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nickwilcock said:
My lady friend has a very similar harlequin dwarf lop:
The photo was taken only a few days ago. Sadly, this morning the other bunny, his bonded partner, was found lifeless in her home, despite having been fit and well only 4 hours earlier. Sudden bunny death isn't unknown, but we've no idea what caused her to pass away.
But he'll be getting to know a new pal today - a little French bulldog puppy is coming home. Those in the know think that they'll get on well together - I really hope so.
Sorry to hear your sad news. 
The photo was taken only a few days ago. Sadly, this morning the other bunny, his bonded partner, was found lifeless in her home, despite having been fit and well only 4 hours earlier. Sudden bunny death isn't unknown, but we've no idea what caused her to pass away.
But he'll be getting to know a new pal today - a little French bulldog puppy is coming home. Those in the know think that they'll get on well together - I really hope so.
We were heart broken when our first rabbit died.
Hope the one left is okay
TheLordJohn, thanks for your kind concern.
The little harlequin ('Bobby') has been fascinated by the arrival of the puppy and doesn't seem to have been frightened by him, although they haven't yet met face-to-face. In fact Bobby has tried to escape through the newly-installed screens of his protected 'Bunny World' enclosed balcony in order to meet the little chap.
So, with any luck, this might distract him from the desperately sad loss of his beautiful blonde life partner...she was such a cheeky little minx and is hugely missed.
The little harlequin ('Bobby') has been fascinated by the arrival of the puppy and doesn't seem to have been frightened by him, although they haven't yet met face-to-face. In fact Bobby has tried to escape through the newly-installed screens of his protected 'Bunny World' enclosed balcony in order to meet the little chap.
So, with any luck, this might distract him from the desperately sad loss of his beautiful blonde life partner...she was such a cheeky little minx and is hugely missed.
axgizmo said:
Bazza: How are the boy's doing?
OK ish. Recovered well now but on the second day the bigger dominant one dusty was still a little rough.I went upstairs and heard a strange scream/yelp so ran downstairs thinking issue with removal scars. I opened the door they both ran out and dusty was in the other room hiding. Quick check and both OK but when i went into the living room there was dusty's fur everywhere. How in 2 minutes I don't know. After watching them for a few days seems fetch has seen dusty was vulnerable and decided to become the dominant one. They seem 95% OK with this now but how it pans out who knows. They are still bonded well buy never fought before. Hopefully as hormones drop that will be the last of it to. Fetch since the trip to the vets has learnt to stomp his foot to.
nickwilcock said:
Sometimes after a bunny has been to the vet, the other bunny doesn't recognise the 'vet' scent of their partner and can think that it's an intruder.
They should recognise each other soon enough though.
Quite common in small animals. Our vet gets us to bring both our chinchilla's in when one is being treated. They should recognise each other soon enough though.
Whenever they have been separated even for a short while they will tentatively sniff each others noses before accepting its their friend.
axgizmo said:
I think they were both taken because they both had the snip? The impression I got is that one was being more dominant due to the other recovering slower after the op
Yep that's it. Fetch has calmed down on humping dusty so much and seems no hair pullying now so all good. Best mates again now back to normal causing chaos. 
vinnie01 said:
Has anyone had experience of Dental ops in Dwarf lop rabbits? Percy Roo is about 6 now and we have just found out he has a spur on one of his molars. It will cost £300 to try and correct, has anyone had this and what are his chances?
He'll most likely be fine. Both of ours have had dental work at 5+ (entirely our fault as we weren't aware of the problems) Spurs can be bloody painful and can lead to a host of problems if not sorted. If it is a little one that seems to be be 'new' then our vet suggested watch and wait with drastic diet changes. Massive amounts of hay (keeps the teeth done) and minimal other bits with unlimited twigs and hard chewy stuff. littlegreenfairy said:
vinnie01 said:
Has anyone had experience of Dental ops in Dwarf lop rabbits? Percy Roo is about 6 now and we have just found out he has a spur on one of his molars. It will cost £300 to try and correct, has anyone had this and what are his chances?
He'll most likely be fine. Both of ours have had dental work at 5+ (entirely our fault as we weren't aware of the problems) Spurs can be bloody painful and can lead to a host of problems if not sorted. If it is a little one that seems to be be 'new' then our vet suggested watch and wait with drastic diet changes. Massive amounts of hay (keeps the teeth done) and minimal other bits with unlimited twigs and hard chewy stuff. littlegreenfairy said:
He'll most likely be fine. Both of ours have had dental work at 5+ (entirely our fault as we weren't aware of the problems) Spurs can be bloody painful and can lead to a host of problems if not sorted. If it is a little one that seems to be be 'new' then our vet suggested watch and wait with drastic diet changes. Massive amounts of hay (keeps the teeth done) and minimal other bits with unlimited twigs and hard chewy stuff.
Oh its relatively new, we noticed he had a weepy eye so took him in to see if there was anything stuck in it. the routine dental check he has every 6 months came up with the dental. my main concern was having him KO'd for the opp but he is a big bugger so we're hoping its worth the inevitable riskrichatnort said:
Our two mainly live off hay. They have as much hay as they can eat during the day with veg in the morning before we leave for work and then pellets in the evening. Our vet said that hay is best thing and should only really have that and veg.
Our two only eat specific hay. Very specific. They were spoiled as babies and it really is a rod for our own back. The white one didn't know what rabbit food was when we got her as she had been fed on the muesli and carrots only. Her sweet tooth is a nightmare and she will steal anything bad for her (I witnessed her sniff out a bag of haribo on a coffee table and drag it away). It is a constant battle.Yours sound like they have an ideal diet.
littlegreenfairy said:
richatnort said:
Our two mainly live off hay. They have as much hay as they can eat during the day with veg in the morning before we leave for work and then pellets in the evening. Our vet said that hay is best thing and should only really have that and veg.
Our two only eat specific hay. Very specific. They were spoiled as babies and it really is a rod for our own back. The white one didn't know what rabbit food was when we got her as she had been fed on the muesli and carrots only. Her sweet tooth is a nightmare and she will steal anything bad for her (I witnessed her sniff out a bag of haribo on a coffee table and drag it away). It is a constant battle.Yours sound like they have an ideal diet.
I'm on holiday at the moment so left the boys with my mum and dad. Mums text, they have chewed through the telephone cable after dad left the baby gate open. Destroyed the backdoor mat and and dusty jumped onto the downstairs toilet but the lid was up 
. Its only been a week another 2 and their house will be destroyed. 
. Its only been a week another 2 and their house will be destroyed. littlegreenfairy said:
vinnie01 said:
Has anyone had experience of Dental ops in Dwarf lop rabbits? Percy Roo is about 6 now and we have just found out he has a spur on one of his molars. It will cost £300 to try and correct, has anyone had this and what are his chances?
He'll most likely be fine. Both of ours have had dental work at 5+ (entirely our fault as we weren't aware of the problems) Spurs can be bloody painful and can lead to a host of problems if not sorted. If it is a little one that seems to be be 'new' then our vet suggested watch and wait with drastic diet changes. Massive amounts of hay (keeps the teeth done) and minimal other bits with unlimited twigs and hard chewy stuff. Both my babbits are 8 now and doing well although Soo has recently had a urine infection...too much calcium in her diet apparently.
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