r/Bunnies • u/TrustAinge • 3h ago
I have achieved level 100
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I think I have finally achieved level 100 on his trust scale!
r/Bunnies • u/SpookyKinzie • Oct 04 '24
Hi everyone! Kinzie here.
When the current mod team inherited the subreddit, it came with sets of rules from the old head moderator. We've gone over those rules and removed some that we believe are unhelpful for our community. I'll go over the changes made here.
The rule banning links in comments has been fully removed, and the automoderator will no longer remove comments containing links. Manually approving comments with helpful links became a good majority of our moderation duties, and we determined that this was a rule causing more annoyance than anything. If you have a helpful link to more bunny information, you may now post it!
The rule banning 18+ accounts has been replaced by Rule 5 - No Personal Fundraising Or Advertising.
If you have an 18+ account, you are always allowed to post your bunnies here. However, do not attempt to advertise for any 18+ businesses such as OnlyFans. This is a subreddit for bunnies! As long as you can keep it on-topic, we don't mind what you do outside the subreddit.
I have also gone over the other rules and generally cleaned up formatting and wording to hopefully make them clearer. If you have input about the rules, let me know!
Unrelated to rule changes, we also wish to implement more fun here!
You may have noticed several new post flairs. We've been adding some new post flairs for fun bunny posts, such as one for dewlap posting and another for videos of binkies. If you have any post flair requests, feel free to comment them here!
We're also considering themed posting days, eg. Selfie Sunday. If you have any suggestions for themed posting days, feel free to also comment them here!
My goal as a moderator is to be helpful and transparent, and also to keep our community fun and cute. At the end of the day, this is a subreddit for cute pictures of our favourite fluffballs and I want to make sure we're the best place for that!
I hope everyone's having a good day, and give your bunny friends a little pet from me! <3
r/Bunnies • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '20
If you don’t want to read my wall of text, check out this link from rabbit.org:
I am by no means an expert but I can answer questions as best I can and find sources and people who are experts. So if you have any further questions feel free to DM me.
r/Bunnies • u/TrustAinge • 3h ago
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I think I have finally achieved level 100 on his trust scale!
r/Bunnies • u/Key-Sound4889 • 4h ago
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r/Bunnies • u/ladybirdsanctuary • 5h ago
We’re two weeks away from Easter, which means breeders and pet stores will be selling “Easter bunnies.” You’ll see an increase of ads on buy-and-sell websites, and your local pet store will have “new stock” of baby rabbits to sell to whoever has the cash. The majority of these bunnies come from facilities akin to puppy mills where hundreds of rabbits are kept in deplorable conditions. When the babies are shipped out, the adult rabbits are left to languish and make more babies. They live a life of suffering, just so someone can line their pockets.
Rabbits should not be given as gifts at Easter or any other time. Statistics say that four out of five rabbits purchased during the Easter holiday are abandoned or die of neglect within twelve months. Rabbits are social and intelligent creatures, and they can live 8-12 years. They require specialized care and are not low-maintenance "starter pets" for children. Every purchase from a breeder or pet store directly contributes to the overpopulation issue. This is why shelters and rescues are continuously full of rabbits.
Rescue organizations provide vet care to their animals prior to adoption in order to ensure their health. A rescue or shelter will have an application and screening process to be sure adopters are a good match for the bunny. Unscrupulous breeders and pet stores will sell to anyone, and often don’t provide buyers with the correct information on adequate housing or proper care. There are many rescue organizations and shelters in the area that have rabbits available for adoption. We are just one of several dealing with the constant influx of rabbits needing help. If you want to bring a rabbit into your life, please do lots of research first. The website rabbit.org is a great place to start. Be sure you have the space to keep a bunny. Puppy pens are one option, and because rabbits can be litter trained, they can live “free range” in your home if it is properly bunny proofed. Find a rabbit-savvy veterinarian in your area. Not every vet clinic will treat rabbits, and when a rabbit shows signs of feeling poorly, their caregivers must act quickly, as rabbits can hide serious health issues for so long that by the time they’re discovered, it may be too late. Be sure you are prepared to make a long-term commitment, and always adopt - never shop!
If you’re thinking of giving a rabbit as a gift this Easter, please make it a plush toy or chocolate bunny instead. 🐇
Pictured: Ladybird adoption alumni, Caramel. Photo by Luca Simpson
r/Bunnies • u/tweetysvoice • 1h ago
Roach is absolutely fearless and Cookie (GSD/Lab mix) is absolutely patient.
r/Bunnies • u/lippykate • 5h ago
This is what happens when you don’t sex a rabbit correctly and a boy turns out to be a girl. Once we realized, it was too late to spay as she was very far along and we just couldn’t go through with it. Warning to others, having babies sounds cute but now we have to find responsible people to adopt, deal with a spay and neuter costs. Adopting rabbits, they come already spayed. Don’t mess with breeding on your own. Even accidental, it was our responsibility to prevent this and we failed.
r/Bunnies • u/Lady_Black_Cats • 1h ago
I wanted to thank everyone for all the great advice about getting under T'Pol's chin and general grooming tips and tricks. It really helped out today. She got a Great haircut and while her bell needs touching up and nails need to be clipped still she looks cute and is way more comfortable now that the fluff is gone.
I was also able to get a good look at her legs and I am pretty sure she's a French Angora which is a great surprise 😀 I had been thinking she was a German or Giant Angora because they are so common here but nope I got lucky with her 😁
r/Bunnies • u/Gloomy_Variation250 • 16h ago
Hey r/Bunnies I have been reading a lot of posts from people having their friend pass away in the last days. Every single time I read one of those posts my heart dropped at the idea that we would, one day, find ourselves in the same situation.
Before I continue allow me to present Miss Bennet. Miss Bennet is a lady who spend the first three years of her life in cage. She was terrorised and would not come out. We bunnysitted her a few days bringing mats and putting ourself to her level in the hope that she would get used to us.
We agree to take care of for a longer period of time on the condition that we could move the cage to pour place. Thus began us leaving the cage open spending days in a row on the floor from our morning coffees to lunches and dinners including all the moments in between. We slowly started feeding her a variety of greens which she had not had before and slowly but surely she started getting used to us and got curious about the life outside of that cage. What started with a few hops back and forth quickly ended up in her free roaming our appartement. She NEVER destroyed anything nor even nibbled in a cable. She enjoyed carpets/ mats/ curtains / tunnels … you name it she liked it.
But Miss bennet had very bad teeth. And thus also followed tummy issues and others. We moved from our appartement into a house ( her house, she freeroamed anywhere and she decided which doors should be open. Spoiler; all doors should be open at all time.
In the meantime we did manage to find a vet that specialised in bunnies. I did not even know bunny only vets existed to be honnest and I am so grateful for everyone working at that place.
She underwent a few teeth surgeries amongst others. She survived what our vet assumed was a heart attack from choking after the teethsurgery ( even though we monitored her and shred everything ) We got her through a stasis episode that lasted more than three days taking turns monitoring her/ staying hydrated/givings meds and so. She got through so many bad episodes and every day we got with her extra since we adopted her was a blessing. We got soo much extra time with her thanks to our new vet but it always feels like we did not have enough. Our whole live revolved around her.
Her favourite place was the balance pad of my wife where she would boop my wife off when she was in home office. Truth being told. It was her pad and after buying a second one she also claimed that one. She enjoyed running upstairs in the morning and or evening and having zoomies there. We placed as many puzzle mats as we could anywhere so she could have grip and live her best life. A short while ago she had rediscovered digging and dug with such attitude only leaving inbetween for the casual nap and snacks.
There are soo many stories I want to share and I feel like this text does lot represent even one percent of who she was. I will miss her love. I will miss her smell and how she felt. I will miss the sounds she made. I will miss her crunching and her stomping.
I will miss soo many things I can’t even think of one before thinking of another.
I am destroyed by the loss but we gave her all we had and she did the same in return.
I felt like I somehow had to write this down here because I rediscovered redit a few months back and I am checking Bunny posts daily sharing knowledge from experiences or learning from others and their long/short eared friends.
I am also writing this because I hope I get some good reactions that might give my wife a smile while reading them even if just for one second.
She was a part of us and she always will be. This is rough but we will get through this. If you’re reading this and you are also mourning know that I think of you and I send you our thoughts.
I love you Bunbun you will always be our little princess.
r/Bunnies • u/tosted_Bred_loaf • 20h ago
I got her just today, her name is scarlet (she isn’t stressed her eyes are just like that) me and my boyfriend found her at a rural king and said “it looks like its seen god” and she does, we decided to split the cost of her (encloser, food, beding ect) to get her, shes currently at my boyfriends home and will be until i tell my grandparents about her (things maybe permanent until i move out). We will be getting her hey soon don’t worry! His grandparents do have a farm so its good hey. Our next pay check we will be getting her shots and a check up. We think her eyes are just a birth defect but if anyone knows please let me know!
r/Bunnies • u/Key-Sound4889 • 1d ago
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r/Bunnies • u/gabsteriinalol • 1d ago
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I’ve been trying to find a nice shelf on Facebook marketplace for my hamsters, but honestly, I might leave Squishy on the ground so Lester can watch her. Lester was in his tunnel for over an hour and the second Squishy wakes up, Lester hops over to her cage. He will lick the glass, lay in front of her cage, and stare at her! It’s so funny. No one seems stressed about it so we’re all good
r/Bunnies • u/aphan007 • 5h ago
I’m home for the weekend and I noticed my bunny has started making noises while following me around. She kinda sounds like a little pig. Kinda like “oot oot oot” but she doesn’t do it when I record her so idk how else to describe it. Does it mean she’s happy or is she stressed?
r/Bunnies • u/fifibunkin • 21h ago
She’s turned it into a black hole but I’m really hopeful about this. I can’t be home every time there is thunder so I made her a thunder shelter. I will always be home if it’s severe weather and her thunder shelter is only meant to comfort her and not protect her. But I was surprised how easily she got into it. And she seemed to really like it. I placed it into her thunder shelter and I’m hoping it will help buffer the sound and comfort her since it’s like a burrow she would hide in like the bunnies in the wild.
It’s called Timothy Bungalow by OXBOW I got size large. She is 3.8lbs and it fits her perfectly. I got it on Amazon.
r/Bunnies • u/ZookeepergameSalt124 • 1d ago
My girl was having a bout of seizures for about a month that were really freaking me out. We got blood work done (pending) and are treating her for EC. Doc said it’s an expensive test but treatment is easy on the body and only $30. I haven’t seen her have a seizure or evidence of one since starting the treatment one week ago. Does anyone have experience? She’s ten and im hopeful that we treated the cause of her seizures 😭
Bonnie and lil' jumpy (kept their names), our 2 new family members 😍
We inherited the cage and will update further when we have a new pen constructed. Thinking about at least 10m² space.
r/Bunnies • u/kittyydotcom • 1d ago
I give my bun 1/4 cup oxbow young rabbit pellets right when I wake up (6am on weekdays, maybe 10am weekends). On weekdays she also gets her greens at around 7am, weekends maybe 12pm. And treats occasionally of course!! She gets unlimited hay as well and I always top off her litter box and hay feeder if I notice it needs more.
Wondering if I’m supposed to be giving her greens and pellets so close together? Or if some people give one in the morning, one in the evening?
Here’s a picture of my baby girl (11mo) protesting against my homework. 🤪
r/Bunnies • u/Key_Yak5344 • 5h ago
my bun is available for afoption on the 26th, super excited! however im kinda confused on their diet? mine will be 2-3 months old when hes ready for adoption at my rescue and i keep seeing different advice on bunny diet so im so confused🥲 what pellets to feed him? how much? hay? what kind? veggies? if he can have them? stuff like that
r/Bunnies • u/sjeggy6 • 1d ago
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