit breeders? I know a few are in this area. I've seen angoras, Holland lops, dutch, and mini rex rabbits being sold from breeders that have pedigrees for their buns. Is a rabbit from a decent breeder a good investment? I'm used to dealing with rat and dog breeders (the unofficial BYB kind) but I don't really know the situation when it comes to rabbits, if there are any decent breeders out there. I'm kind of rambling though because I won't get another rabbit until Decaf is spayed and I'm moved into a bigger place. I'm asking because the small animal rescue near here seems to slowly be turning into a cats and dogs only rescue.
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Do you intend to breed or show the rabbit? I'm just going to go out on a limb and say buying a rabbit is never a good "investment"
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God rabbit breeders must be evil geniuses. Get people to pay good money for a thing that destroys all their stuff and hates them while it does it? That's brilliant.
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That's what I assumed, thanks for confirming.  I wonder what other rabbit rescues are in this area?
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Hey housebunny thread, I have a not-my-rabbit question. My sister's bunny is a little weird. When she lived in her last apartment the bunny confined itself to her bedroom despite being free to go anywhere. The place had hardwood floors but so did the area where the bunny chose to hang out, so I doubt it was just that. Then she had to move, and when she put her bunny down in the new place she put it on a blanket and it just... stayed there  .As far as I know it still hasn't moved more than about 2 metres from that spot, 2 months later. It's completely healthy according to the vet and does normal bunny things, but only within the confines of the blanket. She doesn't look scared even. What's going on?
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Springly posted:
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The337th posted:I'm guessing the new floor is all tile/wood as well? It's probably a good chance the bunny doesn't like a smooth/slick floor at all, even if it tolerated it at the old place. Has she tried more blankets or some rugs to give the bun more area to get some traction? Thanks, yeah the new place is wood too, really pretty similar. I should have mentioned that. I figured it could be something like that, but really the bunny didn't care at all about wood before - there were rugs but it wouldn't try too hard to stay on them. I guess maybe with the move it just plain snapped, it's always been pretty timid. I'll tell her to join some rugs together into a bunnyland and see if that works.
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Bear Rape posted:That's what I assumed, thanks for confirming. Where in SC are you? Petfinder shows quite a few near Columbia. CharMeck animal control is a bit of a drive but they take great care of their bunnies and s/n them before adoption. Cullen's Archangel Rescue is in Columbia and has a ton of rabbits, but I don't know anything about them or whether they even vet their rabbits. I do know one person who fostered for them and she found out after taking her in that the rabbit had snuffles.
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I live in the Greenville/upstate area. Columbia's not too far. CharMeck sounds nice though, I'll check that out. Thanks! Today I had to move Decaf to a different room because my rats (at the other end of the room) freaked her out very badly. The instant she couldn't see them, she calmed down considerably.
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