r/Bunnies

I’m pretty sure my baby bear has fleas. I was hanging out w him and saw a small black speck on his face then I went to inspect it and realised it was a bug so I tried to pull it out of his fur but then it got away. Then I started frantically searching around his fur and saw it again (idk if it’s a same one or another one)

Anyways I have a vet booked for 11am tmrw (it’s currently 7pm now). Is there anything I should do before the appointment? He’s acting completely normal otherwise he’s not even really scratching more than usual.

Ugh I’m so worried. What is flea treatment usually like for buns? I’m literally going away for a whole month in 3 days for an unavoidable family reason (this is the first time I’m leaving my rabbits for so long) and I’m already so worried…now this.

Please if anyone can give me some advice I’d really appreciate it

I have never seen a wild cottontail do this before. The roundness is off the charts!

Not a care in the world. Great start of the morning.

I am going to neuter my boy soon and I am so nervous something may go wrong. I like my vet a lot but he said he doesn’t do neuters or spays unless the rabbits aggressive or had bad behavior. But I need him neutered bc I am getting him a female friend and I know it is beneficial to their long term heath. His behavior had been pretty bad for a while so I wasn’t lying to my vet when I said I needed it done anyways. But I am getting so anxious, can y’all put my mind at ease with your good neuter or spay stories? Any helpful tips or info I should know?

They always eat a bit of pellets, explore while chewing and come back eating 😹

Recycling Mother's day flowers

He is so cute ❤️😍

Hello, my mother was moving the chicken coop outside and unfortunately there had been a nest of baby bunnies under there which had been crushed. This is the only one that survived and I’m unsure where the mom is, it seems this baby has one hurt eye that it won’t open but not too bad… I can’t leave it outside for the mother to find as the nest is destroyed and we have farm dogs :(

I have baby goat milk replacer and a dropper/syringes but I’m at a loss. How do I take care of it until it’s old enough to release? Or if I shouldn’t release it i’m not sure.

Thought this might be funny to share. A while back I got a crested gecko from my workplace, wasn't being picky about gender, but was just tired of seeing an adult gecko in a tiny enclosure. As an employee I got this gecko for a severely discounted price, so it all worked out. I get home and post a picture of this gecko to share online and ask for sexing. I swear this relates to rabbits, stick with me here lol

Everyone pretty much agreed, looks like a boy. Then she laid eggs. It was 2am and I was incredulous at this as I generally agreed with online sentiment as her...cresticles, were quite noticeable. However out come two eggs and I'm baffled. Either way, apparently a girl.

Now, I'm sitting at home. I dropped off my rabbit for his neuter just yesterday. I'm fostering him to adopt later after his neuter. I get a call. Turns out he is not, in fact, a boy, despite what everyone at the shelter thought. Now, before I wasn't going for a boy so y'know, sure. Things happen. This time I specifically chose this rabbit, thinking it was a boy, to bond with my girl.

And that's the thing. So far they absolutely love each other. After I took her away for her spay, Angel (the bunny I had before this new bunny) has stopped eating when I'm not in the room, sleeps next to the other empty enclosure, and is super needy with attention from me. I am fully prepared for this to potentially all to go back to square one after the spay since I know hormones affect personality and the new bun will no doubt smell differently, but it just baffles me that my super dominant, sassy bunny absolutely loved this other girl when I've heard females are the hardest to bond.

I'm simply baffled that my pets continue to bamboozle me. And the worst part is this;

Before we dropped off the rabbit, my father and I had been talking about how Angel would no doubt be pissed and how, in general, the choas has been crazy since these two have gotten together. But when I told him that night that Angel was in fact moping and acting depressed instead of being angry, he told me that the rabbits always do whatever is least expected, just to inconvenience me.

And he was so right.