I am so sorry for your losses faline & Petal.
A strict diet, high in fiber, & plenty of excercise, are paramount.
A very old fashioned preventative measure, not mentioned in the books, is a few dried coarse bramble leaves, fed with hay. If the bunny really "goes for them" they are doing good.
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I am not sure we have brambles here in Australia, I have never heard of them except in novels.
Faline 8 weeks when we got her, when she got to 5 months old we wanted to have her desexed but our vet then said NO, he would NOT do her.
About 3 months ago, Faline started to drink alot of water, in March we booked her in and got her desexed, she had a mass on her uterus. BUT she recovered excellent from the surgery(NO pain killers).
Here in South Australia animals that are NOT cats, dogs or horses suffer when it comes to vets.
When Petal the guinea pig had bloat in 2004, 3 vets asked me had she thrown up?
Animals like bunnies and piggies vets only learn about these animals as lab animals, and sadly people here feel taking these animals to the vet a waste of money! They find it cheaper to replace that to fix, like bunnies and piggies are usually kids pets, bunny takes sick, BUT bunny is say white, instead of taking bunny to the vet, parents will just get another white bunny, kids never know.
Back in 2006, we bought Jessie the guinea pig for $10.00, in October 2009 Jessie had abscesses in manible(Jaw) since October 2009 we have spent over $3,000.00 at the vet getting Jessie better(still not there) WHY? Because we love our animals, they are our babies and they mean the world to us! The love animals give is precious!
Thanks for the replies I will have a read but brambles, not sure if we have them. :?