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Bob Wins posted:Fiancee and I have been talking about getting a rabbit for months and out of the blue a friend of hers hit us up and said that she had a friend that could no longer take care of it. Cue us taking in Sir Binklesworth, a lion head. He is 2 1/2 and full of energy and love, he loves to run around the apartment and to explore it when we take him out. He can get a little bit humpy, but I am assuming that this will fade away when he gets neutered, I have heard that rabbits are normally skiddish or shy, but he is all about us from day 1. He will run Figure 8s around our feet and never really strays more than a few feet from us if we walk around. He loves running back and forth down the hallway to my fiancee and I at either end.
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My Dad found an old pic of my high school bunny Fitzgerald. Such a sweetheart. This was taken about a year before he hopped into God's garden. He had cataracts, and also the cast is because he broke his leg. Every day in high school I would wander into his room and he'd run up and let me pick him up and cuddle him and I would talk to him and now I've gone all misty eyed. BONUS: Me and Harriet ready to drop the hottest rap album of the year 
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Jun 28, 2017 14:12
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that is a solid rabbit. here's gracie. I've posted her before in here. She's ten. Doing well. loves: kale. hates: sudden movements 
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Jul 4, 2017 19:19
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So since I've been away from here (LOA at work because of complicated pregnancy), we've added another bun. My wife went to fer a little bunny named Clink from the Humane Society but she got adopted as my wife got there. Instead, she ended up with Joy, a big big white girl with jackrabbit ears. She's even more fearless than Avery and explores the whole house. Our bedroom, kids' room, mother in law's room. She also bullrushes the cats and tries to ear their dry food. She's a good bun and a total lovebug. Zuba comes back to our room every night now for Mommy and Daddy snuggles. Mostly ends up napping for an hour while my wife plays Candy Crush before bed. However, I'm getting mighty ducking tired of litterbox flipping.
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Aug 9, 2017 16:54
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D34THROW posted:So since I've been away from here (LOA at work because of complicated pregnancy), we've added another bun. My wife went to fer a little bunny named Clink from the Humane Society but she got adopted as my wife got there. Instead, she ended up with Joy, a big big white girl with jackrabbit ears.
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Aug 13, 2017 06:30
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Haven't read through the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been covered recently. We are looking to add two rabbits to our family, and based on reading I've done it seems like a neutered pair or two females living together from as young as possible is the best scenario. Where I am seeing conflicting information is if we get to females, do they still need need to be spayed, or are they ok untouched? Would rather not have them go through major surgery if it's not really needed.
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Aug 13, 2017 21:20
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stealie72 posted:Haven't read through the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been covered recently. I've generally understood the risk of cancer if you don't get them spayed is high enough the surgery is worth it: http://rabbit.org/tumors-in-rabbits/
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Aug 13, 2017 21:24
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stealie72 posted:Haven't read through the entire thread, so forgive me if this has been covered recently. Yes.
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Aug 13, 2017 23:25
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Ok, thanks! Hadn't seen the cancer angle, but makes sense.
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Aug 14, 2017 02:39
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Always spay and neuter. It means happier, healthier rabbits.
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Aug 14, 2017 16:01
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FactsAreUseless posted:Always spay and neuter. It means happier, healthier rabbits. It also means great photos   When I got the floofball spayed, they found several precancerous growths on her Uterus, so it is always a good idea to spay.
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Aug 14, 2017 20:01
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same. my bun would be dead of cancer years ago had she not been spayed.
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Aug 16, 2017 20:52
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Eowyn has been really picky all week (eating her pellets, eating only her favorite veg, not eating much hay that I could tell), but today she's not really eating. Of course it's a Sunday. We have critical care, metacam, and subcutaneous fluids. Closest place that is good with rabbits is an hour and a half away, and their rabbit vet may not even be on call right now (emergency vet). Her temp is 103.3. Not sure what to do.
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Aug 21, 2017 02:25
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Honestly evet sounds the only option
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Aug 21, 2017 02:30
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bunnyofdoom posted:Honestly evet sounds the only option Yeah, that's what I was addressed of but figuring. Sigh. We've done two emergency vet visits in the last month and a half with the cats.
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Aug 21, 2017 02:32
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justFaye posted:Yeah, that's what I was addressed of but figuring. Sigh. We've done two emergency vet visits in the last month and a half with the cats. Clearly your bunny was upset that you hadn't spent emergency vet visit money on her.
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Aug 22, 2017 03:09
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grack posted:Clearly your bunny was upset that you hadn't spent emergency vet visit money on her. Clearly! We made up for it by spending money for *two* emergency visits. We went to the emergency vet last night and they did SQ fluids and pain relief as well as an exam. Turns out she has a soft tissue dental abscess. Then today we went to our normal vet as an emergency visit. They did several radiographs and blood work. She is now on an antibiotic, pain killer, Reglan, simethicone, syringe feeding, and optional lactulose and SQ fluids. Her kidney values were a little high and her heart is a little round, do the vet wants to get her stabilized before doing any surgery. Recheck next week and if she's looking good we'll schedule the surgery when the dental surgery vet gets back from vacation in two or three weeks. Fortunately, she hadn't really gone into GI stasis, so that makes this much better. All in all, it's about as good of a result as we could hope for.
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Aug 22, 2017 07:17
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We just adopted a baby Harlequin, and the Himalayan is extremely curious about him, it's adorable.
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Sep 23, 2017 20:29
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Okay here's a question I don't want answered. The one rabbit is now spending all day alone by herself in a room not in use, and I have to retrieve her in the evening, where she follows me back upstairs, with no apparent difficulty. This evening the other rabbit let her eat an apple all by herself, without stealing it or chasing her throughout the house, or partaking. Is she dying? Serious.
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Sep 24, 2017 09:20
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Even worse: They're teaming up against you. (if she was sick she'd be hiding from you)
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Sep 25, 2017 00:41
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I couldn't connect your username with your pets at first, but I saw the black long-haired rabbit and thought "That is an aspect of the god of murder brought to tiny, furious life. Is that Harriet? That must be Harriet."
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Sep 25, 2017 14:14
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grack posted:Even worse: They're teaming up against you. how the hell do you tell if a rabbit's sick then?
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Sep 26, 2017 00:30
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GoingPostal posted:I couldn't connect your username with your pets at first, but I saw the black long-haired rabbit and thought "That is an aspect of the god of murder brought to tiny, furious life. Is that Harriet? That must be Harriet." It is indeed Harriet. She is fluffy and she is mad
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Sep 26, 2017 00:38
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RacistGuidingLight posted:how the hell do you tell if a rabbit's sick then? If they stop eating and refuse a treat they otherwise would go crazy to eat.
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Sep 26, 2017 00:43
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RacistGuidingLight posted:how the hell do you tell if a rabbit's sick then? Trabisnikof posted:If they stop eating and refuse a treat they otherwise would go crazy to eat.
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Sep 26, 2017 12:08
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The only real overt “hey check it out I’m in a bad way” signal that you might get from an ailing or seriously hurt rabbit is head shaking or “scanning” (two slightly different things reflecting different underlying causes) and those generally have pretty specific roots (and/or your bun is far gone enough that the End of the Line is probably imminent, depending on what’s wrong/how little they’ve eaten/GI stasis). For the most part, rabbits kind of evolved to be really good at hiding illnesses and injuries. My fiancée and I had a sick rabbit adventure this summer. I can post a longer take on it if people want but the TL;DR of it is that e-vet visits are trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Sep 27, 2017 |
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Sep 27, 2017 05:03
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I've been finding Harriet has been having eye crusties alot lately. I'm getting her in for a vet visit....on Halloween! (spooky scary) She's gonna rip my face off right?
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Oct 25, 2017 15:14
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I discovered that Pepper will take critical care on her own when she’s feeling bad, but only if I spoon feed it to her. The vet tech doubled over laughing when she found out. Yes thank you my rabbit IS incredibly spoiled.
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Oct 25, 2017 16:43
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It's halloween guys! What does that mean? It means I make Harriet even more murderous!  
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Oct 30, 2017 17:01
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Sorry for the double post, but Harriet has teeth spurs, and hates the metacam
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Nov 16, 2017 02:39
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bunnyofdoom posted:Sorry for the double post, but Harriet has teeth spurs, and hates the metacam How can you tell that it's the metacam and not general hatred of the universe?
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gamingCaffeinator posted:How can you tell that it's the metacam and not general hatred of the universe? Because she won't let me get the squirter into her mouth to give her it. Of course, after it takes effect she gets really chill. Like stoned level of chill. also, is it a known side effect that her fur feels waxy?
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bunnyofdoom posted:Because she won't let me get the squirter into her mouth to give her it. Have you checked if she'll just eat the metacam out of the squirter? Ours of course hated anything forced but loved the metacam taste and you could just slowly squirt it into their mouth as they tried to lick it up instead of having to actually get the squirter in the mouth.
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Trabisnikof posted:Have you checked if she'll just eat the metacam out of the squirter? That's worth a try tonight. She just seemed to be trying to push the squirter out with her tongue
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bunnyofdoom posted:That's worth a try tonight. She just seemed to be trying to push the squirter out with her tongue You may already know about this but, If you do still have to use the squirter you can take advantage of bun teeth layout to make it easier on yourself. You can insert the tip from the side of the mouth in the gap between the front teeth and molars then point the tip down the throat and along the side of the molars. Pretty hard for them to push it out and your only main worry is just squirting the medicine out the other side of the mouth if you don't have the tip pointing back far enough (or they jerk backwards quick enough).
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Trabisnikof posted:You may already know about this but, If you do still have to use the squirter you can take advantage of bun teeth layout to make it easier on yourself. You can insert the tip from the side of the mouth in the gap between the front teeth and molars then point the tip down the throat and along the side of the molars. Pretty hard for them to push it out and your only main worry is just squirting the medicine out the other side of the mouth if you don't have the tip pointing back far enough (or they jerk backwards quick enough). What I have been doing with her. Also, I feed her timothy hay, but vet recommend different ones with hgiher fibre. Would that be meadow and orchard?
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The rabbits still won't bond, but the Himalayan has discovered he can jump into the Harlequin's cage and eat the tastier juvenile rabbit pellets.
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FactsAreUseless posted:The rabbits still won't bond, but the Himalayan has discovered he can jump into the Harlequin's cage and eat the tastier juvenile rabbit pellets. Have you tried Sometimes even established pairs/trios/etc can benefit from reinforcement. Edit: also, sometimes inducing the rabbits to groom one-another by smushing some fruit on their heads can help. trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Nov 24, 2017 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:also, sometimes inducing the rabbits to groom one-another by smushing some fruit on their heads can help. My wife refuses to try this with Avery and Subs no matter how often I suggest it. You've been wanting to bond them for almost a year, let's try to expedite it.
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D34THROW posted:My wife refuses to try this with Avery and Subs no matter how often I suggest it. You've been wanting to bond them for almost a year, let's try to expedite it. Dude, loving do that and loving crate bond those fuckers. It’s totally fine, behavior experts recommend it all the time. Put ‘em in like a bankers box or hamper or bin (make sure they can breathe and aren’t smooshed but don’t give them too much space or visibility. Also try not to get spotted too much or they’ll hate you like the devil), and put it somewhere loud and scary like on top of a running washing machine/dryer, near a vacuum cleaner, in a living room where you’re playing music or games or whatever and just leave them there for a while (I don’t do longer than 30 minutes at a time because somebody inevitably has to use the litter box by then). Supervise them the entire time and separate them immediately if they fight. The point is to frighten them into huddling with each other, and as they huddle they forget their differences and come together as brothers. You know, “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra” and all that.... Anyway- then you put them in a chill pen or shared cage with food, hay, water, a litter box, and ideally a hide or two and just let them hang. Supervise them the entire time and separate them immediately if they fight. Don’t house them together unsupervised at first- you’ll probably need to repeat both steps of the procedure several times over a few weeks. But it’s far and away the fastest way to bond rabbits and seems to work with animals that initially show aggression to each other too.
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