Bunny Lovers Chat

[ItalianFashion]

Its called trancing. If you have a calm bunny you can just flip him over and pet him and he will stay like that for a while. He sleeps either flat on the ground or on his side with his legs sticking up. The first time he did it I thought he was dead. My heart started racing. I tried to touch him and he did not move. After a few seconds he jumped up scared me to death. He has done that a few times now. He needs to stop scaring me like that. He is a very deep sleeper.

Originally Posted by jellybebe

OMG that last pic just made me die! SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!! My bunny does that sometimes but only on the floor and never long enough for me to snap a pic! I had 2 bunnies before him and none of them ever did that!

[nauticalstar]

ItalianFashion I watched your videos! Your luigi is adorable!

[jellybebe]

Originally Posted by ItalianFashion

Its called trancing. If you have a calm bunny you can just flip him over and pet him and he will stay like that for a while. He sleeps either flat on the ground or on his side with his legs sticking up. The first time he did it I thought he was dead. My heart started racing. I tried to touch him and he did not move. After a few seconds he jumped up scared me to death. He has done that a few times now. He needs to stop scaring me like that. He is a very deep sleeper.

Oh yeah I have tried that with my bunny and he won't do it! I have tried stroking different parts of his face, etc. He hates being picked up and flipped over. It's a battle just to clip his nails!

[jellybebe]

OK here is some more eye candy. One is a pic of my bunny on the day I got him (he was 7 weeks old!) and the other one is a more recent one.

[ItalianFashion]

He is adorable! I love it when they sit like that with their leg out.

Originally Posted by jellybebe

OK here is some more eye candy. One is a pic of my bunny on the day I got him (he was 7 weeks old!) and the other one is a more recent one.

[bellapsyd]

looks soooo much like my princess Sarafina, white with the baby blue eyes and the little pink nose/ears...omg so cute! I LOVE this thread!

[jellybebe]

It's the best! Yay we are representin' for our bunnies!

[missyanne]

Ahh, I LOVE bunnies! I remember when I was 16, my mom said she'd get me a bunnie but never did. But for my 18th birthday, she bought me a puppy so I guess it made up for it.

[irishpandabear]

This is hands down the cutest thread I have ever seen!

[omgblonde]

Originally Posted by jellybebe

OK here is some more eye candy. One is a pic of my bunny on the day I got him (he was 7 weeks old!) and the other one is a more recent one.

Aww, your little bun is too cute!!

[ItalianFashion]

I am not sure about the tear ducts but I know that rabbits and guinea pigs can have problems with their teeth and need surgery every month or two. I had a guinea pig who kept getting malloclusion sp? and took him to an exotic vet and said he has a misaligned jaw and his back teeth are not wearing down normally. He said this can be genetic sometimes or just a problem in rabbits and guinea pigs. Vet said that the molars overgrow because they are not being worn down and keep on growing eventually making it impossible for them to eat. He said I would have to come in every 4-6 weeks to get guinea pig put under and then molars trimmed at 250.00 a visit!!! I found a compassionate vet that usually works on dogs and cats but has done this before with rabbits. She only charged me $35.00 She put Rodney the guinea under and clipped his molars every 4-6 weeks for 3 years. This molar problem did cause a golfball size abcess near his eye once. That took forever to clear up. They had to drain it then I had to flush it with clorhexiderm every day and give him antibiotic . He lived for about 3 yrs after the problems started. He was never really all the way well. Ijust gave him the best life I could and he died on valentines day after he was put under. He came out of the anestesia a little but never fully woke up and passed away late that night. I think he was just to weak..

Just keep an eye on those molars becuase if they get to long it can cause other problems and infections. Does your vet specialize in rabbits?

Originally Posted by omgblonde

Do any of you have experience with blocked tear ducts? Basically, Honey's eye was running, so we took her to the vets a few weeks ago & they said it was because her teeth were growing funny & that they would need to operate on her teeth. So that gets done, they say she's fine to come home & give us meds & eye drops for her. Don't tell us anything else, just that her surgery was fine & to give her them. So we assumed everything was fine like they said & took her home. Well it had been 2 weeks & her eye was still running & her eye drops had just ran out. So my mum took her to the vets today & the lady there said that after the op they'd flushed her tear ducts out & one was blocked. & it will be that way permenantly & we should be washing it out with salt water every evening. Does this sound right to you? I mean the vet nurse who discharged her gave us the impression that we give her these drops & everything will clear up, she said nothing about a permenantly blocked duct! Also, she never mentioned any more tooth surgery, but we were told today she will need it every 5-6 months, now that doesn't sound odd to me since I've heard of a few bunnies going back every 6 or so months to be sorted again.. but the tear duct thing? Can it really be permenant? I'm really annoyed they never told us, I mean we probably should of been salt water washing these past 2 weeks?! I've done some research but I can't find anything on blocked tear ducts, apart from it could be infection/teeth problems etc.. nothing mentions permenant anything?! Sorry this is so long!! x

[jellybebe]

What's new in the bunny world? I'm bumping this thread!

[ItalianFashion]

If anyone is near Durham, NC there is a Bunny at Petco near Target that is spayed or neutered that needs adopting. he bites.. Not to be mean I dont think just habit. He is a rex bunny that has been there since around July of last year! No one wants him :(

[bellapsyd]

ohh i would love a rex! I am in Chicago though...

Ok i found this site: www.bunspace.com when mindlessly searching (and trying to pick out the best bbag!)....it's like myspace, but for your bunnies! AKA- a new addiction....anyway, I joined (all 5 of my bunnies) :) hahah- anyone else join? Let's make our bunnies friends!

[jellybebe]

Originally Posted by ItalianFashion

If anyone is near Durham, NC there is a Bunny at Petco near Target that is spayed or neutered that needs adopting. he bites.. Not to be mean I dont think just habit. He is a rex bunny that has been there since around July of last year! No one wants him :(

Aw, that is sooo sad! My friend used to live in Durham and ironically, this same friend owned a bunny for a few weeks (in Canada though, not Durham) but when she got kicked out of her place, she gave the bunny away to random people and the poor little sweetheart was passed around from home to home and eventually I don't know where she went. Breaks my heart. She was a rex too. She's the only bunny my bunny has ever met. He tried to hump her! (He was only 2 months old!)