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Yeah he was just a dick from the sound of it. It greatly varies from breed to breed as well. But you didn't do anything wrong. In other news I'm having a new and unexpected problem. Billy is getting super horny. Horny horny horny. He spends all day running around doing his super aroused humming and humping EVERYTHING. His girlfriend likes to keep things platonic and this has been putting some strain on this otherwise peaceful household. She now runs away every time he approaches, and for good reason. I'm starting to get worried it'll lead to fights. He's been neutered for over six years now. What the poo poo. Is this like a midlife crisis or entering the dirty old man stage of his life?
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uglynoodles posted:He was neutered, yes. The shelter I got him from made sure all their rabbits left microchipped and without their bollocks/babymakers. It's the way to do it, I feel. If you want an adult flemmie then hanging out at the shelters is the way to go. If you check shelter's websites around your community you can visit them and see how you like them. On the other hand, baby flemish giants are basically just regular sized rabbits that can't eat a lot of greens yet.
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uglynoodles posted:I love rabbits and would love to try having one again at some point. I had a rabbit a couple years ago that I adopted from a shelter and took home to be a housebun. He apparently came out of a hoarding situation. I did quite a bit of research before I took Bodie into my home. Rabbit proofing my home was easy as I lived in a one bedroom apartment at the time (and I still do, albeit it's a smaller one now.) His home base was in a segregated hallway area next to the staircase -- he had a cage whose door was always open and the area was fenced off by a puppy gate. This meant when he was 'put away' he had about 10 feet of space to run around in. Plenty of room to binky. I didn't allow him in my room ever because I didn't want him developing a taste for pissing on my bed, so the door was always closed. I'm sorry but that was just hilarious to read. Bodie sounds like one helluva rabbit.
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uglynoodles posted:He was neutered, yes. The shelter I got him from made sure all their rabbits left microchipped and without their bollocks/babymakers. It's the way to do it, I feel. Some rabbits are just dicks. You gave that guy a bunny paradise, and you really tried. I dont think it's your fault at all. See if you can volunteer at the shelter, just some light cleaning and socialization on the weekends. Someone will come into your life. May want to look into a more secure cage though, where they cant get at the walls. Solid on three sides and the top gives a confined rabbit a bit of security, for them and us as well. Slats of untreated wood work great. See if you can get wood sawn to spec at Wikes. Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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Cilantro is continuing her less than stellar eating record. I'll be taking her in to the vet tomorrow morning regardless of whether her appetite comes back today or not. She'll eat pellets and hay but snubs her greens. I'm giving her morning and night doses of reglan and simethicone but she's not liking the greens I guess.
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What the hell. I woke up this morning to our last Rabbit showing signs of early head tilt, possibly the EC that took down our first rabbit a year ago. Of course the vets closed because it's thanksgiving! thanks stupid rabbit timing  Appetite and bowels seem to be just fine, she isn't showing any nystagmus in her eyes but her head is doing the type writer tick to the right, just like Sascha. Ugh. My theory, if it is EC, is she had it all along since the three of them were together, and with the death of Tubbs her depression weakened her immune system enough to flare up. Hopefully we can get her through it with more success than we had with Sascha. Errant Gin Monks fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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My heart goes out to you. This thread is super sad these last few months. Good luck with sick buns 
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pseudonordic posted:Cilantro is continuing her less than stellar eating record. I'll be taking her in to the vet tomorrow morning regardless of whether her appetite comes back today or not. New plate of greens for lunch and she gobbled them right up after not touching her breakfast. It is a rabbit.
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Does anyone here have any experience with Belgian Hares? They seem like an interesting breed, but I'm wondering how much space they need and how active they are. How are their personalities?
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Stupid rabbit Took her to the vet this morning. She wouldn't do the head thing. So the vet said he couldn't make a diagnosis but her ears were fine and temp was good, she gained weight since last year. Got home and she started with the head thing again. Thanks for wasting 75 bucks you rear end in a top hat rabbit!
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Stupid rabbit Maybe make a short video of it if you have a smartphone? 
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Gah, something seems wrong with my bunny - I tried giving him a piece of carrot as a treat earlier, and noticed he just mostly licked it while trying to take very small nibbles every now and then. Didn't manage to eat much of it. Later I tried to see if he can bite properly by offering him a piece of hay while holding onto the other end - he did grip onto it and tried pulling the straw, but didn't bite through it. Looks like he's left some of his favourite pellets in the tray as well.. Very worried; wonder if his teeth have grown too long? They're not visible or anything drastic, and he doesn't really let me peek at his mouth.. Probably means a long vet trip tomorrow morning. EDIT: Tried giving him a different kind of pellet and he's happily crunching away at those. Huh, maybe he just had a weird picky eating-episode? Will see how he does tomorrow before calling a vet-check. Dropbear fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Dec 1, 2013 |
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Cut some of his food very small, leave some a bit larger. Good test to see if his incisors are bothering him.
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Molars are more frequently a cause of eating problems than incisors, and some buns can eat pellets long past the point they can't eat hay. You mentioned you were concerned about his teeth back in July, so I think a vet visit is definitely warranted.
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pseudonordic posted:Maybe make a short video of it if you have a smartphone? Its funny I have been trying to take video for 3 days now. Whenever I walk in there she refuses to do it and hides in her tunnel. So I propped the camera up facing the tunnel and came back 20 minutes later. She had just fallen asleep for the 20 minutes I was gone. GAAAHHH!!!
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Haha, aww. I woke my fat lazy rabbit up yesterday when I left for uni, she was just snoozing away and as soon as she heard me come over (or smelled the food, more likely) she sort of woke up and looked around all confused like and then started begging 
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alucinor posted:Molars are more frequently a cause of eating problems than incisors, and some buns can eat pellets long past the point they can't eat hay. You mentioned you were concerned about his teeth back in July, so I think a vet visit is definitely warranted. Yeah, I figured I'd best get it checked out, although he does eat hay too, now. He still feels shy about biting into anything, be it wood, cardboard, carrots.. Vet check is on monday, hope everything's fine. The vet said she's hesitant to use anesthetics on him although that would allow a more thorough check; it's risky enough on bunnies, and this fella being ~10 years old doesn't help that any. At least they should be able to check if there's some obvious problems.
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 I have conquered this basket, and now I will turn into a blob.
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Bunway Airlines posted:
I almost fell out of my chair when I looked at this. 
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 Cuties.  Just a random Google image search for 'bunnys,' which I do daily.
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kill your idols posted:
You may like http://dailybunny.com/ and http://dailybunny.org/ My wife hits them every day.
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Oh god why is Billy such a horrible jizz monster? There is just no end to the humping. My other rabbit is really starting to hate his horny guts. I might have to separate them or something.
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So Lils has done a complete 180. From head tracking and tilt and "don't touch me you horrible human where the hell is my friend!?!" to active and energetic and frantically excited to see us when we wake up or come home. I eve got her to come to the side fo the enclosure and ask to be pet, which has never happened in her entire 8 year lifespan. I know she is lonely but she is definitely beginning to see us as friends instead of horrible monsters who keep touching her. Who would have thought it would only have taken the death of all our other rabbits for her to like us.
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pseudonordic posted:You may like http://dailybunny.com/ and http://dailybunny.org/ Also @usagipic_bot if you're on Twitter. Bunny pics every hour even if it tends to repeat frequently.
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pseudonordic posted:I almost fell out of my chair when I looked at this. Why? Because of her irresistible squishiness?
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Bunway Airlines posted:Why? Because of her irresistible squishiness? My money is on the cord in the background.
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Bunway Airlines posted:Why? Because of her irresistible squishiness? Precisely. Such a little fuzz puddle.
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Remora posted:My money is on the cord in the background. Oddly, mine don't care for cords anymore. They haven't touched one in years.
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Errant Gin Monks posted:
Rabbit.txt Mine is sort of being a bit more friendly these days. Sometimes she lets me pet her, sometimes she honks and kicks and fucks off elsewhere. She's a work in progress and she's only, I think, three, so there's plenty of time for me to mould her into a fluffy snugglebun.
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Bunway Airlines posted:Oddly, mine don't care for cords anymore. They haven't touched one in years. I have the only rabbit in the universe that doesn't eat cords. She doesn't dig carpet, either. We might need to clone her.  She looked cold this morning. I fixed it.
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Bean posted:I have the only rabbit in the universe that doesn't eat cords. She doesn't dig carpet, either. We might need to clone her. Jackass. Not for blanketing your bunny, but because mine was the only one who didn't do either of those. Until my new roomate moved in with his goddamned parrot.
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Bean posted:I have the only rabbit in the universe that doesn't eat cords. She doesn't dig carpet, either. We might need to clone her. Yeah, mine do love carpet but I live in a house with hard wood floors 
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Snugglebun! I used to try do that with Juppo but she'd just sort of look at me, so I gave up. For a while last summer, when I was just looking after Juppo for my best mate and she hadn't taken over ownership of me, I had a kitchen in the living room style arrangement. The living part was fairly big and carpeted, and the kitchen was just a strip of lino. Watching her tear around the carpeted part before making her way onto the lino and sliding across it never stopped being absolutely hilarious.
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Does anyone have any experience with mites on rabbits? We were out of town for 7 days, and had a friend come visit with Gracie every couple of days. We got back to find that she had some pretty big patches of spotty fur on her back. At first I attributed this to fur plucking due to boredom, but after some research it looked like it might be mites. The visiting friend has a cat, so it could well have been transmitted that way. However, it's not a 100% diagnosis since there's zero flaking or dandruff (in fact, she already has some adorable and super soft fuzz growing back in), and she hasn't been itching at all. We just spent more than a grand on vet bills for her so I'd really rather avoid the vet if at all possible.
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alucinor posted:Molars are more frequently a cause of eating problems than incisors, and some buns can eat pellets long past the point they can't eat hay. You mentioned you were concerned about his teeth back in July, so I think a vet visit is definitely warranted. The vet said his teeth were in perfect condition, though without anesthetic she couldn't do a very thorough check. He checked pretty much everything else she could think of, and it seems the old fella is in very good shape all around.  Strange, considering he's very lazy about actually chewing wood / toys / anything, even wires, but I guess eating hay and pellets is enough for his teeth? Good to hear he's doing well, anyhow. The vet did say Hermanni is the oldest rabbit he's ever seen, too.
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Flopsy is eating my loving Christmas tree.
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Charlie grabbed a packet of Soothers, those throat lozenges, and ran around the house being chased by us. If he'd get even a tiny lead he's stop and furiously try and stuff as much in his mouth as he could before we got close enough then he'd run again. After we got it from him he was full of energy and friendly, must've just been a game. Also, we have this little coffee table near the couch he isn't allowed on. He jumps on it all the time and we just make sure nothing edible is there but usually yelling his name makes him jump off. The other day I was sick on the couch by myself and he jumped on the table. I was too sick to get much volume but ended up with a pathetic pleading "Charlie, off the table" and he just stared at me and sat down smugly, taunting me with my inability to chase him off.
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Mr Confetti posted:Flopsy is eating my loving Christmas tree. And he thanks you for the wonderful chew toy.
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Mr Confetti posted:Flopsy is eating my loving Christmas tree. Is it a faux tree or a 'fresh cut' tree?
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Karandras posted:Also, we have this little coffee table near the couch he isn't allowed on. He jumps on it all the time and we just make sure nothing edible is there but usually yelling his name makes him jump off. The other day I was sick on the couch by myself and he jumped on the table. I was too sick to get much volume but ended up with a pathetic pleading "Charlie, off the table" and he just stared at me and sat down smugly, taunting me with my inability to chase him off. They can absolutely tell when you're not capable of chasing them off. The other day when I had the flu and was throwing up in the bathroom I came back to find both of mine in the windowsill gnawing on the walls and eating the curtains. Mr Confetti posted:Flopsy is eating my loving Christmas tree. Just FYI this can be really bad for rabbits. Not to mention the decorations/electric cords around there. You should keep him away.
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