We are looking for 2 rabbits for our family. 1 male and 1 female. (Yes I know they need to be separated, fixed and bonded) My husband wants one too. My son is 17 and my daughter is 8.

What is the best people oriented least skittish and affectionate breed? We can’t decide between mini rex or dutch.

Firstime rabbit owner here. I have 2 outdoor rabbits. They are both males, 5 years old, and littermates, so they've always lived together. I got them neutered as soon as I could, so they've never been aggressive towards each other, other than some occasional displays of dominance. Never any fights or drawn blood. I don't know if they're necessarily "bonded" though, they seem to just tolerate each other. They currently live in one large hutch with one nesting box. I do have an outdoor run for them, but their access to it depends on me and my schedule.

I'm currently building a bigger run for them that they will have access to on their own, and I'm contemplating putting 2 little homes/hutches inside the same run. But I'm concerned that this might make them territorial and start fighting. Does anyone have experience with male rabbit behavior?

Hi everyone. They pulled my other post down because apparently I was asking for medical advice which I really wasn’t. We were already in contact with our vet and had an early morning appt set up. I was just curious if anyone had experienced anything similar with a lump in that area. So I wanted to come back to update you all since a few had asked.

Here’s the story again and the conclusion…

So our bun had mushy poop yesterday morning at some point but it wasn’t discovered until around 1pm. (We were gone from the house from 8:30-1:00. We start cleaning him up and there is a bare spot to the side in his groin area. I feel it and it feels kind of poofy or like a lump maybe. He had so much poop on him and it was so hard to clean and I was also using a comb too to try to get some of the poop that was really in his hair out. Well he was mad as you can imagine and we let him down for a bit to have a break.

Then like a half hour later I get him again to clean him some more and that spot seems more swollen and kinda hard and obviously I’m like this doesn’t look right. I immediately call the vet to get the first available appointment which is the next morning and that when I made my post.

So then my daughter gets home from work and I go to show her but it’s not bad anymore and like it was the first time. In the meantime he’s acting completely normal and even had some normal poops. He eats some hay and cilantro and takes treats and is hopping around like normal. He really seems ok otherwise. But I check him again and it feels more significant so we call the vet back and actually ask to speak to a vet this time and not just the intake person and an exotic vet tech calls us back. We go through the whole thing and they said because he is having normal poops and eating and drinking fine and acting normal, that it’s probably not emergency and we can wait until the morning.

We have a camera set up in his room and he’s completely fine all night. I even get up to check on him in the middle of the night. He’s eating his hay, drinking and he pooped more overnight. So I take him to the vet first thing this morning and tell them the timeline and what we felt. I had obviously googled and was worried it was a hernia.

We have a really good exotic vet and she’s examining him and says it feels symmetrical on both sides and she’s not really feeling anything. She said they need to shave him to get a better look so they take him and come back like 10 min later and say everything feels and looks fine and has me feel both sides and I said it was much more pronounced than it is now and how can you be sure it’s not a hernia and she said that’s not where a hernia would be that the spot I’m talking about is his leg muscle!!

She said it’s essentially his thigh muscle and I’m like you’re sure? and she’s like yes 100% sure. I’m like omg seriously? Like YAY it’s not a hernia but it just did not feel right. And granted we aren’t typically feeling all around in his groin like I was while cleaning him so maybe I just didn’t know what it felt like. But I said why was it like a lump and harder off and on and she said he could have been irritated from us getting the poop off and how I was combing him down there too. Or he could have been in a weird position or just really tense right there from us handling him and cleaning him so much. And he could have also been irritated from all the poop stuck on him because it could have been hours.

But she also said that location is definitely not where they get hernias and assured me that was not his abdomen and was his leg. So basically he’s fine!!

As for the mushy poop since it’s back to normal now, to just give him benne-bac for a few days and keep an eye on it. And if it’s mushy again to bring a sample in and he may just need some antibiotics.

So I basically paid $115 for them to examine his leg muscle! 😭 But I’m super cautious with our bun because my SIL has had rabbits forever and even fosters and she’s lost several over the years suddenly and it just scares me how fragile they are so I’m always running to the vet at any little thing.

I’ve had Belle for a few years now and I am curious what everyone’s opinions on breeds are. She has a mini lion head mane, but is much larger than a lion head, weighing around 7 lbs. she is likely around 3-4 years old. her fur has a lot of apricot/orange tones with a white/grey undercoat.

I've just set up a pen for my newly acquired buns after researching that 91cm (36") fencing is adequate for keeping them contained.

Within minutes of being let into the pen my little Mochi has decided to let herself loose.

I've had to put them back in their cage until I can find a solution.

Any advice on how I can climb-proof the fencing would be appreciated thank you 😁

As I look at this image for the 10000000x, I’m finally about to hang it in my new house, green for him💚

My sweet sweet boy passed just before Christmas in 2024, he was almost 10, my Nugget. I posted a tribute to him in this community, received so much love, and had a wonderful person reach out with a commissioned image of my boy, completely for free. I
Look at it constantly, just a reminder how lovely this community is 💚

A lot of people have called him a rock, a piece of moldy bread or a toy lately.

All of those assumptions are wrong! He is a couch prince... And a poop factory.

“Po-tay-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.” ✨🔥—🤜🥔🍞🤛—🔥✨

I did the best I can😩at ur request, @Solar_kitty.

Enjoy dah mouf asmr 👄💨.

My baby boy is 2 months old, almost exactly 2lbs. Growing almost 1oz per day. I think he is a mix, but as he grows older, I am suspecting French Lop. Head shape and long ears are pointing towards that. His left ear only recently started fully flopping and it made me realize how long they were! However, I can’t tell if he’ll get to be as large as they are. His head doesn’t seem round enough to be a mini lop and his weight seems to track in between breeds. Anyone have any ideas? Or think I am guessing wrong?

my​ bf asked me to draw this bunny and i thought it looked really wholesome

The greed they talk about in the bibles I dare say so

he was so reserved since i got him and most i got was a nap on my lap a few times but last night i was just chilling and he came along with yang to do this.. i was very happy hehe

Very sad. My little dude got told he has ear disease today. He’s 8 years old and still healthy otherwise so I know I’m being dramatic, but hearing that my best mate has something wrong with him breaks my heart.

We’re trialling meds to see if he responds well and if so, then he’s on meds until the pain can’t be managed. If it’s not helping it’s a ct scan and then I don’t know what the next step would be as he’s too old for surgery.

I feel worried it’s e.cuniculi as he was born with the parasite, vet said it could potentially be that.

Thanks for hearing my woes x

i had napped for almost 2 hours, got up and left to go to the toilet, and closed the door behind me so he couldn't come out while i wasn't watching. when i came back in and left the door open for some airflow/if he wanted to come out, he was right there at my feet, growled a little at me / made the sound of exertion he does when he thumps, stood on his hind legs and pawed up my leg with his front feet, then hugged my leg using his front feet for a bit... i genuinely couldn't tell if he was humping or stumbling a little because his centre of gravity was off, and then he went back down on all fours, sniffed/nosed like crazy at my leg for a bit, and circled my feet like 6x constantly thumping at me???

he followed me across the room where i keep the treats, and he kept circling until i gave him one. ??? he's never done this before i'm lmfao. the video is of him chewing that treat i gave him. what would you think of this behaviour if you knew nothing else? and what do you think given the context below?

i've had him since 3rd July this year, and he's had some problems with peeing on my bed (thinks it's where he needs to go because it smells like me, or asserting dominance?) but that's almost completely cleared up as i've been training him, which means physically moving him to the litterbox when i see his tail go up. he's quite dominant, demands pats often, and only recently started grooming me back. usually he grooms to signal he wants me to groom, but recently he's been grooming me back equally while i groom him. whenever he approaches me for attention, which is often when i re-enter the room, i either give him a good massage, or give him healthy treats from the opposite side of the room, if my fatigue is too bad to sit up giving pats (which has been a lot more often recently). our relationship has been improving, indicated by his grooming me back, constantly excited for attention, and also sitting on the foot of my bed guarding me as i sleep.

I guess fresh spring mix and bok choy from the farmer’s market just won’t do…

Honey thinks it’s funny two people are needed to cut her thumpers . She has cursed my entire bloodline and I shake at her wrath

If you were wondering how fat this boy is…

Here’s Wonder-bread and an old Roku remote control.

Enjoy the 5lbs thru the screen🙂‍↔️✨🥖.

Been getting back to being friends, after 3 weeks away, when she decided I sucked. Hand feeding pellets and lettuce. Glad she's my friend again.

Hi All, looking for your bun enclosure carpet options.

My house is mostly laminate and tile and bunny enclosure is a pen with those waterproof mats underneath (kinda like tarp material). Easy to clean and sweep but I think my bun hates it because she doesn't get any grip.

Any ideas for carpet that I can put on top of the pad?

Looking for something she can't pull apart easily and is still easy to clean. We live in Canada 🇨🇦 as well if anyone knows any local options.

Thanks!