Search results

Rabbits Online Forum

Help Support Rabbits Online Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Orrin

    New and looking into getting rabbits PLEASE HELP

    You've gotten some great advice. Please follow up on it and read everything you can at every one of those links. Like you, when we first considered rabbits our mindset said "outdoor hutch." There are two things wrong with that: 1) Outdoor, 2) Hutch. You and your rabbit will not have...
  2. Orrin

    Dietary requirements for a Female Flemish giant Rabbit

    You have gotten excellent advice, already; but, please let me share our experience with our rabbits. I would split half an apple four ways, so they were not getting much; they'd also get a half-dozen raisins a day for good-night kisses. These treats were a big hit with them; but, a mommy doe...
  3. Orrin

    New mummy to a bunny!

    I'll chime in, again, because I remember what it was like when we were new to the bunny experience. Mostly, don't listen to folklore, "common" wisdom. Most likely it will be wrong. Come to places like this and the other suggested Web sites. Listen to people with actual experience. In our...
  4. Orrin

    New mummy to a bunny!

    Congratulations! Your life will never be the same from now on. :-) It will be better! That's the way it was with us. Your rabbit is beautiful. You will enjoy getting acquainted and finding out your bunny's likes and dislikes. Ours love kale and cilantro as well as dandelion and rose...
  5. Orrin

    How do I get rid of the smell!!?

    The price of paper pellets scared me off. Wood pellets, on the other hand, are inexpensive around here, especially when they are on sale. My bunnies do not like wood pellet litter, so I put a thin layer of them in the bottom of the box, then cover them with pine shavings, also cheap. Each...
  6. Orrin

    How many people feel rabbits are high maintenance?

    We've had dogs, cats and bunnies. Each needs its own set of chores and in our case they are all about equal. That said, I prefer the bunny jobs over having to clean cat litter or pick up doggy dew off the lawn. Each can be destructive in its own way. Doggy spots kill the lawn. A cat has...
  7. Orrin

    Do Bunnies need to go Outside

    I try to give my rabbits as rich and varied life as possible. This includes letting them out onto our lawn in good weather. They seem to enjoy it and show it by doing binkies out there now and then. It is hard to keep one of my does from being overweight, so I think the exercise and grass...
  8. Orrin

    Looking into rabbits-What am I in for?

    Trinity, I hope our telling about the negatives of rabbit behavior have not turned your thoughts away from them. Being raised on a farm with a wide variety of animals and spending a lifetime with many different kinds of pets, I have to say that rabbits are my favorite. They are sweet, clean...
  9. Orrin

    Looking into rabbits-What am I in for?

    If you ever hope to let a bunny free roam, keep in mind that some of them can be very destructive. Some like to chew on electrical cords; so, computer cables, phone charging cables, lamp cords, ear buds and the like must be bunny-proofed or put out of reach. Many folks advocate using clear...
  10. Orrin

    new bunny questions!!

    Like Blue eyes said. Members of this forum will remember I recently had a similar situation with a brother/sister pair. When they were babes everything was sweet and wonderful. Then, the male's hormones kicked in and he wouldn't leave his sister alone. At that point we separated them. We...
  11. Orrin

    new bunny questions!!

    Yes, it is normal for your bunnies to be hiding. Rabbits are at the bottom of the food chain and by instinct they know that to keep from being eaten they need to hide or run; they need to get away from sudden movement, unfamiliar noises, and the like. You will learn to move slowly in order...
  12. Orrin

    I need to share something.

    Bun is correct, "when the chemicals in your brain are messed up it can affect how you feel, and that is not your fault at all. " The chemical imbalance can be improved with modern anti-depressants. Anti-depressants gave me a life, starting forty years ago. Don't wait. See your doctor...
  13. Orrin

    Cottontail Rabbit

    I agree with all of the above. She' no cottontail.
  14. Orrin

    Neutered buck goes crazy over intact doe

    Blue eyes and JBun, I appreciate your advice. Thank you for the link, JBun. The buck was neutered three weeks ago; we realize it will take another month, or so, for his hormones to dissipate. Just to make sure the doe is not pregnant the vet made a radiographic examination, yesterday, and...
  15. Orrin

    Neutered buck goes crazy over intact doe

    We have two five month old "live-in" bunnies, a neutered buck and an intact doe. The pair were great pals while growing up and for another two weeks after the buck was neutered. All of a sudden, things changed. The buck goes bonkers over the doe, pursuing her all over the house, trying to...
  16. Orrin

    Ashitaba For Rabbits!!!

    It is unlikely you will find many rabbit people in the USA what are familiar with Ashitaba. If you read about it in Wikipedia it should put your mind at ease. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashitaba If I had access to ashitaba I would feed it to my bunnies. It seems to have good nutritional...
  17. Orrin

    Stop chewing cords

    The thing about the split tubing that scares me off is the price, $25 for ten-feet, that's $2.50 per foot. Scary expensive.
  18. Orrin

    Stop chewing cords

    I use the hard spiral wrap on our cords. It is cheap, so we get it in 100-foot rolls. Two sizes are all we need, 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch. The buns don't seem to be attracted to it like they are to softer insulation. https://www.cabletiesandmore.com/spiral-wraps.php It takes a bit of...
  19. Orrin

    Monthly/Yearly Budget for Large Rabbits?

    Here is the link to the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PetRabbitsWA/
  20. Orrin

    Monthly/Yearly Budget for Large Rabbits?

    Are you part of the "Pet Rabbits: Washington State" Facebook group? If not, I recommend it. The folks there will help you find what you need in the way of rabbits, vets, deals on feed, the whole ball of wax. To me they seem to be very supportive and helpful. :-) Maybe you could even find...
Back
Top