ZeXaL wrote:hope im not interrupting anything but omg I want a pet bunny like so badly, theyre my favorite animal but sadly i cant keep them because of my living conditions
theyre super cute though and id love to have a pet bunny one day
I waited 12 years for my boys because my mom didn’t really want any and they’re the best things that have ever happened to me :> just keep waiting and don’t give up!! They’re so worth it.
You guys give such good advice here, I always google stuff but that’s hard because it always gives you the worse case scenario!
I have a mini rex that turned a year old back in April and he’s a sweet little guy. He’s had these snuffles since I got him a few months ago that I’ve been worried about but there’s never been any boogers or snot and that’s what they say to look out for and I guess it’s chronic in some my vet said? I wanted to mention that just Incase it’s important.
I had a New Zealand that passed away recently but he was always busy. Always running around, and jumping and just, busy.
This guy has never been nearly as busy? I am very sure it’s not gut issues I’m worried about him being depressed, and I’m not sure how to fix that.
The New Zealand was in a C&c cage that was a very good size, and my mini rex is in a larger guinea pig cage because every time we try to put him in a c&c cage he just tries to hide, won’t eat, and just looks sad?
We’ve even tried it for extended periods of time and he just doesn’t adjust. He’s technically a show rabbit but I’ve never showed him and don’t really plan on it because he’s so sensitive. I bought him at a rabbit show and he definitely lived in a hutch with many other rabbits in a small space on wire for the first 8 months or so of his life. I’m not sure if he’s just having a hard time adjusting to larger spaces and change, or if he’s just odd?
He eats great, loves treats, and shows no signs of being ill aside from the sneeze which my vet said wasn’t anything too major. When he’s in his cage he just lays in the same spot on a blanket he has or in his litter box but when we let him out in big spaces he hides and doesn’t run around. He DOES however run LAPS when he goes outside. He loves it outside, and eats the grass, and jumps all around, so I know he’s capable. He’s extremely cuddly and you can basically do what ever you want with him because he’s like jello. He grooms us and everything, he’s extremely sweet and for the most part seems happy but I just don’t understand why he acts so depressed most of the day unless he’s eating or receiving certain amounts of attention, and why he just lays hunched up all day or sleeps most the day. It’s so hard to explain because it’s odd? I’ve only had two rabbits and they’re so different from each other is amazing. I’m just worried and I want to make sure he’s okay. I’m getting paid Friday so I plan on taking him for a general check up but I want to know what y’all think??
Oh and another thing. The pen outside is in the corner of our dog fence that wraps around the whole yard and we have a wild domestic rabbit that somebody dropped off on our property. We feed her but we can’t get anywhere close to her and she just lays in our yard for the most part.
She’s been coming up to the fence when fen’s out and checking him out. They binky together and lay with each other while she’s on the other side of the fence (it’s a love story I swear y’all) and when she runs away he stops doing everything. Stops eating the grass, running around and just pouts? He won’t even eat for a bit afterwards.
I know he was with other rabbits before I got him in close proximity and unfortunately I haven’t been able to bond him to anyone so do y’all think that’s contributing to his sadness? My New Zealand who was an only bunny for three years would smell him through the bars of his cage when I’d let him out and the mini rex would groom him and act like the ‘submissive’ side of a bonded rabbit relationship but the New Zealand just wanted to attack him so I never tried to actively bond him because of their size difference and for the mini rexs safety. He’d always get sad when banjo snorted and charged at him too.
Do you all think he’s lonely? And bonding him to a rabbit would help him?
Should I be worried about his sniffles that happen every now and again?
Should I keep trying to get him used to a larger area and just take extreme precautions to make him feel more safe so that he can have more space? (I’ve been trying this since we bought him).
I don’t know, what do y’all think? He’s definitely odd.
Everyone I know in 4H tells me it’s because he’s white with red eyes and that they kind of lack some brain cells but I really don’t believe that ):
I've only ever had english
I've been breeding Netherland Dwarfs for, I don't know, the last year and a half without encountering any. Hoping the last one will catch up, size-wise. One of the two peanuts passed away recently. A couple breeders recommended a hard cull right away, but I don't have the heart for it. I'd rather them be warm, safe, and comfortable at the end. The chill mama had five kits, no problem; she's fostering the remaining kit and peanut, and I'm supplementing their feedings. But man! What a week it's been with them.
