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[_breezy_star_]

My blue polish doe, Gwen, had 6 babies today! SIX! I couldn't believe it, haha. 3 solids and 3 broken. One of the solids is a peanut though, sadly.

I had two Polish does that both had 7 last summer. lol I was not expecting 14 babies from two 3 - 3.5 pound does.

[Baby bunnies!]

My blue polish doe, Gwen, had 6 babies today! SIX! I couldn't believe it, haha. 3 solids and 3 broken. One of the solids is a peanut though, sadly.

I had two Polish does that both had 7 last summer. lol I was not expecting 14 babies from two 3 - 3.5 pound does.

Congrats Kitty!
6 and 7 for a Polish is crazy!

[Sky Rabbit]

Haven't posted for a while, but annnyway

Today my older brother was brushing my rabbit's (Flopsy) loose fur out and he decided to pick up Flopsy, which was fine at first. Only the putting him down part has always been a bit tricky. So my brother decided to try a new technique and he had him held in a position where Flopsy couldn't kick or bite. Soooo like, as soon as Flopsy's feet touched the ground he let out this horrifying scream. I mean, I know rabbits make that sound when feeling very scared, but I nearly had a heart attack, I've never heard him like that and he just kind if unexpectedly screamed (everything was reallly quiet before he screamed). My poor baby, he's getting a little bit extra fruit tommorow xP

[Petlover552]

Can i join? c:

I have a Rex-English-Dalmatian Cross rabbit names Snickers :3

[thunderofthedrum]

I don't see why not!!

Your bunny sounds adorable!

Some people in here breed but I just own the one bunny, a Mini Rex female.

If yours male or female?

[MacGyver]

Curious Bun-Bun is curious



Tennyson has become much more social since my sister adopted him.

[FlynnEugene]

Got back from my camping trip and was able to see Simba and Waffles. To my surprise Waffles actually seemed pretty excited to see me, I would expect that from a dog not a rabbit, but it made me feel even more loved because both my dog and my rabbit like ran up to me.

[King of Crows]

So my 5 year old dutch doe, River, isn't do much better than the last time I posted. I've moved her inside, into my room so that she has a consistent temperature and won't have to worry about weather or noise or bugs. She slept in her own urine, so her belly needed to be cleaned off. She enjoyed that, though, and kept trying to groom my while I was drying her off, hehe. She felt good enough to groom herself a bit after that, and as soon as I moved her into the indoor cage she went to sleep. She's in deep sleep right now. Her nose is pretty stuffy, but she has chronic allergies and our other two rabbits are as healthy as can be, so I'm not too worried about that.

Her weight is a serious problem, though. She's just so, so thin. We can't afford to take her in to the vet right now, at all, so I'm a little stuck for what to do. She's stopped eating, which is very bad, so I'm going to try to get her to eat some mashed banana just to get something in her and maybe put a bit of weight on her. Teeth are fine, ears are clean, eyes are bright and shiny...I think she's just too old to be moving in and out like we do yearly. I'll keep her inside for a while and see if she improves. She's always been happier when she's with me, so now that she's in my bedroom she should be pretty cheery.

So-- question time! What brand of pellets do you guys recommend? And does anyone use oat hay? How does it compare to timothy?

[Baby bunnies!]

Ah, I am sorry to hear that she has not improved.
Are you sure that she has allergies and not a respiratory disease? There are some respiratory diseases that cause lethargy. (Sometimes allergies can turn into something more serious.)
Get a Critical Care packet for her right away if you can. It is powdered food that you add water to, to make a paste. it will have all nutrients that she needs. Should me fed through a syringe if she is not eating it willingly. Until you can get some Critical Care, I suggest using canned pumpkin mash and feed it via syringe.


As to your other questions:
Pellets will vary for your different breeds ( 16% protein feed can be for medium and large+ breeds). I suggest to NOT get Purina or Conway. There are many issues for these two feeds that are manufactured by the same company (either same company or made in the same factories) There is a lot of contaminated feed from them. (At least where I am at)
I don't know where you are at, because feeds will vary by location.
I LOVE all Pfau feeds. Payback is a decent brand. I have heard nice things about Nutrena, never tried it myself. Small World is okay, I don't love it but it is very suitable. The feed that I have my buns on is only at one place in the entire US I believe, I travel far for it but I love it.
Also for hay: I use Orchards Grass Hay. It is lower in sugars and has a lot more benefits than Timothy Hay (Although timothy hay does a better job at waring down teeth.) Oat hay is really high in fats and often (at least here) the crop is left on the field till the oats come to seed and then they cut it, turn it, and bale it. By the time that process is done, you are left with a golden brown dried 'dead' bale of hay with little to no nutrition. Also, little bits from the seed can get into the rabbit's eyelid and cause weepy eye.
What you are looking for in any bale is good smell -not musty-, greenish in color -no mold-, and good texture.

So my 5 year old dutch doe, River, isn't do much better than the last time I posted. I've moved her inside, into my room so that she has a consistent temperature and won't have to worry about weather or noise or bugs. She slept in her own urine, so her belly needed to be cleaned off. She enjoyed that, though, and kept trying to groom my while I was drying her off, hehe. She felt good enough to groom herself a bit after that, and as soon as I moved her into the indoor cage she went to sleep. She's in deep sleep right now. Her nose is pretty stuffy, but she has chronic allergies and our other two rabbits are as healthy as can be, so I'm not too worried about that.

Her weight is a serious problem, though. She's just so, so thin. We can't afford to take her in to the vet right now, at all, so I'm a little stuck for what to do. She's stopped eating, which is very bad, so I'm going to try to get her to eat some mashed banana just to get something in her and maybe put a bit of weight on her. Teeth are fine, ears are clean, eyes are bright and shiny...I think she's just too old to be moving in and out like we do yearly. I'll keep her inside for a while and see if she improves. She's always been happier when she's with me, so now that she's in my bedroom she should be pretty cheery.

So-- question time! What brand of pellets do you guys recommend? And does anyone use oat hay? How does it compare to timothy?

[PeachFuzz]

On the topic of pellets; we feed out rabbits Oxbow Timothy. It's great!