The lives of Kiwi & Papaya!

[agnesthelion]

Eeeeeek babies! I wanna be a human jungle gym for those cuties too

 

[agnesthelion]

Omg Mariah your calendar is amazing! You are such a good bunny momma there is no way you could put in this much work and time and not have everything work out in the end. It just HAS too!

So glad she is still off meds and that they are getting along! I feel like it will only get better from here

 

[Mariah]

Jenny!! Your babies are too darn cute!!! Awwwww!! It make me want more bunnies but I can hardly keep up with the ones I have!

Ill have to look more into the insulation a bit more because I make any big moves.

Lisa- thank you! I have my fingers crossed that everything with kiwi continues to improve- meaning stays how it is now because she is stable.

Papaya wa a little monkey today. He chewed off the plastic ears on his bunny toy... And I found 3 tiny balls in his cage... I don't know how many balls were in the toy... Anyone know? What would happen if he ate one...? Here are the pics:

 

[JBun]

Lol, Papaya, little trouble maker I wouldn't think he would try and eat one of those beads. I'm sure he'll be fine.

I know, baby bunnies are so cute and fun to watch. They are a handful though, and these guys aren't very snuggly. They're used to people but they don't like being picked up and held, and aren't terribly interested in nose rubs yet. Their mom LOVES nose rubs, so maybe it's something they'll start to like as they get older.

 

[Mariah]

He is a trouble maker! Little bugger! I can see chew marks in one of the little beads... If he did eat one, I think it's small enough that he would be able to pass it? He'a seems fine. He's been pooping, peeing and eating! So hopefully everything is fine. I took that toy away! Ill get him another at some point... I'm going to be placing an order through pet-rabbit-toys.com this week! They are having a sale- 25%off of 25$ and more spent! Shouldn't be that hard to spend that amount on toys for my babies

Papaya is still getting used to nose rubs as well. Took me till after Citrus passed for kiwi to accept nose rubs from me, so over a year!

Kiwi was so cute last night. I was laying on the ground with her and she started licking my head!!! It was the cutest thing ever!!!

Are you guys getting the effects of hurricane sandy? It's been raining here since last week... Horrible weather here and I've got to go see the horses today and ride... Thank goodness for an indoor arena!!

 

[Mariah]

He is a trouble maker! Little bugger! I can see chew marks in one of the little beads... If he did eat one, I think it's small enough that he would be able to pass it? He'a seems fine. He's been pooping, peeing and eating! So hopefully everything is fine. I took that toy away! Ill get him another at some point... I'm going to be placing an order through pet-rabbit-toys.com this week! They are having a sale- 25%off of 25$ and more spent! Shouldn't be that hard to spend that amount on toys for my babies

Papaya is still getting used to nose rubs as well. Took me till after Citrus passed for kiwi to accept nose rubs from me, so over a year!

Kiwi was so cute last night. I was laying on the ground with her and she started licking my head!!! It was the cutest thing ever!!!

Are you guys getting the effects of hurricane sandy? It's been raining here since last week... Horrible weather here and I've got to go see the horses today and ride... Thank goodness for an indoor arena!!

 

[Mariah]

He is a trouble maker! Little bugger! I can see chew marks in one of the little beads... If he did eat one, I think it's small enough that he would be able to pass it? He'a seems fine. He's been pooping, peeing and eating! So hopefully everything is fine. I took that toy away! Ill get him another at some point... I'm going to be placing an order through pet-rabbit-toys.com this week! They are having a sale- 25%off of 25$ and more spent! Shouldn't be that hard to spend that amount on toys for my babies

Papaya is still getting used to nose rubs as well. Took me till after Citrus passed for kiwi to accept nose rubs from me, so over a year!

Kiwi was so cute last night. I was laying on the ground with her and she started licking my head!!! It was the cutest thing ever!!!

Are you guys getting the effects of hurricane sandy? It's been raining here since last week... Horrible weather here and I've got to go see the horses today and ride... Thank goodness for an indoor arena!!

 

[Imbrium]

awww, so sweet of Kiwi! my Nala does that sometimes when I'm laying on the floor with her and if she's feeling extra generous she'll groom my hair a bit too (sometimes even climbing on my back for better access).

 

[Mariah]

He is a trouble maker! Little bugger! I can see chew marks in one of the little beads... If he did eat one, I think it's small enough that he would be able to pass it? He'a seems fine. He's been pooping, peeing and eating! So hopefully everything is fine. I took that toy away! Ill get him another at some point... I'm going to be placing an order through pet-rabbit-toys.com this week! They are having a sale- 25%off of 25$ and more spent! Shouldn't be that hard to spend that amount on toys for my babies

Papaya is still getting used to nose rubs as well. Took me till after Citrus passed for kiwi to accept nose rubs from me, so over a year!

Kiwi was so cute last night. I was laying on the ground with her and she started licking my head!!! It was the cutest thing ever!!!

Are you guys getting the effects of hurricane sandy? It's been raining here since last week... Horrible weather here and I've got to go see the horses today and ride... Thank goodness for an indoor arena!!

 

[Mariah]

He is a trouble maker! Little bugger! I can see chew marks in one of the little beads... If he did eat one, I think it's small enough that he would be able to pass it? He'a seems fine. He's been pooping, peeing and eating! So hopefully everything is fine. I took that toy away! Ill get him another at some point... I'm going to be placing an order through pet-rabbit-toys.com this week! They are having a sale- 25%off of 25$ and more spent! Shouldn't be that hard to spend that amount on toys for my babies

Papaya is still getting used to nose rubs as well. Took me till after Citrus passed for kiwi to accept nose rubs from me, so over a year!

Kiwi was so cute last night. I was laying on the ground with her and she started licking my head!!! It was the cutest thing ever!!!

Are you guys getting the effects of hurricane sandy? It's been raining here since last week... Horrible weather here and I've got to go see the horses today and ride... Thank goodness for an indoor arena!!

 

[Mariah]

Sorry for my post being posted like 5 times! It kept telling me my post would not go through, so I kept trying... LOL, apparently it did go through.

Anyways, Papaya is acting a bit strange today. I'm watching him carefull because I don't know if its anything. He was laying in kiwis litter box kinda hunched up, not sprawled out. I was out for a couple hours this afternoon, so I'm not sure what he was up too. He popped a bit which is normal for him during the day. What concerns me is usually as soon as I let him out he usually goes and eats kiwis hay because her hay is "better". He just went and layed in her box.

Am I over reacting or should I give simethicone?

 

[JBun]

Awwww, Kiwi! I love bunny kisses!!!

How's Papaya doing tonight?

 

[Mariah]

Bunny kisses are the best!

I gave Papaya simethicone at 7:40 PM tonight. I fed him his pellets at 8:18pm. He was very excited for his pellets. He is eating and drinking. He always was but he's just as active as he was this morning and yes, he is pooping but not as much. I've noticed some irregular shaped poops. I can't say for sure who they came from though... But kiwi is acting completly normal.

Is is safe to give simethicone again tonight?

Jenny, should I be doing anything else?

Edited to say: I almost wonder if he is stressed. The children who live above me (ages 3 & 5) were not at school today. If they were running around upstairs could that be why Papaya is not as active?

 

[JBun]

Have you ever had eating problems with Papaya in the past?

I'm actually more concerned about that toy he was chewing on. Keep an eye on his poops to see if he's the one with the irregular poops. Is he getting any treats?

 

[Mariah]

No treats. Just his pellets (1/4 cup for the day) and unlimited Timothy hay. Wouldn't he have passed the toy by now? Omg. Bunnies don't normally survive foreign body surgeries...

He is eating hay and wanted his pellets. Wouldn't that be a good sign? Or... no? Could the toy be causing him discomfort? Cause since he is eating, wouldn't the hay be pushing the toy through?

Edited to say: no eating problems with Papaya in the past. He bounced back quite quickly after his neuter.

 

[JBun]

Before you let yourself worry too much, you are going to want to be sure who the irregular poops are coming from, and you also want to make sure that there actually has been any change in Papaya's amount of poops. If he's eating and drinking normally, it could also just be that he maybe ate a little crumb of something that upset his tummy a little and he just needed it to move through his digestion. That happened to one of my bunnies, and she was fine the next day.

Just keep a really close eye on his eating and pooping.

 

[Mariah]

This is Papaya's litter box:

This is Kiwi's:

So if you compare the two, Papaya has done more poops. I'm so worried right now. I've never had a bunny chew the ears off of that toy! All my bunnies have had that same toy- I always buy a new one for each new bun, and not once have I had a problem. I just cut the ears off of kiwi toy that's the same and there was only 3 beads in that one so at least he didn't eat a bead. I guess we are dealing with plastic right now.

Wouldn't he have chewed the plastic up good before swallowing it? Shouldn't it be easy or not difficult to pass?

As I write this he's in his litter box eating hay... I'm still so nervous I may wake up to a very sick bun tomorrow morning... I haven't put them to bed yet because I'm too nervous to do that...

 

[JBun]

That's good to know that he didn't eat a bead. I was just a little concerned initially cause of the irregular poops you found, but you know what, both their poops look really good now. I would say that if he wasn't feeling well earlier, that he just had a little tummy upset, it happens sometimes, and with his eating and poops back to normal, it appears whatever caused the upset is past, so I wouldn't worry about it. My baby that had a tummy upset, had found a piece of sugary horse feed on the floor, so it really can be as simple as a little crumb of something they manage to find, that doesn't settle well in their stomach, but once it goes through them, they are just fine afterward.

Sorry if I worried you. I swear, I feel like I know your buns so well now that I worry about them too

 

[Mariah]

I swere, I shouldn't own bunnies. I worry at the slightest little thing. But at least I know, the bunnies I have are VERY well taken care of!

I just put them to bed. I was standing in the living room talking to the bf and kiwi came up and started nose butting my leg, like she was saying "hello!!! its way past my bedtime! Where is my special bunny treat??!!!" Papaya didn't come too which he usually always does... Which absolutely has me worried. He ate his pellets and went straight for his hay.

So I'm confused by his behaviors. He's doing everything normal except running around with kiwi. He let me scoop him up and didn't try to get away from me which he usually does... Once I'm holding him he's fine but he dosent like the initial pickup. So why did he not struggle when I picked him up?

Jenny- you do know my buns VERY well! I'm glad to hear that you think both their poops are normal. They also look normal to me, but there was that irregular poop. Again, no idea who's it was because they were both in the litter box. It was big, and kiwis poops are bigger then Papayas so I would assume it was hers but she's totally fine... So...

And no worries for worrying me. I was also thinking the same thing about the toy when I saw how papaya was acting. You just confirmed it for me.

Ill see how he is in the morning. At this point there's nothing I can do for him. If he's unwell tomorrow, he will be coming to work with me for an x ray... Which will stress him out and me too, but I need to know what we are dealing with, if anything...

 

[JBun]

Keep in mind too, that as they both get more bonded and comfortable with each other, they won't always react the same way to things. Like now that Papaya is becoming more settled and comfortable with Kiwi, he may not always follow her around as much as he did at first.