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Bunny bite wound! Infected?

BakaMandy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:40:48 +0200

Hello!

I have had a little boy that is a grey dwarf rabbit for a little over a month now. I recently went on vacation and left my little baby with a friend to baby sit while I was gone. She has some experience with rabbits because she has one as a pet as well and I thought it was good to leave him in the care of someone who knew how to care for him.

Anyway, while I was gone, she tried to let our rabbits play with one another, but they got into a little fight, in which her rabbit bit mine on the nose. She immediately separated them, but because she didn't think the wound was that serious, let him be.

It's now been a week and a half since I've gotten back from vacation. When I first got my little boy back the wound was nothing but a little scab by his right nostril. Now it looks kind of infected; the area looks red and slightly swollen and I see a little pus and he sometimes snorts and paws at his face.

I've started cleaning it gently with a cotton swab and some warm water.

I'd take him to the vet but I currently don't have the money to. The local vet that specializes in exotics and pocket pets is kind of expensive... I'm sure a visit to them would result in an over $100 bunny medical bill... which is something I can't afford at the moment.

But I wanted to know; do you think I should try and see the vet as soon as possible? If it's something I should take more seriously and respond to immediately, I'm sure I can try and get someone to help pay for the vet bill.

And what can I do in the meantime to prevent it from getting any worst?

Thank you!

Chewing up the garden.

Iandres — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:50:38 +0200

Snowy has taken up a new hobby of chewing up the garden. She is just ripping up the grass + roots with her teeth and leaving it all in a pile of mess. She seems to be doing it in areas that have gone dryer and browner than the rest of the grass.

Any ideas why she is doing this?

Are rabbits suppose to lose part of there tails

horselover101 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:50:52 +0200

Yesterday I was putting my rabbit back and he jumped in to his cage and i looked at my hand and part of his tail was in my hand. I took him back out of the cage and took him to my mom and she looked for blood and there was none. but i spreaded is tail and there was a hole in it and some blood was coming out i am wondering if it is ok for that to happen.horselover101@q.com horselover101 mom email Please answer this asap.

Hello Friends !

Iandres — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:11:45 +0200

Hello Everyone !

I'm Scott , newbie to this community and glad to join the site.

I love pets, they provide many benefits to humans. They comfort us and they give us companionship.

Looking forward to have nice discussions in the forum

training my rabbit?

kisses.in.the.rain — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:19:10 +0200

hey, fellow rabbit owners, i need advice.
kay, so my rabbit is about 3-4 months old- a male lionhead Angora flop. he's overall pretty friendly and non-aggressive, but is quite unresponsive. whenever i beckon/call for him to come towards me, it's like he's deaf or something (we checked; he's not). he doesn't even look my way, which i find quite strange.

i regret that i've been lazy and haven't trained him well in the beginning when i was supposed to be. i hope it's not too late.
1) how can i train my rabbit so he'll go to his cage on command? i always have to veer him in the direction and then gently push him into the cage.
2) how can i train Binky to come to me, and allow me to hold him? he just kicks about! i feel no interaction between us because he's always exploring around on his own and never coming to me (even when i offer treats) ):

i really love Binky and i want to know what to do.
thanks soo much <3

Post dexing problems

fionas — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:18:33 +0200

My daughter has a year old beautiful French Lop. We recently had her desexed b a vet wh was standing in for our while he was on leave.
The vet cound not find her ovaries and so tied her tubes. instead. The usual vet has offered t do it again, so we may...but the problem we have now is that before the op she was house trained brilliantly.
Now she pees, in little amounts here and there and, her poos shoot out of her as she hops along.
We love having her inside and we have amazing photos of her lying in front of the wood heaternext to our border collie, but I can't handle the mess anymore.
I was wondering whetherif in the not so good op she may have had an injury or is this recovery ( it was over a month ago).
I put her in her litter box, when i think shes about to pee...

Any suggestions?
Thanks Fiona:

Photos my pet - Dwarf Teddy - Czech republic

teddyzvalach — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:06:18 +0200

Hi,
there are photos my rabbit Andy, for several photos visit my website:
www.teddy-kralicek.borec.cz
Name: Andy
Mass: 1,1 kg
Colour body: White with bleu mark
Colour yeys: blue
Country: Czech republic, EU (the European Union)

My e-mail address: teddyzvalach@email.cz

New Rabbit.

Kate — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:16:15 +0200

Hi Everyone,
My name is Kate, I'm new to the forum. I hope I posted this in the right place. Well, here's my "rabbit story, ha ha"; Where I used to keep my horse at an agistment centre, there was also loads of animals there, including meat rabbits, and lop eared rabbits. The guy that owns all the rabbits is italian, and breeds the meat rabbits to.. um, eat.
There is a male and female meat rabbit, and he bred them.The mother is not tame, i went into her cage once, to give her hay and she kicked/thumped at me, bit and hissed at me Anyway, the owner said that my friend and I can have a meat rabbit each. (I am pretty sure they are meat rabbits, huge white ones like 4 times the size of lop eared.??)
So here are my questions;

-I have never had a rabbit before, have been researching etc. but am not sure I am ready for one, your ideas?

-I read that when you have to wean the rabbts in 6-8 weeks,
that the mother should be taken away for a couple of hours each day?
How would we go about this if the mother attacks when we try to catch her?

-What foods are toxic to them, apparently their poo is aswell, but apparently the babies eat their mums poo?

-What would you do in this situation? Any help?!

Thanks in advance!

Kits in a Burrow

jester_chick — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:18:07 +0200

Hi, I was wondering when I can take my new kits out of the burrow their mother dug for them they have fur and their eyes are open so I assume they are at least 1-2 weeks old. Or will they come out on their own? the only problem with that is I want to start hand raising them as soon as they are old enough. Thanks guys!!!

Allergic to Hay

Amajor87 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:55:18 +0200

Hey everyone I'm new to this board... I was searching for a message board specifically because I have had my mini lop for a year now and he is the sweetest rabbit. The only problem is my husband is allergic to the hay. He has been suffering with the hay for the past year because he knows how much I love Sonny (my rabbit) but its at the point where he doesn't even want to be in the same room because of the allergies. Is there an alternative to hay, or possibly a pill or anything we can do about this? I really want to have them live together happily Thanks in advance

Skin infection caused from excess water

Outta-da-Box — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:28:09 +0200

I have a doe who likes to lay against her nipple of my automatic watering system. She has been doing this since it has been hot and has now gotten what seems like an infection. The fur is constantly wet, a greenish color with a slight odor. I need to know if it is an antifungal or antibiotic that I need to give her and what others have given in the past.

Thanks,

Mark

Danny Wachsmann

Danny Wachsmann — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:44:50 +0200

Hello all.
I am new to the form and wanted to try and get some expert advice from breaders about the sniffles and a certian product if anyone has tried this. I purchased some rabbits eairler this year and one of the breaders we got them from, some of the rabbits must of had sniffles. I have been told this is a desease that can not be cured and the best thing to do is to put the rabbits down sick ones. I have went to the vet and 200.00 dollars later we still have rabbits that sneeze and show a slight bit of discharge every once and a while. Its warmed up here in utah and the problem seems to have went away but every thing I have read said it is not curable. So sorry for the long winded but has any one used this product Rabbit-Mycin Nose Drops and does it kill the desease or does it just put it in remission for a while. Reviews on the product seems really good.
Thanks for any help and advice.
Danny Wachsmann

What was my rabbit?

nayenel — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:07:48 +0200

I use to have a rabbit when i was little and I always wanted to get another in the same breed. It had a white head, legs, and tail. Across it's back was bands of brown and black. One ear was brown, one was black. It's around medium size and has brownish eyes. I check it's breed a few years back, but couldn't remember.

Rabbit-Mycin Nose Drops (sniffles)

Danny Wachsmann — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:20:00 +0200

Weight loss and drooping ear

sandycandle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:25:18 +0200

My 3 year old rabbit has suddenly lost a lot of weight. We have taken her to the vet who gave us some critical care food and told us to keep an eye on her. She is lethargic and now her right ear is drooping, which appears to be causing her to lose her balance. She is eating and drinking well and her poo is normal, which I think are very positive signs. Over the last 24 hours she has put on 100 grams but she really doesn't seem to be getting better. Any ideas on what might be causing this and how we might best treat her?

skittish bunny

Trishkk29 — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:23:31 +0200

Hello everyone!

I am new to this forum as well as new to bunny ownership. I recently bought 2 Castor Standard Rex Baby Bunnies (they are only about 5 weeks old now). I have only had them for only 11 days and were told they were 4 weeks when I bought them. Although they are too young for us to know their sex, my roommate and I suspect that one is a boy (because he is somewhat smaller and more active) and the other is a girl (she is pretty lazy, just lays there all the time and looks a little bigger). At certain times though they look identical in weight and are impossible to tell apart. But the best we can figure is the girl doesn't mind being picked up and the boy will run almost every time. The good news is they bonded with both of us pretty quickly. It took them a little more time to get used to me. But after a couple days, we were getting bunny licks everywhere.

Last Thursday, I took them for their 1st vet visit and she said they are healthy. They only weight about a 10th of a pound each. So let me jump in here....

When we first got them, beforehand, the breeder (who dropped off 5 bunnies at her friend's house down the street from us to take a look at) and I spoke about what we would need for them, etc... initially I was only going to get one, but they were already bonded (being from the same litter) we thought it would be best to get 2. I asked if it would be okay to put them in a fish tank. We had a spare 29 gallon fish tank. They both said that would be fine. We live in a 1 bedroom apartment and decided the kitchen would be the best place for them (it's a min 10ft X 10Ft). But the 1st day we got them, while I was gone, my roommate let them have the run of the kitchen. They were all over the place and quick!!! So we decided to build them a 4ft X 4Ft play pen only about a ft high when they weren't in the tank. After 2-3 days of seeing them so happy in the play pen we decided it would be okay for them to stay there instead of going back to the tank. Unfortunately, after the 2nd night we left them in the play pen, I woke up and a bunny was in my bathroom!!!! The best we figured is he must have jumped over the barrier!

So we decided to build them a 6ft by 6ft play pen using chicken wire but 2 ft tall this time. When we tried to bring it into the apt (it fell apart). By this point we were frustrated and decided to let them have the run of the kitchen but blocked off all access to under the appliances and thoroughly cleaned everything they could be in contact with hot water (I was concerned about using bleach) and carpeted the entire area with indoor/outdoor carpeting. We even got a baby gate to block off access to the rest of the apt as our kitchen has no door. So it has been for the past 5 days or so. They were both doing fine.

Over the course of the past 5 days though, it seems that they have done a role reversal on us. The "girl" will hardly come near us. We have been a little concerned about her behavior. She seemed to be getting overheated and wasn't playing around much. Neither one of us were getting any bunny licks from her. In the meantime, the "boy" got a little friendlier. Because she seemed to be hot all the time, we decided to put one of our air conditioners into the kitchen for them. She's been a lot better since, although they are drinking twice the amount of water than before. But she is still standoffish. She'll barely come to me now even when we have treats (carrots / apples). Our upstairs neighbors (for the past 2 days) have been making a lot of noise upstairs that we now hope has been resolved. They were pounding on the floor / yelling etc.... But the "boy" is completely unaffected by all this. She seems to get scared at the smallest things and hides about 90% of the time. What can I do??? Please help.

I'm new, have a quick question

daydreamingCimorene — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:18:47 +0200

Hello,

I'm kinda new to rabbits wel breeding them anyway. I just got a momma bunny last week and it turns out she was pregnant when I got her she had babies a couple days ago (all doing great), but I have my other momma bunny thats going to have babies soon.
Right now my bunnies go out during the day to graze, I have a couple large grazing cages and they come in at night, where they have thier own cages. my new momma bunny since she had babies I don't let her out to graze during the day, but I let her have free roam of half the building. It used to be a chicken coop so half of it is wired where its all safe from predators.
She loves it and roams around and hopps in and out of her cage all day to check on her babies. I'd love to let me other mom do the same thing. Her babies would be in her cage but then she could share free roam with my other momma bunny. But then I had a tought and heres the real reason for my post they won't hurt each others babies will they? Would it be ok to have them like that I don't want to loose any of the babies anything.

Thanks,
Randee

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How do i know if my bunny is pregnant?

starfang — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:30:51 +0200

My bunny goes into the woods as she always does,
but she didn't get back yesterday until this morning and she's been out there with her wild friends like always, but they always run into the woods together, but i'm not sure. Do u know any signs? And yes she has been eating/drinking more and has gotten fatter, but not too fat.

Bunny gone all stiff

nrokiah — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:42:48 +0200

My pet bunny who is about 2 years old have gone quite stiff 3 days ago and is getting worse. What is the best thing to do ?