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We have six rabbits, three adult and three about half grown. One is a Flemish Giant. Feeding them could be expensive; but, here is how we economize: We buy kale at a warehouse-type grocery at $1.68 a bunch. The six of them will eat a bunch in a day; one bunch would last a single rabbit a...

Oh, he was a regular "Deadeye ****!" One time I was giving treats to one of the does and he nailed us both! Nailed! I couldn't be upset with him because he was doing what a boy bun does naturally; and, he did it so well!! :-)

Our house cat is an avid hunter--a first class predator. Hardly a day goes by that he does not bring us a "present" of a dead mouse laid at our front door. Any kind of wildlife is not safe around it. Even so, we've raised two kits in the house with us with the cat looking on. Whenever he...

Before he was fixed our buck did "drive by" sprayings. He would run past the does' pen and as he did so would flick his butt their way and let out a deadly-accurate spray. Yes, I guess one could call that caught in the act; but, there's nothing a person can do to stop the behavior--except by...

I've been lurking and eavesdropping on this thread, learning a lot! I tried wood pellet bedding but my bunnies don't like it. After reading some of the above I've settled on a one-deep layer of pellets with pine shavings on top. It has made a world of difference in ease of clean-up. There is...

The spraying will likely stop after neutering. The odor will eventually dissipate; but, will linger unless you scrub things down with vinegar and water. Our buck really hosed down his premises before we got him to the vet for his operation. It didn't help that we had two does that triggered...

It is my understanding that rabbits have a long memory if they are handled roughly. Do you know anything about your Flemmie's history? The name of the game is trust. In her excellent YouTube videos Mary Cotter (with Amy Sedaris) emphasizes this. If you've not yet seen them, they might give...

Patience. People have told that it has taken years. I've read that a person should scream "eeek," or something like that, when bunny bites. They'll get the message. If you have not done it, already, read all you can about rabbits. An excellent place to start is: https://rabbit.org/ When...

About the only toys our bunnies care for are things for chewing. I sawed up some redwood sticks the size of a middle finger and they've been nibbled down to nothing. By far the best are willow tree trimmings about the diameter of a Sharpie felt-tip pen. We are lucky to have willows in the...

Florist shops discard long and narrow boxes ideal for tunnels. You bunnies will love them. I take the precaution of peeling off all plastic and glass fiber reinforced paper tape. It doesn't take much effort and it will keep undigestibles out of your bunnie's tummy. If the box falls apart...

We are supplemental feeding the runt of a litter and keeping it in a large cage in our family room. We have two others from the same litter with it for companionship. A while back we opened their door to see how free roaming would work out for them. Perfect! We been down this road with...

Thank you, JimJam! I was hoping someone with experience had an answer. I'm satisfied, now. :-)

We had no intention of keeping rabbits; but, one day our cat caught and tormented a baby cottontail, barely as large as my thumb. That baby's cry tore at my heart. More dead than alive, we nursed it back to health, thanks to my wife who fed it with a syringe many times a day. The little...

I've resisted the temptation to pick up our grown-up rabbits. Instead, I've gotten down on the floor with them and they gradually began trusting in me, more and more. If I sit on the floor with my legs sticking straight out at treats time, they'll jump up on my lap. No picking up needed. It...

This is my first experience with a litter of rabbits. The wide variety of sizes surprises me. In the first picture, compare the large size of the kit on the right (motion blur) with the one on the left. The tiniest, which we are hand-feeding in our living quarters, is even smaller, yet...

Binks closely resembles our Bugsy, the doe who just kindled. I'm partial to agouti.

Thank you. We are glad, too. The little rascal blessed us with this after this morning's feeding. We let it roam free for a few minutes each day. It had peed on my wife's T-shirt while feeding, yesterday, so we put this on the floor for its romping session. It got the idea. :-) It didn't...

Here is an update on the tiny kit in the picture, above. It is getting stronger by the hour. We keep it in front of our easy chairs where we can keep a close eye on its food supply. The little rascal eats like a pig and poops like a rabbit. My wife feeds it formula every few hours. Whenever...

I've followed the tutorial in the past and it was a big help--I haven't made any mistakes, yet. :-) However, I've never sexed any kits this young. I agree that the babies are far to young to be taken from the mom. I don't understand what is going on in the heads of the shelter people. By...

An "oops" litter arrived at our house and we didn't even know it until this week. (We got two female rescues from a shelter and they spaying operation on one of them either didn't pan out or didn't happen.) Anyhow, we have nine lively kits (no stillbirths) and the shelter wants to take them...