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How stressful is an overseas relocation for a rabbit?
I've been really wanting to adopt a rabbit, but have been postponing this since I am anticipating an overseas move sometime in the next 2-3 years, and didn't want to have to re-home my rabbit once ...
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When do rabbits need a dry and insulated place to sit?
My female rabbit likes to sit on the grass in my garden. In summer, this seems normal to me, but in the colder seasons, I am worried about her health.
For example today it is a cloudy, foggy, and ...
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Can a wild female rabbit be spayed?
I have a five-months-old wild European rabbit. She was rescued by a colleague from a cat's mouth. She binkys every night and roams freely. She has bonded with me and jumps on me all the time. I'm ...
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Is it a bad idea to give my rabbits wild wood to nibble on?
I have two 8-month old rabbit pets, and while my house is not very well designed for rabbit-proofing, I have given them a decent chunk of space where they can roam around 24/7.
I feed them a hay based ...
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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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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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Can a bunny register the dangers of falling?
I live in a two-floor apartment and I'm trying to free roam my bunny.
However, our stairs spiral upwards and have minimum railing (only 4 horizontal poles), so it would be easy for a rabbit to fall ...
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What to do with a bonded domestic rabbit and a cottontail
Last summer my one of my female rabbits bonded with a male cottontail rabbit. Before I was able to catch her, they would hand out nightly in the neighbors driveway. This went on for a few months.
I ...
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Can domestic rabbits carry diseases if left outdoors for too long then brought in?
I have a domestic rabbit that we have raised - we have a large, gated backyard. He has since lived in the backyard for months, somewhat free. We feed him daily. He has become hard to catch. I bathed ...
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Can my rabbit be harmed by e-coli on Lettuce?
House rabbits eat leafy green vegetables and they eat poop should I be concerned about warnings of e-coli on store bought leafy green vegetables?
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Can a rabbit pet be released to the wild? [duplicate]
I have had a cottontail rabbit since he was 2 weeks old. My dog had found the nest and killed all of them except him because I got to him in time. He is now 9 months old.
I was wondering - would he be ...
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How will the eclipse affect my pet?
On Monday, August 21, 2017, the US mainland will experience a total eclipse for the first time in decades.
Is there anything special I need to do to prepare my pets? Will they be anxious about the ...
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Do rabbits feel pain?
An answer at How smart are rabbits? includes the following quote and reference.
Rabbits also have no or very underdeveloped pain sensing regions in their brains (source):
Even as a predator rends a ...
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How to clean water bottles and nipples?
Many small animals can drink from a bowl but their people provide them with bottles that have nipples to drink out of. Like any container that has water sitting in it for a long time, stuff can grow ...
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Is second hand exposure to (non-nicotine) vaping harmful to my pet?
I recently read a blog post on the dangers of vaping around cats. Obviously ingesting the vaping fluid could be a serious emergency, but the post also states:
Additionally, cats living with ...
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Do I need to fence of my balcony to prevent my rabbit from falling down?
I live in an apartment several floors up, and I have a balcony with vertical
railings that are large enough for a rabbit to pass through.
How well do rabbits deal with heights like this? Do I need ...
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How to release a rescued European Rabbit back into the wild?
We saved a bunny from certain death and raised him from baby for 3 months.
We have to leave Morocco, and there are no shelters, no safe places for him. Basically, the choices are:
a home where he ...
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Is plywood bad for any small caged pets?
I'm going to be building some wooden toys/houses/things for Degus, Rabbits and Guinea Pigs, who will inevitably chew on them.
(Not in the same cage.)
Are there any kinds of plywood types or brands ...
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Is it harmful that my rabbit eats bugs?
My rabbit is now eating bugs such as crickets and those things. She hasn't shown any signs of health problems while she ate them, but I'm not sure if they're healthy at all for her. The crickets are ...
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Holding rabbit by the scruff of her neck
Will it hurt our rabbit if we calm her down and then hold her up by the scruff of her neck? We've done it before; she seemed squirmy at first, but then she calmed down when we held her up by the ...
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Do house rabbits depend more on sound or vision for warning?
In the related question What is a rabbit's field of vision, range and visual acuity? we learn about a rabbits vision. This question is asking about what is the primary sense a house rabbit uses ...
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Make wires unpalatable?
My bunny is about 6 months old and he's getting much more bold and playful lately. Previously he mostly ate, slept, and eliminated, saving his energy for the daily walk outdoors. He's very mild-...
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How can I transport my rabbit using a bicycle?
I need to take my pet rabbit to the vet to get her spayed, but my main method of transportation is biking. How can I bring my rabbit on the bicycle without scaring her to death? Would she be okay in a ...
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Can I contract rabbit fever (tularemia) from my pet rabbit?
If my pet rabbit lives inside, can I contract rabbit fever from it? I would think that if it never goes outside, there would be no chance for it to become infected. However, if I take the rabbit ...
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How do you bunny proof behind the couch?
We have a couch sitting in front of a living room window, with curtains behind it, and the plug for the lamp right in the middle. In my experience, if a bunny has a dark safe place, it is likely to ...
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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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Can I release my pet rabbit in the wild?
I am aware the issues surrounding feral cats and I would never consider turning a dog loose to fend for it's self. But rabbits are not predators so would seem unlikely to have a negative impact on ...
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Can house rabbits have free access to the whole house all the time?
I am thinking about getting a rabbit and during my research I learned about bunny proofing, litter boxes, and have heard about cages for the bunnies and that they need to room to run. There seems to ...
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