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I have a bunch of shredded paper that I put underneath a bin that they’ve been enjoying rummaging through, it makes a mess that gets strewn around everywhere but I’m a little nervous that if I put the bin upright they’ll decide it’s a new litter box. I use paper as their litter after surgery to...

Thankfully they are actually easier to sweep up from the carpet than the shavings. So that’s a success at least.

Used the aspen pellets for the first time last night. About an inch layer, covered them with the last of my shavings for familiarity purposes, topped it off with orchard grass hay. Woke up to this: DELILAH WHYYYYYY It looks worse than it is because the aspen pellets are only a slightly...

I think rather than “what glue is safe” it’s “what glue is least dangerous”! No glue is going to be GOOD for them to eat, of course. I find my buns are completely uninterested in chewing on wood that doesn’t still have bark attached, save for the occasional nibble, so I’m personally fine with...

And also my hubby was shredding some paper and asked if it was safe to give to bunnies. “As long as it doesn’t have staples in it!” He thought he’d get to see them frolicking like those dogs on the internet videos dashing through piles of leaves. I thought they might enjoy tunneling through...

Lahi’s desire for food has reached critical—I was putting some antiseptic wash on his ear (he’s got a warty lump that’s scheduled for surgery next week, poor old man) and with him still in my lap, reached for the supplement tablets in the hope that if I already had them in hand I could...

That’s a great idea, I was thinking about doing that in my previous city—my former college runs a culinary school and has vegetable fields where they grow all the herbs and veggies they use in their restaurant, and I thought about going in to ask for the leftovers, but never got around to it. My...

I don’t even feel like I’m giving them that much less than I normally would. But actually after some thought, perhaps the bowl vs ball feeding method has something to do with it. They can’t just eat until their stomach is full, they have to actually work for it and their stomachs have time to...

@Preitler no no trust me there is a VAST difference between qualities of dog food. We’ve been switching people off Royal Canin, to convince them they should I show them the ingredients list. First ingredient is some kind of grain, usually brewers rice, second ingredient is also usually a grain...

So at the last vet appointment (at the Ontario Veterinary College Companion Animal Hospital! Basically the place all veterinarians in Ontario come from, specialists and experts bursting through the seams, which was very cool) I was emailed a copy of the patient charts from the appointment, which...

It’s expensive because it’s individually hand made by women in a poor country as a source of income etc etc natural wool with lanolin still on it environmentally friendly all natural colouring etc etc You can get felted cat caves for much less, these are expensive for reasons beyond their...

The store I work at just got wool felted cat caves in stock and I immediately had a flash of “THEY ARE SO CUTE AND MY BUNNIES WOULD LOVE THIS!” I haven’t taken one home (yet) because they’re bloody $90 but if you’re looking for something soft your buns would like to sleep in that’s safe for...

I started growing some carrots in a pot with a grate domed overtop so that they could eat the greens as they grow. Trying to buy enough greens is a strain on my wallet, so now I’m growing some! They tend to like any herbs, basil parsley thyme... lemme tell you having a bunny boop your nose...

@Blue eyes but what about the pine? Softwood = phenols = bad for them. The wood pellets I found in the catalogue are aspen and I’ve ordered them, but I’ve found cat litter that’s pine pellets, and I’m wary about that. I haven’t found any hardware stores that sell the wood stove pellets people...

This is what I woke up to this morning. Oh, Delilah. What a horrific mess. Right now I’m using aspen shavings with orchard grass on top—they have Timothy hay in their hay box but I find it’s very stabby, and the last thing I want is for a piece of hay to stab Lahi in his sore hocks. Only, they...

I definitely think I’m going to try the wood pellets. They don’t seem to me to be comfortable for buns to sit in but since moving into the condo they don’t seem to prefer hanging out in the litter boxes anyway. And I am SO SICK of trying to pick tiny wood shavings out of the carpet. My...

So after a LOT of work I’ve made an epic condo for my buns in our new apartment. Previously Lahi and Delilah had to stay with my parents since my fiancé and I were living in a one-room basement apartment that wasn’t okay with pets. Furthermore, he has a strong asthmatic allergic reaction that...

@Bam Bam yes absolutely that is correct, their spines snap very easily and they can break their own backs with the strength of their kicks... but in what situations would a harness increase the risk of that? Are people lifting their animal into the air by their harnesses??? That’s a “dangerous...

Ahhh I’m not a fan of the style of harnesses marketed towards rabbits: neck loop, back loop, strap to attach them on the shoulders. I believe they’re called h-style. I feel that any tension on a lead attached to this type puts pressure on their throat that isn’t good. Also, a lead easily pulls...

Mine are purely indoor rabbits, though when I lived in a house with a fenced in yard I VERY THROUGHLY rabbit proofed the fence and brought them out occasionally. The trick with closing gaps at the bottom of a fence is to have chicken wire going down, but instead of stopping when it reaches the...