So sad. We got our 2 bunnies spayed and now they hate each other

[punk-a-doodle]

[rant] I'm not one for the House Rabbit Society, honestly. Ending up not adopting from them because they demanded that you allow them to periodically inspect your house (umm...no?). When I later asked them for medical advice on dealing with a rabbit who had an abscess behind his eye, instead of offering knowledge about this issue, they chose to lecture about how one should never buy a rabbit and only adopt from them. Never even addressed the abscess in their email! A vet I used that was recommended on their site as the only rabbit savvy vet in our area charged us hundreds of dollars for an eye-removal surgery that was never performed (their reasoning was that they shaved him while he was under...so that counts, right?), and tried to sell us special 'house rabbit society' food to prevent wool block in our angora...though you only need to feed papaya to prevent that. Ugh. Poor rabbit ended up having to be euthanized because he was too far gone after all that. So yes, I don't mean to sound like I'm trashing your suggestion Cambium, but I can say that a lecture is what gale doesn't want, and is what she will get in my personal experience. I was...less that thrilled in my limited dealings with them. That said, their website may have some useful tips, I just personally would not deal with them directly. [/rant]

Gale, have you tried a J feeder for them and a hay rack? That should help with the lost food, especially if using a smaller feeder that they can't easily dig in.

 

[gale65]

Thank you for the support! It really means a lot. I don't know what a J feeder is but I will look it up right now. We use a wire ball for the hay. They end up digging at it (possibly out of boredom) and somehow, there is about a pound of hay under the hutch even though the holes in the wire are only 1/2" squares. They must really dig at it to get it to go down there. We do have hay racks but the openings are bigger than the ball openings so I'm afraid they would end up being worse.

 

[chickenzoo]

i don't know much about rabbits, but could you take 2 socks, rub it all over each of them then put it in the opposing rabbits cage with them. That way they smell the other rabbit? You could also switch rabbits in their cages so they smell the others smell for awhile?

 

[Cambium29]

gale and punk-- So sorry you had bad experiences with House Rabbit. I suppose chapters are different all over the country and two chapters I was involved with were very, very good. None of the nonesense you're describing. Ah, well.

Have you searched either of these two sites: BunSpace or BinkyBunny?

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Cam, that is probably very true. I was dealing with the Virginia branch specifically. In general, that is also the state several vets offices ripped us off on five different occasions...once for the same rabbit. I'm not sure if I'm just getting more careful or what, but I haven't had that happen yet where I live now. May just have been specific to the area!

 

[gale65]

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Hi. We actually have been switching them around in the cages but I guess it wasn't the solution I was hoping for.