How to care for older & mature rabbit

[Darojati]

Hello...

So my dearest Pochi turns 6 today...

She's an orange holland lop, sometimes have overgrown teeth and we check to Vet for teeth trimming every quarter.. she has 2 bonded male bunnies with her, 4 & 2 y.o.

Pochi has been a lovely bunny that love to run, flop, binky... but now less of that, but still run fast.. she has been having teary eyes ever since 3 years ago which then we found about the problematic teeth.. she is also a little overweight (1.7kg) which we need to work on for her to lose a bit..

So last month and this month, we had blood check for her, and found that she has a concerning liver, while all other blood result come okay.. we had been advised to give her milk thistle and so we give her liver support supplements..

Now i'd like to seek your advice of what else I need to be aware of to take care older bunnies as they become more mature.. and what do you usually give as supplements for older bunnies?

We want her to live long and happy. Thank you!

 

[samoth]

My doe's almost 12, and my buck's almost 8.5.

Outside of the normal (regardless of age), like regular vet checkups, watching diet/weight and health, making sure they're active, providing chew toys, there's only been one difference for me.

I now give my doe 60 mL water (lactated Ringer's solution, subq injection) every 6 days or so. She never drank water (although she always ate two heaping human dinnerplate of greens every day), and ended up almost dying of a large bladder stone (urinary blockage -- identified early when she was straining to urinate).

Now that I'm giving her water injections... she's drinking water regularly! I assume it's due to her feeling the "urge" to replace water as fluid is moving through and out of her body, but it's great to see. She's back to her old self, and actually maintaining a lower body weight after being very overweight all her life (she loves to eat).

That's really the only big elder bun issue I've experienced.

Also, my rabbits are free range on two floors. I strongly believe that using one's body (whether rabbit or human) and performing exercise, like hopping up & down stairs, goes a long way to preventing premature old age problems.