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Delilah makes similar noises, though they're a little more moan-y, whereas this sounds more grunt-y. She makes them when she's trying to groom her butt and she's too fat to reach, heheh. But then, Delilah is not a good standard for normal rabbit sounds. She is EXTREMELY vocal, probably because...

Also @OP: getting your floors laminated for your bunnies is a very bad idea! That's how you end up with sore hocks, take it from someone who found out the hard way. Hard, slippery floors will put way too much pressure and strain on a bun's heels and result in nasty ulcers. They're almost...

Mmm, I would say breed does matter a bit. I find people who want specific breeds just for the breed's popularity very strange, especially if they insist on purebred—purebred is inbred, and inbred is unhealthy. So I for one would never consider getting a Rex, not because I don't like them—I do...

@Popsicles I'm a college student in an Animal Care Assistant program... step below Vet Tech, essentially, but more generalized with training for things beyond clinics like shelters, wildlife sanctuaries, zoos... in my case I'm working in a research facility. So we learn about diseases and...

@ladysown no, an abscess in the skin is usually caused by a wound getting infected, and there's no lesion here. Abscesses are the result of thick pus accumulating in an infected area, so they are usually seen as an area of swelling, with the skin angry and inflamed were it's still intact...

And since it sounds like you're fairly new to the bun community... MAKE SURE YOUR VET IS AN EXOTICS VET. A regular vet is SOLELY educated in cats and dogs. They have no flipping clue about rabbits. They might have touched on exotic pets briefly in a few of their courses and then the moment...

Buns have two types of healthy poop: the normal droppings you see that look like cocoa puffs, which are very dry and don't make much mess unless you step on them and they crumble... and cecotrophs, which are very moist, somewhat stinky, and make a horrible mess. Ideally, you will never see...

I really have to remember to ask my vet for the medical name for things before I leave, it makes things so much harder to research at home. "Cutaneous neoplasia" is as far as I've gotten. On this page (http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Skin_diseases/Diff/Alopcia.htm) about halfway down is a rabbit...

I had a vet appointment booked for Delilah today to talk about her watery eye, which I posted about previously It did clear up a lot with regular expression, but then got worse again, so two weeks ago (my Dr is in very high demand) I booked a recheck appointment for her. I went in today to...

So I actually just came from the vet to look at her eye again, it cleared up quite a bit just from me manually expressing it but it's come back. So at this point Dr Bill thinks it's likely either an overgrown tooth root or dacryocystitis. So I went in today to discuss doing an x-ray to look for...

It's not though, thick and sticky. And when it dries it doesn't dry hard, just spikes her fur a bit, though when I rub at it, the fur feels slightly powdery/gritty, honestly like my hair after I put hairspray in it. Or more accurately, like how my skin feels after my tears dry: not like they...

Oh, geez. My vet is super good with rabbits, he's an exotic vet that does all sorts, the only vet in my area more highly recommended for exotics is attached to a zoo (and is about twice as expensive, ouch). He did actually mention dacrocystitis as a possible cause but ultimately he said that her...

So this is more an FYI post than anything. I took Lahi and Delilah to the vet today for their annual checkup. They are extremely healthy, especially considering they are respectively 11 and 7 years old this year. However for the past few weeks I've noticed Delilah's cheek has been wet. Just...

Ahh **** I take it back, I have a gorgeous papasan chair that I would cry if it got moth-eaten I have the base wrapped in a sheet to keep it from being chewed on and anther sheet covering the cushion to keep it from getting all covered in wood shavings and fur but I bet the moths would love...

Yeah I googled them quickly, and found a page that says there's two types of clothes moth in my area: web and case. The case moth is the one I have—one of the things that had me freakin out is that what looked like a cocoon clearly wasn't a cocoon if they were poking their heads out. No...

So my vet got back to me promptly and after putting them under a microscope he called me back to say that they are the larvae of the "common carpenter clothes moth", the typical moth you see flying around a house. He says they shouldn't cause problems with the buns but he also has no idea why...

I just got back from the vet for their annual checkup they're in great health except for a blocked tear duct on Delilah but I'm turning right around and going back to the clinic because I JUST FOUND THREE MORE EWWWWWWWW DR PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THESE ARE I have a bowl of loose fur after I read...

Also keep in mind I'm in Canada, not the US, so my prices are going to be significantly higher than yours xD

Yeahhhhh but that's pretty standard for the pet industry. Buy a bag of hay for $24.95 from a store or buy an entire bale about 5x the size from a farmer for $6.95? I did actually confront a store owner about that once and they told me the reason pet store hay is so much more expensive is that...

I'm especially worried about parasites because Delilah had just been licking the towel. What if that's what roundworm larvae looks like? I had to take a class on animal parasites and diseases and got a VERY THOROUGH learning in what horrible things get ingested and then grow up inside the body...