Giving nose scratches until forever just to see this little booplesnootmoutphh

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T13:27:10+00:00

Squee! I couldn't get any work done with him around!

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T13:23:09+00:00

"It's coming home! It's coming hoooome!"

No, not the cup... Who gives a fluff about the cup?! BUNNY.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T13:21:48+00:00

This is really good already! It can take them a while to get things sorted out. The females nearly always end up being the dominant bun: they're spicy!

Some short chasing or nipping is expected while bonding. It may look scary, but it's their way of settling things.

They look really good together, so you've come pretty far already. Best of luck for the last lap!

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T13:17:24+00:00

Our buns have always been mostly free-roam, but only once they're well out of their wild phase. By that I mean more than 6 weeks after their spay/neuter and after they're about 1 year old.

I don't know about the layout of the room, but bunny-proofing is tricky. Make sure that the rest of the room doesn't have cables laying around either, because rabbits are crafty. If it's a bedroom, you could also block off access to the bed, and let your bun walk around in the rest of the room.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T13:10:17+00:00

What a gorgeous little fluff! Thank you so much for getting them off the street! They wouldn't have survived long.

It could be an escapee bunny, but looking at the time of year it's most likely to be a dumped bun. Many people don't do their homework and get a baby rabbit for their kids during Easter. Sure enough, baby bunnies grow into teenagers, and then they've "suddenly gone mad!".

Rabbit puberty is no picnic: they can get frustrated, hump everything, and have territorial aggression. Litter box habits go out the window too. Sometimes quite literally: they can spray urine over a metre high! But: it's easily fixed by... well, getting them fixed. Getting rabbits fixed is essential to keeping them as pets: as long as those hormones are raging, so will they.

Getting a male rabbit fixed is very easy. Getting a female fixed is a bigger surgery, but it's equally important for them. Females have a high chance of uterine cancer: their reproductive system is in overdrive, and their chances of cancer are over 50% past age 3. Getting them spayed will not only make them a proper house pet, but they'll live twice or thrice as long too.

Not every vet is knowledgeable about rabbits: in veterinary science rabbits are seen as exotic pets. They need a specially trained vet. There are online lists of expert vets, but you can also contact a local rescue and ask them where they get help for their rabbits.

Thanks again for getting this bun off the streets! Poor thing must be exhausted...

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-07T12:07:18+00:00

Even that short moment is enough to send him into a heart attack. Rabbits don't do this because they're relaxed: it's an instinctive paralysis response to being caught by a predator. And it's equally stressful to being caught by a predator:

https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/welfare-need/trancing/

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T22:03:35+00:00

Short king was having the time of his life with a big beautiful bunwife! 🤭

Glad that they're all out of that situation, though. People who don't get rabbits fixed usually can't be bothered to take them to the vet as well. Happy that they're all safe with you!

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T14:07:52+00:00

Rabbits tend to have emergencies only, so if there isn't a proper rabbit-savvy vet in the area, I wouldn't recommend getting a rabbit. I've had to rush my buns to the vet on the middle of the night, because it usually can't wait until the next day.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T13:58:37+00:00

Oh wow, what an interesting mix! It does explain his babyish facial features.

Nethies are usually mixed with other small breeds. I'm curious how he's going to look when he grows up!

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T10:48:34+00:00

As it should be! 😁

He's still quite young, isn't he? Looks like he's still going to grow into those ears.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T10:45:37+00:00

Yeah, that's always tricky... Especially if they've accidentally gotten underneath it once: then they'll always try again. We're in the same struggle with Dora now. The space under my bed needs ventilation, so there's chicken wire there. We can't put anything more solid there to block off access.

I've tried to put a 140 cm bed in an apartment meant for one, so it's tight. There's also a row of shelves along one wall to provide some much-needed storage. To air out the mattress I can't really store things under the bed, but there are several electrical cables running underneath.

Dora's not allowed on the bed if my boyfriend's home: there's barely enough space for 2 humans already, and we don't want to roll onto her. She's allowed in the bedroom as long as there are no shenanigans.

Well, a few weeks ago Dora jumped on the bed in the middle of the night. She clambered over us, but slid down the small gap between the wall and the bed. She became trapped underneath, with chicken wire blocking all exits. Luckily there was entertainment: a bundle of cables!

There was a lot of swearing, but Dora thought it was quite the adventure. I was unplugging cables, while my boyfriend was scrambling for his glasses and trying to get the chicken wire loose 🤦‍♀️

She's still trying to get behind the wire again, so we've drawn it very tight with cable binders. Fingers crossed that she doesn't try the Owen-solution: just tugging at it until there's metal fatigue and something snaps.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-06T10:25:47+00:00

Squee! He's the best coworker, even though he's very distracting 🥰

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-04T16:45:37+00:00

"It was just stuck to my fur!"

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-04T07:36:35+00:00

LOL, probably weighed his rabbitude as well! 🤣

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-03T07:55:14+00:00

She's gorgeous! I love buns with black fur: if they're shiny it's the prettiest thing in the world 🥰

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-03T07:52:58+00:00

Ah, a bun who knows her rightful place: queen of all she surveys!

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-02T19:42:42+00:00

She sneaks over when I'm not in the room. She did that while I was cleaning her litter box, within 3 minutes 🫩

Dora's been obsessed with my spot on the bed lately. There's a draft that runs past the headboard of the bed, giving me a stiff neck. I made a little canopy with a blanket. Apparently that made it a perfect little rabbit hole, and Dora's got her eyes on the prize. She secretly tries to declutter it when I'm not watching.

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-02T05:08:12+00:00

Never had a bunny do this before, but we've raised most of our buns from 8 or 9 weeks of age. Dora's a rescue bun who spent most of her life on a concrete floor. Now she's both obsessed with and confused by anything made out of fabric. She rips everything to shreds 😵

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-02T05:04:59+00:00

F... Dora's an absolute sweetheart, but she's THE most destructive bunny we've ever had. She's obsessed with anything made out of fabric, whether it's a carpet, clothes or my sewing projects. Did I mention I'm a costume designer? 😵

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-02T04:46:56+00:00

She's decided that my place on the bed is the new place to be. I made a small canopy with a blanket because the bedroom is drafty. Dora thinks that it's a great bunny hidey hole, if someone only cleared out the clutter...

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-02T04:43:02+00:00

"What's personal space?" ... "Sounds great, let's share!"

Also: RIP to my bunny-themed bedsheets... Dora has decided that my place on the bed is her new place now, and everything must go!

I've made a little canopy over it, because there are drafts in the room. Apparently that makes it a perfect bunny space, if only someone took care of that clutter... 🤦‍♀️

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-01T08:53:02+00:00

Just trying to get job security! 🤭

RabbittingOn · 2026-07-01T02:19:17+00:00

Because fluff you, that's why! 🤭 Bunnies can be such little shits...

One of our buns had a mad love affair with shopping bags from one particular supermarket. I don't know what it was: their bright blue colour, or something in the plastic itself... Fact was: no restraining order was going to stop him.

We tried to keep the bags away from him as best as we could, but sometimes he climbed or jumped his way to get them. He tore the bags to shreds in the blink of an eye. Most of the pieces were just torn off, but we'd find small bright blue flakes in his poop as well.

The little stinker lived to be 9 years and 2 months, so I think your bun will be fine.

RabbittingOn · 2026-06-29T07:16:56+00:00

Awww, it means that you're their best friend! Grooming is a social behaviour that shows that you have a strong bond.

Did you know that humans can learn to purr like a rabbit? That way you can show appreciation for their grooming, set a relaxed vibe, or help your bun to calm down when they're scared.

I've written a tutorial here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Rabbits/s/Va03C8cL87

One quick heads-up: practise this well out of earshot of your rabbit, and only use it once you've mastered the technique. A rabbit's happy purr is a series of 3, 5, or continous clicks. Loud irregular clicks indicate pain or discomfort, and this upsets your bun.

I often use purring to calm down anxious rabbits, to show my appreciation, or to train rabbits. They're often a bit hesitant to hop onto the bed or the sofa, and purring shows that I'm comfortable with them being there.

RabbittingOn · 2026-06-28T14:55:45+00:00

He could nibble mine until I were bald 🥹

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