This is a new yoga mat and it’s obviously hers now, but she doesn’t normally pose in this sort of half sploot with her front paws somewhat tucked.

Diet and energy haven’t changed.

I wanted to gather advice to see if I need to take her to see a vet.

Thank you for reading 🐰❤️

Is this something I should worry about? Is there a way to clean her? She poops a lot. I don’t know if that is normal though and up until today they were tiny little balls but today when I cleaned her litter when I got home from work I noticed a couple of big poopies. It doesn’t seem like she’s having diarrhea or anything. Her previous owner says she gets compacted sometimes and to just put her in the tub and massage her bottom a bit but I didn’t think you were supposed to bathe bunnies. At least I know I couldn’t bathe my hamster so I’m guessing it might be the same for bunnies. I won’t do anything until I figure out what I’m supposed to do.

On our way to his haircut and nail appointment!

Smokey now regularly hops up here and waits at the table when he wants to eat a snack 🤣 he’s evolving!

Phoebe enjoying an Alfalfa Slim treat this morning! I absolutely love this picture I got of her silly lil face! 🤣❤️

I could listen to her munching for hours. I don’t like people chewing but something about her munching makes my heart so happy.

I have a mini heart attack every time either because I check she is breathing or because she slams herself down and doesn’t matter what she hits lol

He was just chilling and hanging out!

She proceeded to lick his rear-end immediately after stepping on his face

Poor baby heard the cat meow from the other room and ran and wedged herself in between her bed and the wall😂😂😂😂😂

Wild Baby Bunnies and Rain

I know this is more so for pet rabbits, but I am concerned for the baby bunnies in my backyard and want some reassurances. Bunny nests are susceptible to flooding which can kill the babies. We are getting a bit of rain these next few days, so I want to protect them. I wanted to place an umbrella over them, but my dad won’t let me. Instead he put a frisbee over the nest. It does keep the nest dry when water is pouring straight down. But do you guys think it’ll be effective in protecting them?

(Cross-posted)

TL;DR: Ideas to help a baby bunny feel secure and cope with any grief when moving from a long term foster home to a forever home?

Tomorrow, I’m officially adopting a 7 month old, but he won’t be coming home with me until Monday and will remain with his foster mother until then. This baby has been with his foster mother since he was 1 week old (as his pregnant mother was found abandoned and brought into the rescue).

He does not have a bondmate because both of his littermates died and the bonding sessions he’s been on since he was neutered 2 months ago haven’t been a great fit so far. I will find him a bondmate once he is settled into our home :).

My concern is how to help him adjust to no longer living with his foster mother. He is extremely bonded to her (lies on her chest and purrs), but she is unable to keep/ adopt him (as she is an incredible person saving the lives of so many medically complex rabbits and cats at once right now, and he had always been in the home as a foster baby).

She’s going to be sending home his favorite straw playhouse, and since she said it’s falling apart a little, I also ordered him a second copy of the first one so that I can set up both his old and new one side by side. I asked about having her sending something like a blanket that smells like her home with him, and she thought that was a good idea and would help him. I can also bring a blanket for him that smells like me and drop it off tomorrow.

We’ve coordinated around hay and pellets in terms of making sure any changes are gradual and that we work together to help him adjust or that I get the same types she is using now. I am using a very different litter than she is, but she says he has never peed outside the litter box and is very unlikely to have an issue with any type of rabbit—appropriate litter (she’s using pine pellets, I’m using Carefresh). I bought all the things she said are his favorite snacks (Science Selective Naturals Loops and Oxbow Simple Rewards in two specific flavors) and made a list of the greens/ herbs he likes best.

I let his foster Mom know she could come to visit sometimes if she wanted to, and she expressed interested in doing that once he’s settled in. In the meantime, I can send lots of photo and video updates. Can anyone think of anything else (other than a bondmate, which I can’t conjure up in the next few days, unfortunately), that might help make this transition a little easier for him? I’ll be with him for probably about 22-23 hours a day (as I work from home as a PhD student, and his X-Pen is directly next to my bed), and he’ll have free roam time with me probably about 14 hours per day (and the rest of the time in the 4x4x4 X-Pen in my bedroom).

Anything else that might help? I’m so, so excited to bring him home and also so heartbroken for both him and his foster mother, who is incredible, and I just want to make sure this is the best transition possible for everyone involved.

This is Miss Jovie, she’s my second bun (Buddy and Jovie named from the movie Elf). She ate her greens at 5:30 pm yesterday, but not her nightly pellets and meadow hoop at 9 pm. She didn’t eat her morning meadow hoop, and when I did breakfast this morning, she was stretched out in her pen but didn’t act at least interested let alone get excited like usual. It doesn’t appear she has been pooping, my daughter isn’t sure. I tried to listen to her bowel sounds with my stethoscope and couldn’t hear anything (I’m not trained on how to listen to a rabbit’s bowel sounds though, only humans 🙂). I listened to my other bun for comparison (he was not happy) but I couldn’t hear anything on him either 🤷‍♀️

So…she had baby gas drops, meloxicam, and we gave her some water and critical care in a syringe and my husband is now driving us to the emergency vet.

I hope she’ll be okay, she’s such a sweet girl😭

And I have no idea who chewed that table.

Not sure if it is okay to ask but: please wish my little Muffin loads of luck for tomorrow (the 15th).

She has an infection in the skull that is pressing the eye out of its socket. Luckily she isn't in much pain right now but it will get worse, she'll turn blind and the only help is to remove her eye. It a big operation and I'm super nervous about it. It's a huge thing and she is already 9, but the vet is sure that she'll go back to being happy afterwards. Still I'm so afraid for my little fluffy girl.

(And afraid of the aftercare. My SO is away for work and I'll have to do the medication and everything on my own)

So please, wish her luck <3