Any Rabbit advice ?

remembered_nights

In the wild they forage for hours - it's good for her teeth and digestion, and should stop her filling up on 'rabbit food'.

skiTTish

Many rabbit breeders/keepers firmly believe that processed rabbit food has no place in a healthy rabbits diet and that rabbits should live on grass/hay alone ,supplemented only with occasional fresh veg.

clutterydrawer

It depends on the bunny. Some domestic bunnies have a predisposition to getting an "iffy tummy" from large quantities of fresh, wet foods - grass and vegetables. Signs of this include doing runny poos or creating excess caecotrophs - these are like small, dark, shiny, protein-rich clumps of faecal pellets which the bunny is meant to eat straight after excreting them. If she is leaving some uneaten, it's because her diet is too rich.

***however*** in general grass and hay are the absolute best foods for rabbits. They keep their teeth worn down evenly which avoids the need for expensive and painful dental treatment later, and they provide enough fibre to keep the rabbit's digestive system moving properly.

I choose to feed my rabbits a small amount (about 1tsp) of pelleted rabbit food and a handful of veg daily, as well as huge amounts of grass and hay, to make sure they're getting enough variety to provide all the vitamins they need. I beleive young rabbits need a higher level of concentrated feed as they have a lot of growing to do, and they shouldn't have veg too young either - however I've always had adult rabbits so I don't know much about the specifics of feeding young 'uns. There should be some info on it online though. HTH x

snowman2_2

Rabbits should eat grass, grass or grass - or in winter hay. If you take a rabbit that is used to eating pellets and give them a large amount of grass, you will cause some diarrhoea as the gut bacteria take a hit. Change over a week or two and add a probiotic but grass is the way to go. A good quality hay is green in colour, not brown - the nutritional value of brown hay is poor.

Alias_Omega

Rang around the local pet shops, all new, no 'old' ones in stock. Of the 2 older ones i did find, they were 6 months old and small.

We have a 2 yr old Lop Eared Buck (Male), which is pretty much free range, we leave his hutch open all the time so he comes and goes as he wants. He is friendly with the dog, the car has moved out as it was constantly chased.

He is bigger than the cat, and i taught him to chase it. A good idea at the time, not now through..

Were after a friend for him, but she would need to be the same size, or bigger to fend his sexual advances off, as the last doe we had could not. She was old, and i dont think she liked young men..:rotfl:

I dont want to put a mini-lop into the garden etc, that would be pretty messy, as i doubt it would be able to defend herself off him. This is the rabbit that will hump anything...

Male rabbit, Female rabbit, Guinea pig etc..

Ive looked up rescue centres, but no luck in the Lincolnshire area.

UKTigerlily

Is he castrated? There's rabbit rehome but idk where they cover

amy104

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/

There are loads of rescues on here, lots will rehome nationally.

clutterydrawer

Hi

Here is a search form which allows you to search all rabbits in rescue nationally, specifying which age you're looking for some rescues may help you with transport especially if you put a request up on the attached forums.

http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/search_form.asp

alternatively here's a list of rescue centres so you can find local ones.

http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/centres.asp

Getting a rabbit from a rescue rather than a pet shop means your new pet will already be neutered, vaccinated, health checked and correctly sexed. Most rescue centres will also "bond" your existing rabbit to your new one for you, to avoid scuffles or fights. (I always have rescues bond my pairs for me cos i'm too much of a wuss to do it myself!)

good luck x

harveybobbles

My friends neighbour runs a rabbit rescue. she has literally hundreds. Male, female, young, old, spazzy ones, cute old, simple ones... she's based on the Wirral though...

sassygirl_2

Lincoln RSPCA are unindated with rabbits at the mo (about17). Worth ringing them

www.rspca-lincoln.org.uk 01522 544862 (9.30am to 12.45pm)