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Rabbits can be difficult pets when it comes to understanding when health situations might be critical. Like Blue Eyes said, they're very good at hiding things that might be wrong with them. Primarily because they're quiet and have very subtle indicators when there's a problem. It can take...

It should be ok. Clean water, preferably sterile, is the main point to make sure of. You just don't want to be introducing bacteria or debris into the eye from water that isn't clean. If the eye has stopped tearing up, I'd suggest to still keep checking it for the next few days, to make...

With it only being one eye, a sensitivity to the hay is unlikely. Hay allergies aren't common with rabbits, and it will usually affect both eyes when there is an allergy, not just one eye. The most likely cause of a single eye repeatedly tearing up, is there may be some debris stuck in there...

I can understand that. I had a similar experience with two of my rabbits and a less experienced vet. One rabbit passed away related to an unknown preexisting medical complication, and another rabbit was able to be successfully resuscitated. It took over a year, and finding and going to a...

Car rides can definitely affect a rabbit with being stressed and so not eating well. Some rabbits will settle down after the initial nervousness of being in the car, some will be stressed the whole time. So it's good to feed your rabbit her usual veggies before you start so she's fed and...

You've lucked out then. Long ago I didn't use to unless I was bonding a male rabbit to another rabbit. But later on with all my rabbits indoors, and after getting repeatedly sprayed in the face and having the whole room covered in urine from my buck, fixing them was essential for my sanity :p...

Maybe try a different type of bowl. Maybe she doesn't like that bowl for some reason. Maybe a spider was crawling on it and spooked her, who knows, but it can't hurt anything to try. Since she'll take water from a syringe no problem, I'd keep giving it regularly, until you can get this...

Provided this isn't happening because you're feeding a lot of wet veggies and your rabbit is getting adequate fluids from that and that's the cause of the reduced drinking (unlikely with there being significantly reduced poop size), the likely causes are usually going to be a problem with the...

If he's the 'top bun' in the hierarchy, which is what it sounds like from your description that he would 'shove her away to get a tiny crumb', this is completely normal behavior being that she is considered the subordinate. Usually it's a more reluctant ceding of power to the top bun by the...

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If it's not just a scab from a healing wound (which it doesn't appear to be) or something that got spilled on your rabbit and dried, the most likely cause of crusty or dandruffy skin in rabbits is from fur mites or mange mites. Fungal dermatitis is another possibility. Though this looks more...

Is the vet going to intubate, and experienced doing it with rabbits? This can be especially helpful for rabbits with more restricted nasal passages, like dwarf and Holland lops often have. It helped when I had my little dwarf bun neutered. IV catheter can be good to have done as well, in...

Maybe a stone tile. Though it's not likely to make much difference since it's just a small space. Having the whole flooring like this would help some, but it's usually a problem long term as it could cause sore hocks to develop. Only other thing is the rabbit living in a natural environment...

Some of the info on dosages might be from older references and not as up to date. And dosage will also depend on the infection and health issue being treated. Molly Varga wrote the current edition of Textbook of Rabbit Medicine, and she's pretty much considered a rabbit specialist in the UK...

It is a little high, according to the online sources I've seen. Usual dose seems to be 10mg/kg 2x/day, or 20mg/kg once a day, from The Textbook of Rabbit Medicine and RWAF, which are pretty reliable sources for up to date info on rabbit care. For a 1.5kg rabbit, that would be 15mg 2x/day or...

My recommendation would be not to do it. There is extremely high risk involved once the baby bun hits puberty, of a serious fight breaking out. Intact hormonal male rabbits will almost always end up in a fight. These aren't the gentler hierarchy fights to just establish who's in charge and...

Rabbits are susceptible to the bordatella bacteria, though this is usually very responsive to the proper rabbit safe antibiotic. Pasteurella would be the main one to be very concerned about, because once a rabbit contracts this bacteria, it's extremely difficult to ever clear up completely...

To me, that swelling seems pretty big and angry looking, and something that is likely to need vet treatment. It could be an abscess that needs antibiotics, or other type of mass that needs looking into, and possible removal. With rabbits, rarely would the sudden appearance of a significant...

They finally figured out what they were missing all these years. We have the same problem with our chickens. Had to put up a portable pen to block the garden off. But occasionally someone forgets to shut the gate, and they are more than happy to invade the garden yet again 🤣

I think you may have a misunderstanding of what the mother rabbit caring and nursing process is. If she had the kit yesterday morning, it's barely been 24 hours at this point. And it can be 24-36 hours before a mother rabbit will feed the kits for the first time. Until then it's perfectly...