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In thought about that since he is very active but with 2 identical marks, I thought it unlikely, but in any case there has been no repition and it seems to have had no effect on the relationship though I sometimes find a tuft of his fir on the floor in the eating area. The doe has been making...

I am not experienced with rabbits but am giving it more time, and found 2 wounds on the buck I call Peanut on his forehead that may be bites. They are oval hairless patches about 4mm wide and 15 mm long with a read spot near the center (1 shown in the photo, the other behind the vertical line...

Just what togetherness, grooming etc is reasonable to expect. I gave a description of what I have seen which falls short of what I expected. Should I just give it more time or is it a bad paring of rabbits?

I read about how much happier bonded rabbits are, but is that typical? What is reasonable to expect? I have a spayed doe about 3 years old that had a companion 2 years ago. I got her when the companion died. I tried getting a companion from a shelter but it was a bad choice. The companion lives...

My conclusion from summer and fall observations is that the first symptom is increased respiration rate, still shallow. It is not a reason for immediate concern but an early indication of discomfort.

Actually, the Standlee hay cubes are not recommended for rabbits. I assume it has to do with the clay filler. Every rabbit I have ever fed liked Kaytee timothy blend cubes because they like the feel of chewing them. The fiber length seems long enough to replace hay but they don't eat that much...

I bought a bag of Standlee timothy pellets but my rabbits which love the much more expensive and much greener Viking Farmer timothy pellets would only eat tiny amounts when very hungry. How does the compressed bale compare with the "pellets" (actually extrusion)?

I think it varies a lot with the individual rabbit and the hay. Journey pulls it from wherever it is but only to eat it (but she rejects some for reasons not known to me and it ends up on the floor) but eats more from a box on the floor and the rejects stay in the box. Midnight won't eat from a...

My aluminum plate 1/4" thick does not make any noise but the slickness in interesting. First I had a rug that she wadded up to sit on the slick vinyl floor. Then I got a ground rubber mat for both rabbits to use. They show no preference over the slick floor. (I was also concerned about the...

What is the first symptom to look for to be concerned that a rabbit is too hot? I was looking at respiration rate but I have a caged rabbit that is in a temperature of about 78 degrees F that started breathing about 3X faster but still shallow and tried a couple things: I gave her a large...

Fans cool dry surfaces by mooing the heated air away and exposing the surface to cool air. Improvements in heat transfer can exceed 3X but when I have given my 2 rabbits a mild breeze from a fan when they were only mildly over their desired temperature, they moved away from it.

I had water and food in stainless boles in the original cage and she drank enough water for several months. She established her pee spot infront of the water and occasionally contaminated the water which I would change when I noticed it but she continued to drink water. Eventually I noticed that...

There is a big difference between making cheap hay for horses and good hay for rabbits! I am making small quantities as I find good quality grass but have a question about storage. I often see a curing period mentioned but once it is dry, what more is to be done other than keeping it dry? I dry...

According to the Standlee web site, the cubes are not recommended for rabbits. My guess is because they are afraid that a clump of bentonite (used as binder) could choke the rabbit. Standlee does have 1/4" Timothy extrusions (they call pellets) without binder and reconnended for rabbits but the...

Journey eats fresh grass with delight when it is available. At the end of the season, when there was more brown than green, she would eat every spec of green but she has not adapted well to hay. She eats the first 28% without hesitation then nibbles on the rest, leaving 42% for times of famine...