last but not least... my Baby Dinky, Daddy's anak angkat!

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for dwarf breeds, normally 4 months onwards. If yours is a pure jersey wooly, then should be around there. 2.5 months is still too early for maturity. If LULI is a buck, it is quite normal for the MOJOJO to "naik bendera".....

it is normal because he is a buck (male rabbit). If male rabbit do not have mojo then something wrong.

Actually were you trying to say that he is starting to hump?

2.5 months should not be humping actually unless u got the wrong age.

There are few things you can look into when this happens:

1) Rabbits never get bored and will not die without sex, so you can still keep him alone.
2) However he may start to show sexual behaviors such as circling your feet, humping and spraying - then you may opt for neutering (mengembiri)
3) Think twice or more before breeding your rabbit - will you be able to handle the many baby rabbits if you get him a gf, are there genetic problems that may passed down and most of all, will you be able to find good homes for the baby rabbits.

The topic of breeding has been discussed for many times and please please please make sure you practice responsible pet ownership.

Keeping Proudfoot comfortable...

Proudfoot is currently paralyzed from whatever hit her (suspect major stroke).

Head keeps tilting to the left, so my father and I put a piece of cardboard underneath it to keep it comfy, and put a rug around its head to support the head and give it a comfy place to rest its head on (when it tilts down). Covered it with a piece of towel cos it tends to get rather cold during the night time here.

Warning: following picture is not cute. don't click if you're expecting cute bunnies. photo is of my "hospice bed" setup for my darling Proudfoot (it's a she).

Proudfoot just left.

She went peacefully.

We just buried her in her favourite spot.

Thanks all for the support and advice.

I'll miss Proudfoot terribly.

She brought so much joy to the family, with her antics and cheekiness. She was an expressive rabbit, always doing the binky when she was happy, digging my garden up, sneaking into the house to run away with a fresh veggie from the kitchen and always sitting next to her best friend Sprinkles in the garden, playing together, chasing each other, grooming each other, rubbing each other's nose and all. She was my friend when I was sick and depressed and she knew how to comfort me when I'm down, and play when I'm happy, she knew me.

I guess in a way... her suffering wasn't for long.



Bye, Proudfoot.

It was a good 8 years.

i dunno wor, maybe la but then this morning we found her sleeping on the 2nd floor. so maybe she just malas to climb 

hehe how big is his cage now? is it a small one like my previous one?

my previous cage very small leh, roughly 60cm x 40cm x 50cm. i can't imagine any smaller cage lol. anyway i'm sure most petshops would have big cages, maybe even carrefour has.

wah slightly smaller than mine! lol yeah try find nice big bungalow let him run and jump around inside. hehe.. go do survey first before you buy, maybe can find cheaper one 

no la...no diy panels....

improvision of all technology....

give me 2 more weeks.....

the apartment takes time to build....lol....

When a rabbit produces excess soft stool (cecals), the first thing to do is to examine its diet. A diet high in protein is usually the cause of excess cecals (barring any health problems).

What kind of pellets is Luli eating? Is it alfalfa-based pellets? Are you feeding Luli alfalfa hay as well?

Generally, it is recommended to feed baby rabbits with alfalfa-based pellets and alfalfa hay, as alfalfa is high in protein and a baby rabbit needs protein for growth and to strengthen its bones.

But some baby rabbits are sensitive to too much protein. In this case, you can replace alfalfa hay with timothy hay and see if there's improvements (hay is the most important part of a rabbit's diet and the fiber in hay helps to ensure a healthy digestive system).

If after switching to timothy hay, Luli still has excess cecals, cut down on alfalfa based pellets and switch him over to timothy based pellets slowly (i.e. if now he is eating 100% alfalfa pellets, give him 75% alfalfa and 25% timothy pellets, and slowly increase timothy pellets while decreasing alfalfa pellets). Changes to a rabbit's diet must be done slowly to allow time for its digestive tract to adjust to the change.

you need to stop giving papaya tablets to luli. treats & vege should be given AFTER the rabbit is 3mths old. even then, vege & treats have to be introduced SLOWLY. treats are high in sugar which is very bad for rabbits if given in excess, and to give papaya tablets daily, that is just too much sugar for him. i only give my rabbits 1 tablet a week, and they are already adults.

cut out all treats and see if he still has excess cecals.

Your vet is rabbit savvy. Probiotics is good particularly the one by the name of BENEBAC. It is a gel like probiotics that can be given to the rabbit. I normally swipe a little on baby rabbits' mouth. They will freak out at first but soon lap em up.

probiotics basically helps with striking a balance in the stomach between good and bad bacteria.

Hope she stop those excessive cecal soon. Through my research, it is quite common for rabbits that has left their mums too early to have this problem. Normally between 6 to 8 weeks the baby rabbit will eat the cecal from their mums. And for those separated from their mums earlier, this phase of their lives are taken away. So, they find it a little difficult to strike a balance in the stomach on their own.

stop the papaya tablets, and switch to timothy hay. doesn't matter what brand, as long as the hay is green and fresh, dont choose those which are yellow or brown.

does luli eat a lot of hay? if he is not, and he seems to prefer to eat pellets more than hay, then you may need to cut down on the amount of pellets which you are feeding him, to encourage him to eat more hay

i am no vet but experience tells me benebac is the trusted probiotics for rabbit. bear in mind ur rabbit is still quite young, so give just a drop or 2 is enough. if need be increase over time.

As my rabbits are apartment pets, i cant always take them to the ground, so i made some renovation to their 'house'..
Daddy'd house :

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I was snapping Daddy's cage photos and suddenly he appeared to menyibuk. Daddy si penyibuk!!

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