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I have vinyl down in my rabbit shed, it works very well but it's good if it has a textured surface, ie it's a bit bumpy as that helps them not to slide. I think a tunnel between the hutches could be good, bunnies love tunnels. I have Runaround tunnels, they are out of business now but the...

I use Galen's Garden.

I love that. Using the shelter as if it's a petting zoo! When I couldn't have pets, I befriended wild creatures or random cats, sometimes they just seek you out. Last week I was trying out a bench in a garden centre and a cat randomly made use of my lap. I think the shelter idea is a great one.

My Millie had spurs filed down before her first birthday and hasn't needed to have it done again. She's 12. I suppose it depends what causes the spurs, I was told it was probably a poor diet from before she lived with me, a healthy diet seemed to fix it. Sending lots of positive vibes to your...

Millie cheered up this week which was lovely. She'd been hiding herself away but she's back to lying out in the open and sniffing noses with her intended through the bars. She's still hopping on three legs but she's putting the forth on the ground when she's stationary now, whereas she was...

Hi Bunnyfan, I think it would be worth starting a separate thread for brainstorming on accommodation. But yes, I can't see a bond working if they can't be together at night, and you'd miss out on the benefits of them being bonded because it keeps them calm and happy. They can keep each other...

Have you thought about trying herbal medicine? I used it to calm down a humper.

They need to cuddle up with each other at night to keep them bonded and help them to feel safe. Do they have to be locked in a hutch at night? Could you put both hutches in a fox proof run and let them decide where to sleep? Mine can be quite active in the night.

With two bunnies in side-by-side pens, I've got a heated mat under their rugs so that half is in one pen and half the other side. The chew-proof cord is running in the little gap between the pens. Both bunnies want to lie there and it's giving the impression that they're choosing to lie side...

Thanks Shimmer, yes, they've asked for a copy of the vet bill, so hopefully. It's so weird that rabbits are treated as possessions. If someone causes you to lose one, you're not likely to get more than the resale value which for a 12 year old, might run into negative numbers. When we came...

Thank you for the vibes, bunny momma. The vet thinks it's either a sprain or a hairline fracture. Thankfully an x-ray wasn't recommended because the leg is moving in all the ways it should and not moving in all the ways it shouldn't. I was told it took take up to six weeks before she's...

I think I have a plan, which is that if she needs invasive investigations or treatments I'm going to ask her to be referred to the exotic vet place which is just over an hour from here and is gold standard according to the RWA. The small practice I'm taking them to this morning is actually on...

I've been watching Millie's back legs and she's using them both equally and able to stand on them to wash her face etc. She's still moving hesitatingly and oddly though, which I thought was more about fear than anything but this evening I noticed she's avoiding using her front right leg. It...

Millie is on the Sherwood joint support tablets, she was on Oxbow but I switched her over on the advice of a veterinary herbalist. From what I remember it was because the Sherwood ones were less sweet and so healthier.

How is she now?

And thank you, yes, very scary all round. Scary for poor Toffee too who has only been here for two weeks and witnessed the whole thing (they were about to go on a date).

tonibun, the vet suggested to me that I tape up the notches with duck tape or elastoplast. She just used medical tape as a temporary solution. I plan to tell the supplier that I want to send mine back for a refund, have them refund her vet's bill (around £300 though she's insured, thankfully)...

A couple of days ago, one of Millie's back feet got caught in one of the notches at the front of her carrier, as shown in the picture. She was heading into the carrier at the time so tried to free her foot by pulling it forwards which only got it more stuck. She was screaming, not just one...

Yet it's pretty common for them to live until they're over 5 now. Pet Plan would have paid out for Archie's euthanasia if it had been carried out at the vet's but he was at home, something that wasn't considered necessary except by me (and probably him and Millie) so I only got a small part of it.

It's a challenge isn't it? With vet bills so expensive. I spent £1k on Archie in the week of his death and was thankful the Pet Plan premiums ended straight away, the hospital visit was covered by insurance but not the at home pts service or cremation. Millie who is 12 has huge premiums but...