Any Bunny Owners?

[EllyMae]

I have two bunnies now because my third one(Flemish giant) died this past summer. I have a Californian named Princess and a Holland Lop named Derby. I LOVE my buns!

As far as feeding hay, you may hear all kinds of input/opinions on the subject. I have ALWAYS fed my rabbits the same hay that I feed my horses(exept when they are babies and I feed the bunnies alfalfa hay) The House Rabbit Society recommends starting baby bunnies on alfalfa hay and introducing grass hays by 6-7 months, gradually decreasing the alfalfa until the rabbit is solely on grass hays by 1 year. Never had a problem or complaint(from the buns) and I have had(and raised) rabbits for years. If you only have one rabbit and no horses, I would suggest buying the bagged hay(and there a quite a few types to choose from) because a square bale will last TOO long and lose it's nutrients before your rabbit would finish it off.



I think buns are like chickens, addicting!

 

[dfunnyfarm]

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My bunnies have never had fleas but they do make a flea/tick shampoo for rabbits.

 

[WisconsinChick]

My rabbit got out of his pen last year and never ran away so we feed him on the porch. We caught him so he could live in the house for winter but he got very depressed and wouldnt eat so we let him go again. Now there is about 20 other wild rabbits that come and steal his food at night..... Here is a pic of him this winter.

 

[Skyesrocket]

I have lionhead rabbits and bunnies.

One of the prettiest ones suffered a head injury last year and has a wry neck now. I kept her all last summer thinking in the fall when the weather turned cold that I would have her put down. I never did. She seems perfectly happy and gets around her hutch fine. She is very tame from all the extra handling she got during her wry neck treatments.
I start getting my rabbits accustumed to grass and clover slowly during the spring. And then put them outside in a bunny roundpen during the day to eat grass and enjoy being outside. Kind of like a chicken tractor for bunnies. It seems to agree with them as they are all plump and healthy and happy.
Mine get horse hay and rabbit pellets too.

 

[Henrietta23]

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I have a neutered male californian named Ringo. (my 6 year old is a Beatles fan!) We got him from a bunny rescue group in Rhode Island. He is an indoor rabbit and doesn't get as much time out of his cage as he should because my Australian Shepherd can't be in the same room when Ringo's out. Therefore Ringo could stand to lose a few pounds.

 

[MaryT]

I have a bunny too!

 

[FutureChickenMan]

4 Rex; 1 red buck, 1 blue buck, 2 blue does.

 

[mangled]

We have bunnies, too!!

Our boy, on the left is a 4-H bunny we bought out in front of TSC, he's a mini-rex, and our female, I have no idea what she is, but she was bought from the pen inside TSC.

We are currently expecting baby bunnies.

They're penned separately now, LOL.
Em

 

[chickbea]

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Ah! It's good that you know horses, because surprisingly, rabbits' digestive systems are very similar to horses'. They can't go without food (bunnies MUST eat prior to operations, unlike other animals). Bowel stasis can be deadly if not attended to quickly.
They do sell little bags of hay specifically for bunnies; generally this is timothy hay. They also have little pressed cubes, but my bunny won't eat them. However, any good timothy or grass hay is fine, as is straw. In a pinch I have used high quality horse hay, but this is dangerous as you never know what may be in there...
I saw your flea question also - when I asked my vet about treating the bunny along with my other animals she said that the fleas that get on dogs and cats don't bite bunnies, and in the years I've had mine there has never been an issue.

 

[Dzzzyd]

I have this little Dwarf mix. She is a real cutie and very tame. Pricilla is working on getting litter trained.