Questions tagged [rabbits]
Domesticated, pet rabbits.
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How can I help my adult rabbit gain weight?
I have a female English Lop that started growing well and was on a healthy track to meet normal weight requirements. She got stressed out and stopped eating and drinking. We were able to prevent ...
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What are healthy treats for a house rabbit?
My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and ...
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Do rabbits make any sounds?
I'm considering a pet rabbit and I am wondering about noise issues.
If dogs bark and cats meow, do rabbits make any noises, or are they silent?
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If I have both a cat and a rabbit, can they (or should they) share a litter box?
In the question What should we look for in a kitty companion for our rabbit? we learned that cats and rabbits can make good friends for each other, but it was stated the litter boxes could be a ...
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Can rabbits drink from a bowl of water?
I often see rabbits in cages with bottles of water hanging on the side. Can they drink from a bowl like a cat or a dog? Is there some reason they should drink from a bottle with a nipple?
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Is there anything that I can do to treat bloat in young rabbits?
I am a rabbit breeder and I occasionally sell rabbits to other people. When changing food and often due to extra treats that new rabbits are given, the rabbits will suffer from a condition called ...
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What are the benefits and risks of a wire bottom cage for my pet rabbit?
Often when you see rabbits on TV, they are in cages with wire floors. It seems to be made out of half inch hardware cloth (wire). We know from this question that rabbits can be litter box trained, ...
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Do I need to trim a rabbit's nails?
I know that I have to clip my cat's nails every now and again, and that got me wondering about my sister's rabbit - does its nails have to be clipped as well? Can we use the same style of nail ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to using a safflower seed litter box with my rabbit?
Some people are looking for ecologically-friendly rabbit litter box solutions. One solution is a non-absorbent litter in a drain-through litter box. The Smart Cat Box caught my attention when ...
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My rabbit isn’t feeding her baby, what should I do?
So my rabbit gave birth to a baby two days ago. About seven hours later, she had two more (however, unfortunately, they died); they may have been dead when they came out, I don't know. We took her to ...
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What's The Purpose of Hay Pellets?
I am just curious if I really need to incorporate hay pellets into my rabbits' diet? Since they are already eating plenty of hay and veggies on a daily basis.
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Food Pellet - Is my rabbit eating enough?
I've recently gotten a bunny, less than a week, and I researched a lot before getting it. I bought a large cage, timothy hay, Zupreme rabbit food...
As soon as I brought him from the shelter, I filled ...
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Do rabbits fight each other to the death?
We are reading Watership Down which I have found has many very accurate descriptions of rabbit behavior. The book characters are mostly anthropomorphised rabbits. The head rabbit of the Efrafa warren, ...
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What is a "bunny burrito" and when would I use it?
I have heard about rabbit owners using a "bunny burrito" as part of their rabbit grooming process.
What is it?
How and when should it be used?
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What does it mean when a rabbit has clear mucus like poop?
On occasion we have had a rabbit with clear mucus like poop, some times it is rather well formed other times not so much. In my experience it has mostly been with a rabbit who has a new or ...
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Bunny pees on bed
I live in a small two rooms apartment (living room + bedroom) with my girlfriend. We adopted a two-years-old rabbit in September and, after the first two weeks, he is a very easy-going rabbit: he ...
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Do Rabbits Inbreed?
I understand that rabbits quickly reproduce, but when a litter is born, is there a possibility that a male and a female from the same litter will reproduce?
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What should I know before I decide to adopt a rabbit?
We are thinking about adopting a pet rabbit. We would love to have one in our home for Easter and I do not think that they would be much work or require much time the rest of the year.
But I do not ...
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Can a bath really kill a rabbit?
There is some controversy on bathing rabbits. There are multiple claims that bathing a rabbit can cause a fatal shock at the same time there are multiple videos online of bunnies getting a bath.
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My rabbit is hyperventilating and can't get comfortable. What is wrong with her?
I am back from the ER, the rabbit seems okay right now; but I'm still concerned that there might be something wrong with her.
Here is a video of her in hyperventilating and unable to get comfortable. ...
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How do you groom an Angora Rabbit?
I know for an Angora rabbit you have to keep up with their grooming, and one of the things you can do is keep their fur short. My sister has tried to trim her two rabbits, but finds that she can never ...
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How can I keep a rabbit warm?
I was thinking about my sister's rabbit today, who she keeps indoors. Her house doesn't always keep a stable temperature, as it is mostly wood-heated. It is getting warmer out, so I suspect there won'...
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How can I help my rabbit be more comfortable with my influence on her cage?
My pet rabbit is very protective of her cage. I just got her a bigger one, but even if I am putting hay down in the cage for her to eat she will growl at me. She doesn't bite me and allows me to pet ...
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Can my rabbit get fleas from a cat or dog?
We don't treat our rabbits for fleas in the winter because we don't take them out in the winter. Sometimes in the winter we will take them to the pet store or other locations where cats and dogs are ...
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What kind of information collar fits for a rabbit?
My male rabbit all second day escapes the backyard. His wife stays in the garden and he comes back for her all the time. He goes for adventure to the neighbors' gardens and the nearby park. Our direct ...
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Can wild cottontail rabbits interbreed with domestic rabbits?
If a wild cottontail rabbit and domestic rabbit try to make babies, will they have kits? I know that horses and donkeys make mules what do domestic and cottontail rabbits make?
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How smart are rabbits?
Recently in chat Matt s. posted a link to a short gif
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A black and white dutch rabbit goes up to a hurdle with 4 bars, removes the second cross bar up with her mouth and walks through the ...
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What is the cause of bloat in rabbits?
There are a number of web sites and published works, with a lot of different and often contradictory causes for bloat in rabbits. Many seem to be reflecting opinions and best guesses. The few works I ...
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Rabbit making the bed, how cute is that?
Ruby is a 4 year old English spot she lives in our bedroom. She is a rescue bunny who was found abandoned in a neighborhood. She likes to work the wrinkles out of the bed. Is this something I should ...
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If a rabbit has a collar, at what weight should the collar break so the rabbit will not be strangled?
Caused by this question What kind of information collar fits for a rabbit? I need to know what a rabbit's neck could withstand.
If the rabbit has a collar, at what weight should the collar break so ...
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Is kitten-rabbit "mating" behavior something to worry about?
We've got a 3 year old neutered male dwarf rabbit and a male kitten who is almost four months old. The kitten isn't neutered yet, but will be before he turns five months old.
The cat and the rabbit ...
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Does Revolution kill ticks?
We have been using Revolution on our house rabbits for years, and I always assumed it killed ticks as well. Recently, someone told me it is not effective against ticks.
I know it effective against a ...
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Kangkong (morning glories) as rabbit diet
Since I got a rabbit a couple months ago, he's been eating mainly kangkong, a vegetable popular in Southeast Asia in the morning glory family. (It's also called "water spinach," but it is not a ...
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my rabbit absolutely will not eat hay and very little pellets
I have a year old male rabbit that will not eat hay of any kind and barely eats any pellets. He has been this way since we brought him home. I have tried all kinds of hay and hay cubes. I've bought ...
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What temperature ranges are appropriate for a pet rabbit?
I have seen rabbits on TV living everywhere from the arctic to the desert. Can I expect a pet rabbit to do well in the same range of temperatures as their wild cousins? If not what temperature ...
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How can I tell if my rabbit broke her toe?
I really need immediate help.
I live in India and adopted a rabbit 2 years ago. One year ago she gave birth to 6 healthy babies.
Her diet includes biscuits, fruits like apple, cucumber, guava, ...
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How do you tell a wild rabbit from a release domestic rabbit in southwestern Europe?
We know from What species of wild rabbit is the domestic house rabbit descended from? that domesic rabbits are decendents of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) they are native to southwestern ...
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What antibiotics are generally safe for rabbits?
My vet mentioned that not all antibiotics are safe for rabbits. What antibiotics are safe to give to rabbits? Does the route (oral vs injectable) make a differences? Is there a frequency or duration ...
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My rabbit just had babies and they are dying. What can I do?
I'm wondering what I am doing wrong. The mother, who is two years old, was in the great condition for giving babies. But, the babies started dying when they were 1 week old. The litter was 3 kits, and ...
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Aggression between desexed male rabbits
My sister's housemate recently got two male desexed rabbits.
They claw and bite at each other, more so one on the other, to the point of bloody ears. It's so bad, they've had to be separated into ...
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What is the cause of splayed/spread front legs in an older rabbit?
Our 10+ year old brown dutch rabbit Baxter had front legs that he placed to the side. In the picture below you can see his white feet are placed out from his body at about the shoulder while the ...
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What boundaries are necessary for outdoor rabbits?
I handle two rabbits in the backyard. At night they have a 3 square meter enclosure, at day the whole garden (I assume 100 square meter, but I am very bad in dimensions).
What requirements at walls/...
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Why does my rabbit try and make my bed wrinkle free?
Ruby is a 3 year old English spot, she lives in our bedroom. I don't have video but I did find a couple of videos online, they show a little of the behavior. I have talked to others who's bunnies ...
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What risk is given if I feed my rabbit pellets?
In the pet shops I have seen a lot of various pellets as rabbit food.
If there is so much it must be a good food, isn't it?
What is the risk in feeding pellets?
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How do I ensure the safety and good health of my outdoor rabbit?
I want to handle two rabbits in the backyard.
What factors are important for rabbits safety and health?
(I'm only looking for answers relating to safety and health. I have asked about happiness and ...
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How to kill ticks on a Rabbit?
Having just learned that my rabbits flea treatment is not effective on most ticks I am wondering what options there are for killing and/or controlling ticks on my pet rabbit. I know there are several ...
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Why is my rabbit / bunny angry?
My pet rabbit sometimes gets angry when I walk past her. She then makes a growling sound and "attacks" me.
We had her spayed and thought that this would help, but the problem still persists.
Is ...
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Are there pet safe ways to eliminate static in pet fur beyond a humidifier (especially in rabbits)?
I have 2 rabbits, and in the winter they become so full of static that I can't even pet them without giving/receiving a static shock.
Using a humidifier helps a great deal. Yet, even with relative ...
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How can I prevent my dog from injuring/killing my rabbit?
So I have a dog in my house and I let it outside and it all of the sudden went for my rabbit and almost killed it. This has never happened before when I put my dog outside with my rabbit. What should ...
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Are there specific vegetables I should not be feeding a rabbit?
My sister's rabbit is given a variety of vegetables (carrots, peppers, lettuce (not iceberg), and so on). Basically, my sister gets whatever is available, and gives the rabbit bits of whatever we have ...
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