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I thought about saving some things that would smell like him but then thought maybe that would be confusing for her? If I’m trying to ensure that she processes his death properly, wouldn’t it just be weird for her to have his scent appear after she has accepted he is gone? She’s so smell...

Also I’m managing to sound super clinical about this but I’m definitely writing all of this through a haze of tears and a Kleenex box next to me. My little boy... cancer is never fair but the urge to scream “it’s not fair” is strong

The histopathology results for the tumour came back (both for the knee and toe) as a hepatoid carcinoma, a tumour that has never ever been recorded in rabbits before, only dogs. Despite the extreme improbability of this, and consulting multiple experts (apparently they even pulled someone out of...

This is the most depressing topic ever, sorry. Lahi has developed malignant cancer that is now spreading throughout his body. We removed the first two tumours on his knee and toe but during the toe amputation, xrays revealed a mass in his lung and another was found in his mouth. He has two more...

I’ve been fighting with Lahi’s sore hocks since 2014. They’re a bit ulcerated but haven’t gotten worse in 7 years! Every vet I talk to says they’re amazed the sore hocks are so mild. A talk on sore hocks I attended had a vet claim that you should avoid any synthetic materials such as polyester...

I’m lucky enough to live in Guelph, the home of the Ontario Veterinary College. All vets in Ontario are certified here, most are trained here, and vets from all over send samples to the OVC Animal Health Laboratory to be examined by the foremost experts in veterinary medicine. When I bring my...

Lahi has achieved his goal of stumping the foremost experts on rabbit health. The histopathology results came back as “?????????? It looks like a hepatoid carcinoma but that appears in the perianal glands of dogs, we don’t think rabbits CAN get hepatoid carcinomas???????” So the OVC cancer...

Some pictures of my handsome little man because <3

Opinions on quality of life for a rabbit after amputating a hind leg? My little old man Lahi very suddenly developed a huge growth on his right hind foot toe last week. I immediately called the vet to make an appointment, and that was today. In the week since, the growth has swollen and the...

On scuffing: I’m not sure about rabbits but for cats, scruffing is never a good idea, and you can seriously hurt a cat by lifting it from its scruff. Only a mother cat knows how to scruff kittens without hurting them, and adult cats are so heavy that they can suffocate from hanging from their...

We autoclave literally everything! Some of the mice who live here are part of immunodeficient inbred strains, for example, and it would be absolutely disastrous if the turkeys got any sort of bug—they’re the pathogen-free control group for tracking the spread of illness and disease in the...

So drying is something that takes place mostly on the field, before baling. Basically, if hay is not completely dry when it is baled, it gets moldy. “Not dry” could be from water content in the plant itself, or from rain. So farmers are walking a delicate balance: bale the hay too soon, and it...

Have you tried Standlee/Jojo’s? I work at a pet store in Canada, and a local hay company, Farmacy, came by to ask if we were interested in stocking their hay. This is how I learned: most hay has been speed dried with acid. There doesn’t seem to be any debate on whether using acid is unhealthy...

My biggest confusion is how on earth he managed to do this without getting any poop on himself. My experience with uneaten cecotrophs is that they’re horribly sticky and will easily get stuck on anything. But there’s no poop anywhere on his fur! And further my experience with them is they end...

So everyone knows that the most common causes of sore hocks are obesity, wire flooring, and dirty/urine-soaked bedding, with a side dish of short fur as a risk factor. Considering Lahi had none of these, I was really confused as to why he suddenly had sore hocks! Turns out, flat, hard flooring...

Much to his displeasure I picked him up to examine him. His butt isn’t poopy in the slightest!! With a little prodding I did find two poops stuck in his fur behind his thighs but they’re fully formed, definitely not cecotrophs. Which is so confusing! Smeared poop like that I would expect to...

Honestly what you describe, my very first thought was abscess. It’s a little odd that his first symptoms were ones that usually indicate problems with his upper teeth (top molars can press on the sinuses, causing eye and nose problems) but now he’s got a lump on his chin?? I strongly urge you...

Woke up today to this: Lahi almost always leaves a scattering if poops in this part of the floor. Sometimes even a small pile. It’s fine, he’s 13, he’s allowed to poop outside the litter box, and it helps me keep an eye on his health, to be able to see his poops separately from Delilah...

Their enclosure before was 4x8 with a litter box, some hides, etc. When I found out Lahi had sore hocks from being on hard flooring and embarked on a complete renovation to install carpet and such, I decided to also create a NIC condo to give them vertical space. It was only 1 square wide but it...