I'm interested in getting rabbits ---- Edit: Just caught a dumped Bunny!!!

[EverythingDucks]

Most rabbits do not die of shock when dogs run around their cage and make noise and even kill the rabbit in the next cage. (Yes, my family learned the hard way about predators and rabbit cages.)

I've seen this happen to multiple people before. Dog got out and both rabbits died of shock. Happened a few other times too, mostly with babies though.

 

[NatJ]

I've seen this happen to multiple people before. Dog got out and both rabbits died of shock. Happened a few other times too, mostly with babies though.

Interesting. Because there were dogs rampaging around my family's rabbit cages on several occasions, and it didn't happen to us. The dead rabbits were always out of their cages and bitten, or tiny bunnies that got trampled, except once an adult doe died in her undamaged cage with no marks on her. But it was never the half-grown bunnies, and never the adults except for that one time.

Since your experience is obviously different, it must be something that depends on the individual rabbits, or on some other details of the situation.

 

[Kiki]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-a-dumped-bunny.1468158/page-12#post-24994416

And Weeg discovered sometime today that the rabbit is female.

I was picking at her to post MORE pics.

Weeg...look what I just went to see:
See the black baby hippo?

 

[Kiki]

She's hunkered down in her box currently, she was't to fond of being stared at by the dog. She hopped all the way up on the step and slid down the slide when we first put her in there, she was happy to be out of her tiny cage.
The are is still small, but it will have to do for temporary. She'll have a nice big outdoor enclosure once we can get the build finished.

I'm catching up so this may already have been mentioned but I highly suggest you move the hay into the litter box and the feed.


Although I guess it won't really matter if you plan on keeping it outdoors where I could caca wherever it wants but if you want it to concentrate on peeing and pooping in one spot... Move the food there.

 

[NatJ]

Weeg...look what I just went to see:
See the black baby hippo?

Those are pretty young! I'm thinking 2-3 days?

 

[Weeg]

Interesting. Because there were dogs rampaging around my family's rabbit cages on several occasions, and it didn't happen to us. The dead rabbits were always out of their cages and bitten, or tiny bunnies that got trampled, except once an adult doe died in her undamaged cage with no marks on her. But it was never the half-grown bunnies, and never the adults except for that one time.

Since your experience is obviously different, it must be something that depends on the individual rabbits, or on some other details of the situation.

I've seen this happen to multiple people before. Dog got out and both rabbits died of shock. Happened a few other times too, mostly with babies though.

This makes sense, it definitely depends on the rabbit. I am also considering the fact that she was outside for about a week, but that was only a week, and doesn't mean much.
At this point Im honestly leaning towards having her in doors. It seems much safer, and I couldn't stand risking loosing her.
Plus, the more room to exercise the better, because with little room they are more susceptible to GI stasis, is what I read. We'll see what I can do, my biggest concern is the cats. Eventually the dogs will car less, but I'm concerned about the cats. I wouldn't' ever let her free roam if I couldn't' protect her, and I think they will figure out that she's not pretty eventually, but we'll start slow if this is the way I decide to go.

 

[Weeg]

I'm catching up so this may already have been mentioned but I highly suggest you move the hay into the litter box and the feed.


Although I guess it won't really matter if you plan on keeping it outdoors where I could caca wherever it wants but if you want it to concentrate on peeing and pooping in one spot... Move the food there.

I actually did this a couple hours ago. Noticed she pooped outside the box, so moved all the feed into that corner.
Seems to be helping. If I allowed her to roam the house, she would be litter trained.

 

[Kiki]

Those are pretty young! I'm thinking 2-3 days?

They were born last night.

 

[NatJ]

They were born last night.

I had forgotten how VERY quickly the fur starts to grow! (I could see they weren't quite naked.)

 

[Kiki]

I had forgotten how VERY quickly the fur starts to grow! (I could see they weren't quite naked.)

The poor things look naked to me.
I don't know a thing about baby bunnies.
I was shocked to see that they have teeth.