Neuter, neuter.
Just got a new bunny! Super nervous...
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lavendertealatte
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I probably need to wait til the 6 month mark right? He isn’t showing yet from what I can see.
Good news. Didn’t see excess cecotropes this morning finally and he is eating his grass although still begs for the alfalfa.
Good news. Didn’t see excess cecotropes this morning finally and he is eating his grass although still begs for the alfalfa.
That's good to hear. Get used to the begging. It's what bunnies do best 
If you aren't seeing his testicles descending yet, then yes you will need to wait til they do before he can get neutered. Unless 'he' is possibly a 'she'. Have you been able to definitely verify that he's a boy?
If you aren't seeing his testicles descending yet, then yes you will need to wait til they do before he can get neutered. Unless 'he' is possibly a 'she'. Have you been able to definitely verify that he's a boy?
lavendertealatte
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Lol nope haven’t confirmed yet. He hates being flipped over .. I tried to put him in my lap to check and both times I did it I couldn’t find any tacos or donuts in the time I had.... just the poop hole. How do you all do it?
Also no binkies recently ;/
Also no binkies recently ;/
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lavendertealatte
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lavendertealatte
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ok I just looked at pics of holland lops..
https://truluvrabbitry.com/2009/01/01/how-does-a-8-weeks-old-look-like/
I don't think the age I was given is accurate... he doesn't look 3-4 months old at all .... he looks much smaller! Aiyah.. T_T O_O This is him when I first got him.. and another picture of him now 3 weeks later. How old do you guys think? Both me and my husband feel like he looked like the six week old photos we are seeing on the internet. I just weighed him he is 8.5 Ounces. My friend who has a holland lop agreed that he looks like a baby!
https://truluvrabbitry.com/2009/01/01/how-does-a-8-weeks-old-look-like/
I don't think the age I was given is accurate... he doesn't look 3-4 months old at all .... he looks much smaller! Aiyah.. T_T O_O This is him when I first got him.. and another picture of him now 3 weeks later. How old do you guys think? Both me and my husband feel like he looked like the six week old photos we are seeing on the internet. I just weighed him he is 8.5 Ounces. My friend who has a holland lop agreed that he looks like a baby!
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lavendertealatte
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New litter box looks great! I think you will find it easy to maintain as well.
lavendertealatte
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Just went to the feed store and got wood pellets and they were different from the previous one! I asked the guy and he said they were out of the horse bedding wood pellets which I was probably looking for ... those are the same except they have an odor reducer so people use that for horse bedding! He said the odor reducer was zytol???... something with a “z”. I wonder if it’s safe?? Is it the same as what is recommended?
ooohh... I don't know anything about that. If in doubt, get the kind without. The plain pellets work just fine without anything added. I don't think I'd trust it until you know for sure.
(Horses aren't keeping their noses so close to the bedding like rabbits.)
(Horses aren't keeping their noses so close to the bedding like rabbits.)
lavendertealatte
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found it I think .. it is called "zeolite" ..
this one has it. http://bmfp.com/product/dry-den-animal-bedding-zeolites/
this one has it. http://bmfp.com/product/dry-den-animal-bedding-zeolites/
Dry Den? I've used that before for my rabbits.
For his age, the picture when you first got him, he looks about 6 weeks old to me. But if he was a runt, that could make him look younger than he is.
For determining ***.
https://rabbit.org/how-to-determine-a-rabbits-***/
http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/educat...rabbit-care-articles/how-to-***-your-rabbits/
For his age, the picture when you first got him, he looks about 6 weeks old to me. But if he was a runt, that could make him look younger than he is.
For determining ***.
https://rabbit.org/how-to-determine-a-rabbits-***/
http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/educat...rabbit-care-articles/how-to-***-your-rabbits/
lavendertealatte
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I think if I poke anywhere down there Bunbun will freak out....
So I found a weird bump while trying to *** Bunster. I thought it initially was a dreadlock but it's weird... it looks kind of patchy and dark compared to the rest of his stomach area and he didn't really let me touch it but it was kind of hard.
I also gave him about 10 or so pellets yesterday and he was going crazy for them, biting my hands cause he thought I had more :/ Kind of worried me. I weighed him again.. he's about the same weight I think if not a little less actually. It's hard to get him to stay put on the scale. This morning there were a few cecotropes in their usual area.. I don't know why he doesn't deposit them in the box. I didn't touch them and then I came back an hour later and it seemed like some were gone.. or maybe I was just seeing things. I wonder if he's having trouble eating them straight out of his bum so that's why they are there? He is a bit clumsy but I thought it was just cause he was a baby. He will sometimes fall over when he's grooming himself or periscoping.
So I found a weird bump while trying to *** Bunster.
I thought it initially was a dreadlock but it's weird... it looks kind of patchy and dark compared to the rest of his stomach area and he didn't really let me touch it but it was kind of hard. I also gave him about 10 or so pellets yesterday and he was going crazy for them, biting my hands cause he thought I had more :/ Kind of worried me. I weighed him again.. he's about the same weight I think if not a little less actually. It's hard to get him to stay put on the scale. This morning there were a few cecotropes in their usual area.. I don't know why he doesn't deposit them in the box. I didn't touch them and then I came back an hour later and it seemed like some were gone.. or maybe I was just seeing things. I wonder if he's having trouble eating them straight out of his bum so that's why they are there? He is a bit clumsy but I thought it was just cause he was a baby. He will sometimes fall over when he's grooming himself or periscoping.
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lavendertealatte
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So it's Tuesday night, and the cecotropes are gone! I wonder did he eat them? But I thought they are supposed to dry out and become inedible pretty fast. So now I'm thinking what if the cecotropes weren't excess this whole time and he just couldn't eat them straight out of his bum so he was putting them outside his box to eat later? O___o
How long did he leave them siting out before they disappeared? They should become inedible after sitting out for a while. Normal behavior would be eating them straight as they come out, or soon after if left on the floor.
lavendertealatte
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Not sure actually. I saw none today though, and I gave him pellets yesterday ^_^
New problem.. Bunster keeps biting me. At first it was just nips but today he bit my pants and it was pretty hard! X_X What's going on.. I think from his size he's 8 weeks-ish now so it shouldn't be hormones..... I think it was cause I have been hand feeding him pellets.. (trying to do clicker training to get him to get onto the scale)... so that's his way of trying to get me to give him more? He goes absolutely crazy for pellets. Instead of tolerating petting he will just try to bite at my hand as if there is food but even if there is no food.. he will bite if I leave my hand there. At first it was just tiny nips, but then he bit my pants kind of hard! If I'm sitting in the xpen I'm practically running away from him.. at least my hands are. He doesn't do it to my husband. I say "Eep!" each time he does it.. but doesn't seem to be helping at all. I am pretty sure it started with the clicking training... Is there a way for me to keep doing the clicker training but have him not constantly searching my hands (and pants, apparently? idk) for food?
He doesn't seem fond of the X-Pen attached to the pen being a substitute for the whole den area unfortunately.. even though it's more space than his pen, he still tries to stick his head through the bars. And he's peed a few times in the x-pen area.. but only small pees I found a little tiny bit of pee on the new cardboard box I put in.. claiming the box or just an accident?
New problem.. Bunster keeps biting me. At first it was just nips but today he bit my pants and it was pretty hard! X_X What's going on.. I think from his size he's 8 weeks-ish now so it shouldn't be hormones..... I think it was cause I have been hand feeding him pellets.. (trying to do clicker training to get him to get onto the scale)... so that's his way of trying to get me to give him more? He goes absolutely crazy for pellets. Instead of tolerating petting he will just try to bite at my hand as if there is food but even if there is no food.. he will bite if I leave my hand there. At first it was just tiny nips, but then he bit my pants kind of hard! If I'm sitting in the xpen I'm practically running away from him.. at least my hands are. He doesn't do it to my husband. I say "Eep!" each time he does it.. but doesn't seem to be helping at all. I am pretty sure it started with the clicking training...
Is there a way for me to keep doing the clicker training but have him not constantly searching my hands (and pants, apparently? idk) for food?He doesn't seem fond of the X-Pen attached to the pen being a substitute for the whole den area unfortunately.. even though it's more space than his pen, he still tries to stick his head through the bars. And he's peed a few times in the x-pen area.. but only small pees
I found a little tiny bit of pee on the new cardboard box I put in.. claiming the box or just an accident?
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lavendertealatte
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No more uneaten cecotropes, going on one week, and I've been feeding pellets, a small amount each day, and a small amount of alfalfa hay, and then the rest orchard grass and timothy hay. There were little colored treat things in the Kaytee pellet bag and I have been leaving those out, in case they were the problem.
I've been weighing him (using pellets to lead him to the scale) but it's pretty hard to get any sort of consistent number. How much weight should he be gaining each week though? I'm paranoid that he isn't getting enough protein since he is so very excited when the pellets show up.
I've been weighing him (using pellets to lead him to the scale) but it's pretty hard to get any sort of consistent number. How much weight should he be gaining each week though? I'm paranoid that he isn't getting enough protein since he is so very excited when the pellets show up.
lavendertealatte
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We were doing so well with some pellets and cecotropes were gone, but today I woke up to find some again! So.. back to no pellets.
Bunster has also developed a habit of digging and scratching when he's in the x-pen area (which has a sheet as the flooring). I have phonebook...cardboard..but nope..
Bunster has also developed a habit of digging and scratching when he's in the x-pen area (which has a sheet as the flooring). I have phonebook...cardboard..but nope..
What pellets are you using now? Are you trying a different brand/type or just the same ones you started out with(sorry I can't keep track of these things)?
Have you tried giving him a fleece blanket? A lot of buns like to dig on and rearrange blankets to their liking. That might be why he's trying to dig on the sheet. I even know of buns that like to make a tunnel with them and get under it. If you haven't tried it yet, that might be an activity your bun will like. Only thing to be cautions of is loose strings(can get wrapped around a foot) and large holes(head or foot stuck in). So keep any loose strings clipped and replace if any large holes get created.
Have you tried giving him a fleece blanket? A lot of buns like to dig on and rearrange blankets to their liking. That might be why he's trying to dig on the sheet. I even know of buns that like to make a tunnel with them and get under it. If you haven't tried it yet, that might be an activity your bun will like. Only thing to be cautions of is loose strings(can get wrapped around a foot) and large holes(head or foot stuck in). So keep any loose strings clipped and replace if any large holes get created.
lavendertealatte
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hey Jbun, They are the same Kaytee ones, but without the colored bits so just the pellets. Thought it was going okay but we lasted about a week. Tons of cecotropes again today.
Yeah he has a fleece blanket in the xpen area and he doesn't do too much with it. He moves around the pen and tries to dig and bite at everything (i've got cardboard boxes, a phone book, blanket) but nothing holds his attention for that long.
They are the same Kaytee ones, but without the colored bits so just the pellets. Thought it was going okay but we lasted about a week. Tons of cecotropes again today. Yeah he has a fleece blanket in the xpen area and he doesn't do too much with it. He moves around the pen and tries to dig and bite at everything (i've got cardboard boxes, a phone book, blanket) but nothing holds his attention for that long.
