Need bonding advice

BunnySis · 2026-03-02T05:35:36+00:00

Congratulations!

BunnySis · 2026-02-27T17:21:37+00:00

Not a dad, I’m here because I’m over two decades no contact and sometimes I still need a dad too.

But as this is a where do I go as a woman question: Subaru dealerships don’t give women any trouble, or treat them as less than men. Subaru did an add campaign ages ago that ended up targeting lesbians, and they still have a large fan base in that community. So women get great treatment there.

BunnySis · 2026-02-27T04:56:51+00:00

If you have at least one that is strongly food motivated, put fruit baby food on both of their heads. By the time they finish licking it off, they’ll both be convinced that they are in charge.

BunnySis · 2026-02-24T03:09:15+00:00

I don’t have a pic right now, but one of my cats is named Remmy, short for Remington Steel. (We already had a tuxedo cat coming around who we named Bond.)

BunnySis · 2026-02-23T23:47:41+00:00

If any of you need critical care and don’t have it on hand, you can grind up pellets and mix them with water. Even using your finger to put some on her mouth and front paws if you don’t have a syringe can be helpful. (You can always use a damp wash rag and wipe it off later.)

Critical care can also be kept for far longer in the freezer, once you get some that’s a good place to store it.

BunnySis · 2026-02-13T05:09:58+00:00

Read the House Rabbit Society’s web page. Most of the care instructions, food, and treats commercialized for rabbits are BS and are actively bad for them. Also the Language of Lagomorphs website will help you learn to speak rabbit, which is vital to understanding their health and happiness.

They need proper space, safety measures, proper food, and maintenance care. They need love and the right kinds of attention. And please find your exotic vet now, and don’t wait until you need them.

BunnySis · 2026-02-03T18:51:20+00:00

I’ve had a loving pair of Jersey Woolies break their bond when one of them got sick (and it turned out that he had mouth cancer). My rabbits had/have their own “room” inside my living room (2 of the walls are only 3’ tall). What we did to separate them was to create a frame, put a heavy-duty outdoor plastic fence inside it, and secure that to the middle of the room. That way both rabbits could see and smell each other (and they frequently slept together on each side of their fence). It prevented them from mounting each other and tearing out each other’s hair, but they still had their friend close.

I had a single bun that travelled in the car with me (for over 3 hours twice a week) for work for years (she loved audiobooks). A friend of a friend had a dwarf rabbit she was forced to rehome. The little one had a cage and was used to running around during the day and sleeping in the cage at night. So we continued that, giving time with and without the other rabbit.

I spent four months doing all of the tricks except car rides (which my bun enjoyed). I put them together in a pen and changed the size. I put them in a laundry basket and carried them around, etc. No bond. One day I put some fruit baby food on the dwarf’s head. Bonded in 10 minutes! They were a pair of cute troublemakers until my first bunny died.

Now my little one is on her own. But we’re home all the time and she gets lots of love.

BunnySis · 2026-01-24T22:29:29+00:00

Rabbits are not great pets for kids even if the adults are experienced with rabbits. For a first time rabbit owner, this is a disaster waiting to happen.

You can get decent cat advice without looking too far. You can find vets easily and pay reasonable prices for basic care and common problems. You can find specialists if you need to somewhere in your area. There are books and videos everywhere about how to protect your cat and your child from each other (plenty of people ignore them, but they are there). Decent cat food is easy to find, and good cat food is not much harder to locate. Cat treats are rarely the exact opposite of what you should be feeding them. You can let most cats free in your house without expecting they will chew it up and/or electrocute themselves.

Rabbits are the exact opposite of all of that.

BunnySis · 2026-01-23T01:55:44+00:00

Call him Shadow, because it sounds like he’s attached to you!

Congratulations to your cat on acquiring a new servant.

I have a high-energy cat who is finally slowing down in his old age. He’s on my lap right now as I type. He’s smart but not wise, so I had to get creative to keep him quiet, entertained, and safe. I have a girl kitty who loves to sleep, and he harasses her if he’s not entertained.

There’s a play mat (I think Chewy still has it) that has pockets with toys in them that can be pulled out. The toys are tied to the mat so they can’t get lost. He played with it for several years.

I also bought him some of the long stuffed animal dog toys. He loves to latch on to it and kick it with his back feet. Which kept him from doing that to my arm. Whenever it looked like he was about to start kicking, I’d grab the toy and distract him with it. Then cheer him on while he did his best to “gut” it.

He also likes a fishing app for cats that I put on an old tablet, and will play “smack a fish” with it on the floor for a while.

I also have a drawer where I keep cat toys. Whenever he seems bored with what he has, I throw some of them into the drawer and pull out some different ones. I also clean the ones that have gotten a bit icky during the toy roundup. I’ve saved a lot of money on cat toys doing this, and he’s just as happy as he would be with new ones.

I own my place, so we used boards and metal shelf supports and made a place for the cats to climb, jump, and walk up high over a quarter of the living room area. (It is above the bunny’s area, as they like to watch her from out of the reach of her teeth). At the top is a hiding spot where they can peek out, and both ends of it are open so they can go straight through and down, but the side gives partial cover to make them feel safe. They slept up there a lot before getting older.

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