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 Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:33 pm
My dogs like to eat rabbit poop too. whee
Oh, and someone said something about two female rabbits "humping" each other. Climbing on top of another rabbit and pressing them down is just a way of showing dominance. It can often look a lot like humping, yes. One of my females would do that to her babies when she got annoyed with them. sweatdrop Females oftentimes don't get along with each other because they can be very territorial.
The biggest piece of advice I can think of to give for a first-time rabbit owner is: feed them plenty hay. Rabbits have no way of getting rid of access fur in their digestive system like cats do. Hay and grass contain nutrients they need for digestion. My first rabbit died of a hairball. sad
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:20 pm
My dog likes to eat rabbit poop. It's so gross! She finds is awfully delicious though! My rabbit and puppy love to play together....they are the same size....so it makes it easier. My puppy is a little 8 pound yorkiepoo.
No matter what I do....I can't get my rabbit to like being held. So I just gave up trying. He's a sweet bunny though. He loves to play and get all the attention he can squander up from being cute. He runs to all my friends when they walk in the door and begs them to give him attention. He's never bitten me. I've had him for 2 years.
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:21 pm
Ghost of Green Glades My dogs like to eat rabbit poop too. whee Oh, and someone said something about two female rabbits "humping" each other. Climbing on top of another rabbit and pressing them down is just a way of showing dominance. It can often look a lot like humping, yes. One of my females would do that to her babies when she got annoyed with them. sweatdrop Females oftentimes don't get along with each other because they can be very territorial. The biggest piece of advice I can think of to give for a first-time rabbit owner is: feed them plenty hay. Rabbits have no way of getting rid of access fur in their digestive system like cats do. Hay and grass contain nutrients they need for digestion. My first rabbit died of a hairball. sad i read that that can happen (the hair ball thing). i have alfalfa and timothy grass cubes but Betty dosnt seem to like them. Princess, on the other hand, loves them. and i give them each a carrot a day, at night before bed.
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:23 pm
i was also thinking about geting a litter box for each of them and putting papper shreds for bedding because it is starting to get a little cold and windy at night.
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:34 pm
Wooden boxes work better. Rabbits will chew plastic and eat it. When they chew wood it also helps keep their teeth in check. http://www.petmarket.com/images/RabbitNestingBoxes.jpgSomething like that out of unfinished pine works wonders. and they can be stuffed with straw hay or shredded paper and wood chips.
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:45 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:57 pm
we just got the bunnies new houses! and betty doesn't kno what to do with hers. i think she is afraid of it. i put her favorite treat in there, a carrot, and she wouldn't eat untill i took it out. how do i get her to like it???
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:55 pm
Give her time. If she doesn't adjust to it then it could be she needs an open topped box, instead of an enclosed space. Otherwise it could just be she needs to take her own sweet bunny time about it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:29 pm
it seems that waiting worked ^_^ she also likes to poop in it -_- she lays 1/2 in it and 1/2 out with her head in the food dish so she can eat while laying down whee if she were one of the 7 deadly sins, she would be glutonty =P
also, would getting them fixxed make it so they wouldnt fight with each other when ever they go in to heat? if so, how much is it??
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:55 pm
To much lettuce can hurt their tummies. Also rabbits need exercise. If they don't have enough run around time they can get nippy. They will spaz when you pick them up and the like. Also be careful with outdoor preditors (if they are going to be outdoor rabbits that is)!!!! I made the idiotic mistake of having my old rabbits cage near the woods. A fisher cat got him sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:07 pm
Getting them fixed can help with that, but depending on their age I would probably just leave it alone. Older buns don't like to wake up when they're knocked out. Just give them a bit more time to run around and exercise and they should calm down a bit.
As for the potty box, yeah that does tend to happen, make it easier on yourself and put something in it, we used pine shavings, to soak up the wet stuff and the box should dump pretty easily at cleaning time.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:35 pm
Jelly_Beenz To much lettuce can hurt their tummies. Also rabbits need exercise. If they don't have enough run around time they can get nippy. They will spaz when you pick them up and the like. Also be careful with outdoor preditors (if they are going to be outdoor rabbits that is)!!!! I made the idiotic mistake of having my old rabbits cage near the woods. A fisher cat got him sweatdrop awww! poor bunny! crying they are kept outside but we have a 6 ft privacy fence around the back yard, and the animals where i live kno better than to come in our yard ^_^' the doggies would eat them lol. the bunnys are fine with the dogs too wich is a plus! they have even sniffed noses with one of my dogs ^_^
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:40 pm
Akiska Getting them fixed can help with that, but depending on their age I would probably just leave it alone. Older buns don't like to wake up when they're knocked out. Just give them a bit more time to run around and exercise and they should calm down a bit. As for the potty box, yeah that does tend to happen, make it easier on yourself and put something in it, we used pine shavings, to soak up the wet stuff and the box should dump pretty easily at cleaning time. i dont kno how old my bun-buns are. we got them from a friend who got them from a friend who got them as kits. i think maybe 2-5 years old. they dont have a designated free-to-roam spot yet but we are working on building them a new cage and a fenced in area where i can let them out to play and explore. i give them hay and carrots every night. some times they get bananas or grapes or apples. if its a treat, they like it ^_^ Betty doesnt seem to like hay very much but Princess LOVES it. how do i get her to eat it???
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:48 pm
Try not giving her the carrots or other treats for a while. She'll eat it when she realizes nothing better is coming. I avoided lettuce with my rabbits at all times, due to the high water content it can actually hold pesticides that are toxic to the rabbits but not to us. [Or so my bio teacher told me in the 6th grade] You might also try a few different types of hay, timothy, alfalfa, stuff like that.
If the bunnies are 4 or 5 Leave them alone spay-wise they've only got 2-3 years left on them anyway it's not worth it to put a senior bun through that. As for the run around, they would probably be happy just to spend hour running your basement as long as they were supervised and there was nothing dangerous.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:04 pm
Akari_32 i read that that can happen (the hair ball thing). i have alfalfa and timothy grass cubes but Betty dosnt seem to like them. Princess, on the other hand, loves them. and i give them each a carrot a day, at night before bed. You should try real hay rather than cubes, especially for Betty. Timothy is the best. I knew about hairballs when I had my first rabbit too, but I didn't realize just how important hay can be. The House Rabbit Society's website says you're supposed to feed them "unlimited" hay. That means always have some available in the cage. Rabbits aren't like dogs, lol; they only eat when they're actually hungry, so you can't really give them too much hay. blaugh
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