Here is the cage I made for my bunny

Made from metal office cubes fastened with plastic electrical ties. Floor is dark green turf that we got at Home Depot last night. We also just got her that colored house. She loves to jump in and out of it. We still need to make her a second level on one side. That is why the wood is there. But the second level is going to move to the other side of cage. She seems to like it a lot. I think it's big enough for her not to get mad when she is in it while we are at work or sleeping at night.

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up up and away!

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new new new!

Hi! i'm new here so i guess i'd introduce my bunny and I. I'm nicole and i'm 18, and i just got my first rabbit ever. His name is Cassius, he's about 3 and a half months now. He's a dwarf-mini lop cross and he's just the most energetic bunny.





baby cassius, a photo sent by the previous owner


we thought since his name was quite bad-ass, that he'd magically do bad-ass things too!


he pities the foo who can't finish a photoshop project!



disapproving bunny and owner


in the cage when he didn't know how to use a drip bottle yet


he was barely bigger than the minijohns, but he has since then upgraded.


anyway, i have a few questions, my bunny's ears are still up, is this normal for a cross at this age? i've read that crosses are more likely to lop a bit later than their purebred minions. also, i got him petstore toys that he doesn't seem to enjoy so i made him a pseudo-toy with hay in a cardboard tube. Would that be okay for him to use? and also, how effective is using a spray bottle to train a bunny?

thanks so much!!

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new bunny!

i felt i was ready for a new rabbit/friend for link, so we went to the animal shelter today.
there was one lone bunny there who had a week or two left, and really, there was no second thought: i had to bring her home.
she's an 8 year old rex with the plushest and most velvety fur in the world with a very sweet disposition.
trying to see how her and link will get along, and i'm really hoping they'll bond.

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Introducing three bunnies...

Anyone have any experiance at bonding three bunnies together?

I want to get my youngest female, Moxy, oldest female, Lucy and older male Robin to co-habit if at all possible. It would make exercising, feeding and cleaning them out a lot easier and I'd also be able to combine their seperate cages into one and give them much more room during the day. My plan would be to introduce my youngest, Coniglio, once he's 'safe' (he was neutered last week - have to wait to be sure he wont impregnate my Moxy, who is the last of the warren to be fixed).

Robin, being the randy-but-neutered male that he is, already gets on faously with both females. He's lived with Lucy most of his life and currently lives with Moxy. Moxy is the most laid back of all my rabbits - very docile and submissive, even to Robin, despite him being smaller than her. Lucy is quite highly strung (though I'm hoping being spayed will gradually help to calm her down). I plan to wait another couple of weeks for her hormones to settle and for her to fully heal up from the operation, and then introduce her to Moxy and re-introduce her to Robin.

Does anyone have any tips on how to do this successfully? I've bonded pairs of rabbits loads of times (we had to do it all the time in the rescue where I used to work) but I've never attempted to bond three rabbits together, let alone a potential foursome. Would it be better to introduce Lucy to Coniglio until he is no longer fertile and THEN try to introduce the two pairs to each other? Or should I introduce Lucy to Moxy and Robin first?

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Funny Bunny

Coniglio (five month old, one-eared, hand-raised, hyper-active, cross-breed, black otter bunny) has just learned that, not only is there water in the glass beside my bed, but he can sip said water when he is thirsty and it is MOST useful for washing his paws and nose in when he feels the need to impress his little friend Moxy.

*snork*

Man, I wish I had a working camera - rabbits are VERY cute when they are washing out of a drinking glass.

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How Should I Approach

I just moved into my friend Joanna's house and prior to moving in she knew I had a cat and rabbit.

Before I moved I lived with another friend who had two dwarf rabbits so we set up a large enclosure on one side of the living room and Frankie my rabbit was very happy. Then I spent the last two months at another friend's place waiting for the room to open up at Joanna's and Frankie lost his "front yard" but I was able to harness him up once in a while and take him outside or let him run in the kitchen. Not as happy but he was ok.

When I moved into Joanna's place I asked where I could keep Frank. She said downstairs in this windowless storage room. OK... Then she suggested later we can move him to the Garage.

I'm not a fan of this but there's not too much I can do. I can't sleep with Frank in the bedroom with me because he and my cat Jerry play with each other ALL night. I can't set up Frank in the living room like I did before (Jerry's barely allowed out of my room so he won't claw furniture). I want to set up something on the deck for him but we live in the mountains so it's going to be getting cold soon. The "storage room" is being set up as an entertainment room (like a windowless living room basically) but in the meantime I'm not sure how to make Frank more comfortable.

Does anyone have any ideas or has delt with this before?

Picture of Frankie being camera shy.

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Any opinions on the two story cat scratch houses for bunnies?  I know it's covered in carpet and I know they'll chew on it but I'm looking for a nice "get away" for the bunnies in their cage.
www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do
Yay?
Nay?

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Look out, Tokyo!

I have become one of Those People. But in my defense, Hallowe'en is coming. Which is why you should all beware, for here comes BUNZILLA!








On a scale of 1-10, guess how much he hates me right now. ;D

He'll get over it
Maybe next year I'll take the yellow spikes off and he can go as a pickle!

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Mah bunnies. let me show you them.

Probably Bella's best angle. Look at those chipmunk cheeks.


I was vacuuming then I snapped this. Or at least, I was trying to. Bella was sitting on the vacuum hose, om nom nom.


This is my favourite photo of her ever. So disapproving and yet so endearing.


..Autofocus. I don't has it.




Benner being a handsome gent.


Newman disapproves of the fact that I only snapped one photo of him. He also disapproves of the fact that there is no salad on that there platter.

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update on the stray bunnies

the sspca came and got them today, she said that if no one claims them or adopts them then they just stay with them. she said that they def will get rehomed though as most of their rabbits do.
she also said she doesnt belive that my cousins friends just found them and the 2 of them let them pick them up and didnt struggle. she said its more likely that someone had them and said they found them cos they didnt want them, which also crossed my mind tbh. i know how hard it is trying to catch my bunnies sometimes! obviously its possible but i dont know. they are safe anyway so thats good. they are also both boys so no babies which is also good.
thanks for the replys i got for the last post

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October Bunnies of the Month

Petey and DelilahPetey and Delilah are a delightful pair who were unfortunately relinquished because of a divorce. Its too bad that they weren't able to still have a home with one of their caretakers,...

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Say Hello to Matthias.

Since our sweet little Molly Berry rescued from an old dirty hutch has found a forever home, we have a place for Mattias on MySpace!
MatthiasFound in a Wal-Mart parking lot, poor Matthias was in reall...

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New Arrival!

Hello,

I just joined the community and so thought I would say hello. I recently was asked by my brother to "rescue" his girlfriend's rabbit from thier flat and so I have found myself a Bunny owner once more.

Bunny in question is called Pancakes, I think she is around a year and a half old, and has the best temperement I have ever seen in a rabbit. The reason for said rescue was that she had growna lot larger than they were told she would, so they needed a new cage for her in the house, which they didn't have room (or money after investigation) for. The girlfriend now works away from home all week and has developed an allergy to Pancakes. All in all, we offered to let her destroy our house instead of thier flat and moved her in.

I wish I had a photo for you, I have no clue of the breed, but she's kinda brownish with white patches and the cutest floppy ears. One stands up and the other flops, and it changes occasionally as if she is trying ot use semaphore.

But she is safely settled into our house now, has her little home (which is almost 3 times bigger than her old one) and is allowed to run around in the evenings when we can supervise her. The most confusing thing for my boyfriend is her training. She doesn't pee or poop outside the hutch at all, she has never even considered nipping at people, and doesn't chew the furnature or the carpet. I think we got ourselves a dream bunny!

But anyway, enough about me and Pancakes (who would have thought I could ramble for this long!).

Hello!

*scuries away to try and work out how to make a bunny play pen*

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Prospective Bunny Owner

 

Hello!

I'm new to the community, so I apologize if there is any redundancy in my post. I'm not a bunny owner yet, but the boyfriend and I are planning to get one. We are very fond of Flemish Giants, so we are catering our preparations to that breed, a buck for sure. We want to have plenty of time to organize and prepare for both the expected and unexpected, and naturally we have a gazillion questions!!! Any help would be super appreciated.

 

We want to purchase our bunny from a breeder. Would it be best to call a couple months in advance? Will they think we are crazy?

 

Litter box training: how long does this process usually take? It seems that there are a few methods, one including a water mister seems like it could be rather cruel for the bunny. I have read that the younger ones have a lot of difficulty in ironing this down until alteration.

 

Alteration: there seems to be some conflicting information online about when it's best to fix, or in our case neuter, the bunny. Is there a safe timeline? I've also heard some horror stories about bad experiences, too. In addition, it seems like the bunny will still feel the need to not always obey the rules of the box and just feel free to conduct his business anywhere it feels. Any clarification would be great.

 

Since we'll have quite a big bunny on our hands, we dislike the idea of caging. We want the bunny to have a very open lifestyle, where it can freely roam the house. Our latest idea is to transform a portion of our unfinished basement into a fenced off "bunny playpen." (This will take a lot of work, another reason why we are waiting several months.) This idea would likely place the litter box in the basement, but we have several concerns about this. Would Thumper be safe hopping up and down the stairs to get to the litter box? Is it even likely he will want to make the trip down there when he has to go? Will it literally confuse the crap out of him to have two liter boxes? Also, another huge concern; while we will have plenty of time to dedicate to the bunny, we both hold full time jobs. (We will have lots of cardboard toys and such to keep him entertained.) Is it safe to leave him down there until we get home? Will he hate us? If all goes as planned, the playpen should be a pretty cool place for him, and we will want to switch it up to keep him curious. The basement is very cool in the summer time, but occasionally gets a little nippy in the winter. From what I've researched, Flemish Giants don't mind the cold. Is there a temperature range that we should be mindful of in the winter?

 

 

 I'm really interested to hear your feedback! Thank you! Out of all the online forums, this one seems the most valuable and friendly!

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Dogs and rabbits...

Anyone keep dogs and rabbits together in a small space (say... a two bedroom flat?)

I've been turning over the idea of getting a dog for some time now. I probably wont be getting one for a good few months yet anyway, but it never hurts to research early. It would be my first dog, and definitely a small breed - currently I'm leaning towards a bichon frise, since there's a good breed rescue in the area - but I'm just wondering what people's experiances are of keeping house bunnies and dogs in small places. My older two rabbits are used to dogs, since the rescue they came from was also a petshop that had people bringing their dogs in and out all the time - but my younger ones have never been in contact with a dog in their lives; and my older ones haven't seen any dogs since I moved out of my mum's place five months ago. How did your rabbits react at seeing a dog around? What did you do to help them adjust? How did you make sure the dog never bothered the rabbits (aside from taking the obvious step of never leaving the dog and the rabbits alone together)?

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found stray rabbits

well, tonights been a weird night. i was sitting in bed grooming my own two rabbits when my cousin phoned to say that her and her friends had found two rabbits in the walkway behind my house. my first thoughts were must be wild rabbits but she said that they found a black one, and it just let them pick it up and then they realised there was another one sitting nearby and that also just let them pat it then pick it up.
its really weird, we dont even have wild rabbits or anything like that here (im in glasgow in scotland) so my only thought is that they have either escaped or someone has just let them go.
im really stressed with all this cos i just dont know what to do. ive put them in an old cage and gave them hay, water and food. ive contacted the sspca who have said that they will send someone out tomorrow to pick them up, i asked questions like "if no one gets in contact and no one adopts them, what happens?" the man on the phone said i would need to speak to the person who collects them tomorrow. ive tried to find other charities and rescue places but no luck as yet.
the rabbits must have been together because they arent fighting and seem used to each other, i dont think they are injured or sick just dirty and wet (its almost winter here). i tried to find out if they were male or female but i only picked up the mixed coloured one and it has a weird flap thing on its bits that ive never seen on my two girls.
couldnt think of anywhere else to share this so any words of wisdom?
thanks for reading.
ps. they are mouting each other and grunting and stuff but no fighting as of yet.

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Our Mini-Roadtrip for ACL

So for ACL this year, everyone decided to ditch me.. and with having all the room checks in the apartment, I decided I would take Lola with me to ACL... [Sherman to Austin, TX:4hrs]


I was so worried... Lola's little nose was twitching a millions miles a minute...

Finally found a comfy spot...






My Boyfriend brought a wet paper towel for her because it was hot when we finally made it back..

Phew....

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Carpet chewing

All right, you guys, I need some serious help. How in the name of God do I get Sadie to stop chewing the carpet?? I've gotten advice from around five different sources already, and none of it has worked. She has about a half a million chew toys, we've laid newspaper over the areas where she usually chews, and I've given her my big wooden laundry rack to chew on. I've even tried squirt bottle aversion therapy. And nothing works! I just had to get up to stop her from ripping up the carpet right next to the enormous wooden laundry rack (which is essentially just a bunch of big wood sticks, theoretically perfect for chewing). What the hell gives?? I love my rabbit dearly, but this is extremely frustrating. She can't be let out of the cage without being watched like a hawk, which isn't always possible, and the second we take our eyes off her she's ripping up the carpet, no matter what else there is in the room to chew on. Help!!!

ETA: We had her spayed around three months ago, but since she was a rescue we have no idea how old she is and therefore how effective (or not) the spaying might have been as far as controlling hormones.

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Benner and Newman are fighting.

For the past couple of days, my two bonded boys have been fighting. The situation is this:
They live free-range in my bedroom. No cage, ever. Everyone is spayed/neutered.
They are brothers and have been bonded since they were born, pretty much [3 years]. Last November, a young Dutch bunny named Bella came into our lives. She was a rescue whom I was fostering and later adopted; she didn't come to actually live with the boys until around January. We tried having her living with the boys until about May. They just weren't getting along. So she went to live in another part of my house. But she was miserable so I put her back with the boys this summer. They have been okay ever since. Bella has become dominant of Newman, Benner's position over Newman has been constantly challenged.
When Bella goes to hump Newman, he simply lies down and accepts it. If she gets carried away [she has no manners] he will turn and nip her, and she will hop off. When Benner tries to do this, Newman runs from him. He always has. But up until a few days ago he ONLY ran. Now he is fighting back.
Is this a sign of the end of an era? Are Benner and Newman going to break up? Is the stress of two dominant bunnies just too much stress on their relationship? Is there anything I can do?
I have a back-up plan if there is a break up. It's obvious that Newman and Bella are crazy in love. So Benner would have to live elsewhere. I have a few locations where he could live, my only worry is that he'd be lonely without a mate, since he's been with Newman his whole life. He also would probably have to be caged, at least at night, which I doubt he'd like.