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“Rather bossy” :D - love it! That describes her to a tee!

Yes, she is spayed.

We have a brother/sister pair of two year old rabbits, Bonnie and Basil. They are very friendly and although they are outdoor rabbits, they tend to come indoors in the evening and spend the evening lounging around the living room until we put them back in their hutch. We leave the door open so...

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Sorry, by free run of the living room I mean not in a cage/carrier. We watch him like a hawk and if he starts moving about we put him back in his litter tray. When the weather is warm enough he’ll be outside in the hutch with the stairs and run blocked off. Yes, it’s horrible confining him to...

Thanks so much for all the advice and good wishes. Basil is cheerful this morning. He spent the night in the rabbit carrier as the vet told us to keep him indoors and confined. Mainly he just wants to lie in his litter tray, but if we give him free run of the living room every so often he starts...

He’s not insured, and we’ve spent over £1k on him this week. To be honest, it’s probably our fault he wasn’t x-rayed until today as we knew it would be really expensive so we waited a few days hoping it would get better on its own. The vet has emailed the x-rays to a rabbit specialist for a...

Update on Basil Basil went to the vet for an x-ray today as he’s still not putting weight on his foot. He’s fractured his hock :cry: The vet said there are four options: 1. Do an operation to fit a metal rod. High risk and low chance of success. 2. Put a splint on it. Unlikely to succeed and...

I took him back to the vet today. Although he is moving around more than he was, he’s still not back to his usual self. The vet said to increase the oain relief to twice a day and bring him back if there’s no improvement in a few days.

This evening he remembered that he likes the taste of the medicine and wolfed it down. He’s moving around a bit more and is putting a bit of weight on his paw. His sister Bonnie is not being kind though. They adore each other and are normally inseparable but she is mainly ignoring him.... other...

When I said he came downstairs for his breakfast, I meant he came down to the ground floor of his hutch. We always serve their pellets there and he was already downstairs waiting for them. Maybe we should have blocked off the stairs to stop him going up and down them. He’s been inside today...

Thanks for the advice and good vibes :love: No change this morning. Basil is still eating, drinking and pooing. He came downstairs for his morning pellets but other than that he is just resting in his litter tray, eating hay where he sits. He gets up occasionally to go to his water bowl or...

Yes, the vet gave us some pain relief to give him at home for the next five days. He’s eating and pooing normally, he’s just very still which is so unlike him :cry::cry:

Thanks. It’s so hard to know what to do and he doesn’t seem *ill*. We’ve taken him to the vet this evening and they said they can’t find any sign of a fracture. They’ve given him pain relief and we’ve brought him back home and will keep an eye on him and take him back to the vet if he stops...

We have noticed today that Basil is limping. He’s holding up one of his hind legs and not putting weight on it at all. Because of this he’s spent all day in the upstairs of the hutch. We’ve brought him inside now to observe him and he’s moving around a bit to shift position but no more than...

Thanks for the suggestions. Their hutch doesn’t have a cover. We made a sort of awning for it to keep the wind and rain from blowing straight into their hutch, but I’ll get a proper cover for it. And years ago I read somewhere that rabbits shouldn’t have straw because it is too prickly for them...

We have two outdoor rabbits. They’re nine months old so this is their first winter. They spend most of their time outdoors, but are very sociable and love coming indoors so they tend to spend a few hours each day lounging around inside. They always sleep in their hutch at night though, and as...

Our two bunnies are six months old. They live outdoors, but are very tame and friendly, so during the day we leave our back door open, and they roam between the house and garden. At dusk we put them away in their hutch for the night. As it gets dark early now, they often spend the early part...

The bunnies are in a sturdy hutch with attached run, all bolted together and it has a roof, so they’re safe when they’re in there, but we’d like to be able to let them run about in the garden. The garden is fenced but you know what cats are like! So far they have scrambled up trees and got...

How funny! We’ve just got new rabbits and when I cleaned them out today Bonnie climbed into the black bin bag with the poo and wee-soaked newspaper again and again. I’d lift her out, then as soon as my back was turned, she’d be back in it again. :lol: