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We discovered our bun was sitting on smooshy poops as well, because they were all squished and dry and matted into the fur on his back end! After a couple of good butt washes, we eliminated pellets completely and went with a hay/water only diet for a while and it seemed to help eliminate the...

Sorry you both are going through all this. I understand your perspective about not wanting to alter what a creature was born with. However when it comes to pets, it's actually in their best interest. Without spay/neuter the dog/cat population explodes, increases disease among them, and the...

I do realize that there is no shortage of these poopy butt posts, and I found about 100 of them before posting here. Our issue does not fit in ANY of the others that I read about. Every single poopy butt story I read resulted from diet. Either too high of a carbohydrate diet, too much fruit...

At first glance it looks like flea dirt. I've seen it on my cats every time they go through a round of fleas. It wouldn't be moving though. :\

We occasionally give our bun dandelions (and their greens) from our untreated yard (no chemicals) as a treat. I've found those to be ok. It would be good to know what flowers your bun was eating.

I give 1/4 C of pellets to my adult bun, with unlimited hay. I have two little kids, so I don't have time to shop for fresh veggies daily (it's hard enough to keep salad stuff in the house for the humans in the days of COVID-19). However, we do offer treats a few times a month. A couple bites of...

That is a fantastic deal! I believe we get shortchanged here in the U.S. on people's health care AND pet health care! My vet charges $45 just to walk in the door (for any animal). A fecal, flea treatment, etc cost more. Also, even though she is the only "exotic pets" vet in our town, she has to...

What is truly horrible is if someone actually thinks this is an official guideline. Not to mention, if not for the QR Code, it looks like it was created in 1985.

HAH! I would not feel bad at ALL! For everything I've tried, and everything I've heard/read, they LOVE sitting in their "business" as much as I love snuggling on the couch! :D It's just one of those little rabbit quirks, they have no problem at all making a home - or a bed - of their litter boxes.

We used to use one of those corner litter boxes, as that's what they used where I bought him. Cinnabun soon grew too big for it (bless his heart, he kept trying to squat in that thing), so I got him a bigger box and used both for a good while. Eventually I got tired of cleaning two litter pans...

I don't have any feedback on the sexing of the buns as we struggled with that too. Our "rabbit-savvy" vets around here are pathetic so that in itself is a challenge. We had to drive 90 minutes to get our "female" bun spayed, to find out that "he" would instead be neutered. Yes, we had the ***...

That's interesting that you mention the horse stall mats, I was looking at those today. I did end up getting the Needlebond, which I found was softer than the rubber mats I was looking at! I also liked the idea of seagrass, but I was thinking that the more texture something has, the more...

I would think any water fit for human consumption is ok for buns. If you have any doubt, you can always give them the bottled purified water (that's what I personally drink, but NOT spring water. That is missing essential nutrients that other waters include).

I was so happy to have finally put together an open-air indoor pen for Cinnabun from sections of pet cage and NIC that now takes up just about 1/3 of my living room. lol The dangers of free-roaming far outweigh the benefits in my house, so other than the daily bouncing around the house with my...

Your link doesn't work, but I know what kind of dispenser you're talking about. I got tired of the tipped over bowls too (yes, even the heavy ceramic and stoneware ones) and bought a gravity water feeder and it's been awesome. The only thing I usually have to look out for is the hair and hay...

I have been thinking the same thing. I picked up a harness on Amazon for less than $10 that came with an elastic leash. Cin isn't thrilled at ALL about the harness, and as of yet hasn't let us put it on him. He's not a cuddler and only tolerates being held, so it's been a challenge getting him...

I live close to a relatively rural area, so I could probably pick up bales within a drive of 30-minutes or less. My question is how do you store 48 bales of hay?? Do you have a barn? Otherwise, how would you keep it dry and healthy? I got a bale from Tractor Supply when we first adopted him and...

Still annoying that she never came back and updated the thread. :( Now that I've bumped it again. lol

Oh my, you poor thing. That's such a shame that you could get such horrible advice from a source you so badly need to trust. Of course there is always some risk to anesthesia - for animals as well as people, and for the same reasons - spay/neuter is the best thing for your house rabbit, and you...

This is what I've used too, and it works well. I did get a 36x36 cage from TSC which I pretty much hate, but our house isn't entirely safe for Bun to free-roam. Instead, I set up this exact x-pen on the same rolled linoleum that I got at Lowes, and it works perfectly. He gets his run time every...