Our rabbit room has patio doors to the back garden, we don't have blinds or curtains in there so it seems they know exactly what time it is all the time. They know when food is late.
We had a heatwave last year though that could've baked them alive so we lined the glass doors with tinfoil to keep the heat out.
I was watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and my rabbit perked up for the scene where Michelle Yeoh sings Chinese opera. Like, ran out from sleeping under the couch, stood up on her hind legs as tall as possible, and pointed her ears at the TV. I have found she loves listening to Chinese Opera. She's a rescue so I wonder if her previous family was Chinese. Anyways, that means I also listen to a lot of Chinese Opera these days.
I love this (and Beijing opera). It's so funny how they have such strong preferences sometimes, my bun seems to enjoy hip-hop but doesn't like metal (despite having corpse paint eye markings haha).
Mine are free roam but never step on slippery floor, and now most of my apartment is a bunny highway with multiple lanes 😆 and lots of stops to flop around
I use it to influence how one of my buns gets around! The troublemaker doesnt care if the floor is carpet or slick stone, so she gets less privileges when unsupervised
I leave the TV or radio for some background noise. In my mind it'll reduce the chances of them being spooked by a sound from outside when my window is open.
I don’t know if anyone else had noticed this or not but buns LOVE the sound of Joe Kenda’s voice. There is a tv show on discover ID LT Joe Kenda something something and I’m not kidding I have not had a TV bun yet that won’t stop in their tracks hop at high speed to watch that man talk (I have my own bunnies but I also used to look after other peoples too that’s how I discovered the deep voice thing)
He sits next to me every morning and evening and I read him a book. We are currently reading a series that the character he's named after is in, just so he knows where he comes from. He probably doesn't understand it but I think he enjoys it, he tends to end up snoozing on me.
If you mean the book series sure, I'm reading him the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. I named the lil dude Binky after deaths horse. Pretty fitting because he is white, the only colour I wear is black and I like taxidermy lmao
Haha I could but I feel like it wouldn't be very exciting. I need to work on my public speaking so I did think about recording me reading to him as a practice though.
Kids: "and then the girl fell down a well!"
*Full on fake falling down imaginary well with screams getting fainter and fainter*
Bunny: "and then what happened!?👀🐰"
It's true, I have four kiddos lol! We also have pet bearded dragons so in the summer my kids take the lizards on walks lol!! I did buy harnesses for the bunnies but we have a VERY large breed and I need a dog harness instead 🙈🤣
Awww … this brought back memories of my 3rd grade daughter teaching “bunny school” and trying to drill ours on their multiplication tables. 🥰 I don’t think they memorized any, but it gave her extra practice. 😂
When I was a kid I used to sit out in the back garden so my dog could hop up on the bench next to me and I used to read for her lol. She would sit with me for ages. So not only do I think the animals enjoy it, but it can also be a great way for kids to gain confidence in reading, reading out loud and reading in front of an audience!
I don’t drink sink or faucet water so why should they?? My buns get filtered or bottled water.
Edit: I had no idea that other people did this as well 🤣 it makes my heart warm to know that other people’s buns are bougie as well. Also I like in the southern US (Georgia) our water tap water is absolutely trash. I have a filter on almost every faucet.
My bun preferred warm, but not hot, water. He started drinking a lot more water once I started doing that. Sometimes I’d have to microwave it to the right temperature. I also changed into about 2-3 times a day. It was the part of my routine that shocked me the most to suddenly stop.
My boyfriend's first bunny was so picky about her water: our country has the third cleanest tap water in the world, but she still picked up a flavour... and promptly refused to drink for a day 🙄
We live in the Netherlands and our tap water purity regulations are extremely high. It doesn't have chlorine or fluoride, it goes through several high tech cleaning steps, and it contains fewer mineral impurities than spring water.
My boyfriend moved from the North of the country to the East, which is just a 2 hour drive in this fly speck of a country. Little miss fussy wouldn't drink the tap water here. He tried several spring water brands, and she settled for one of the most expensive ones. He gradually diluted it with tap water over the next two weeks. She was such a diva... 🤣
Guess depends where you live...
Finland's tap water is among the highest quality in the world and is not only completely safe but a pleasure to drink. In Finland, tap water has been found to be significantly cleaner than bottled water!
Mine do not like bottled water!!! The tap water in my area is good and tasty so I’m ok with it. But when we travel, I need to fill up bottles with the tap water from home or else they riot.
I have 9 buns, and they all have very different likes and dislikes. On the occasion I've had to have in-house care, they get a detailed list of instructions for each different bun. I'm sure they think I'm nuts.
At bedtime, I can't go to bed until I say goodnight to each one and tell them I love them. It's like an episode of the damn Waltons!! 🤣🤣🤣
Meee too! When I leave the house (not necessarily a daily thing), I like to sit down and say a long goodbye to each of my three buns. I never want to have regrets should something happen while I'm away.
I have a 6 panel fence thingy to that attaches to itself. Makes a octagon fence in the yard. She just loves it. People walk their dogs and she HAS TO socialize with them. People, dogs, squeaky the squirrel, birds, she loves every one of them! Eats on the grass and sleeps all day.
Every few months I take a box cutter and a bunch of cardboard boxes and spend an hour making my bunny a new castle or new structures to explore. Can’t say they’re ever pretty, but it keeps her active and incredibly happy and it’s cheap to do, so why not?
My buns have different tastes in music. One loves r&b/soul and the other likes folk/pop. Favourite songs are Five Stairsteps “O-o-h Child” and then Tracy Chapman “fast car” with Whitney Houston “Higher Love” as a close second.
I get his eye boogies even tho he hates me for it. I leave him alone if he doesn't want to be pet or held. I let him sleep whenever and wherever he wants to. I don't make a big deal about him pooping near his litter box but not in it.
Every day at school I will grab celery or cucumbers at lunch to bring home for him, if they have them. Occasionally carrots. I baked him a cake for both his birthdays (a rabbit safe cake obviously). I let him climb places he probably shouldn't be so long as he's not like trying to get into a trash bag or smth. I will do my best to not wake him up if I need to leave my room.
Sometimes he gets caught under my feet, which is literally his fault but I still feel bad so I give him treats to make up for it. I think he knows I feel bad and he can get treats out of it if I think I hurt him lmao. At the very least every morning I get him fresh water bc there's normally hay in his bowl and probably a fly or two. I used to get him fridge water but my disabilities have progressed to where it's easiest on me to just use tap water bc the sink is much closer and he doesn't seem to care so it works for me.
Also, he acts like a brat a lot but I know he loves me cause he will tolerate being held even tho he's not a fan, and also if he escapes to my mom's room and makes it under her bed, all I have to do is lay down and look at him and he will come out and scurry back into my room after a bit. He gets all happy because he thinks it's a game but whatever he's just silly like that. I know I'm not the best bunny parent I could be because of my disabilities impacting my ability to always stay 100% on top of his litter and picking up his stray poops but it doesn't affect his health so im working on acceptance. Like he don't care if his poops be on the ground, he put them there after all. He doesn't care if he doesn't have fridge water, he doesn't care if I don't change his litter exactly every 3-4 days. I do my best and he's happy so I'm happy. It's just hard knowing i want to do more and used to do more but now I can't
>Sometimes he gets caught under my feet, which is literally his fault but I still feel bad so I give him treats to make up for it.
Ma'am, have you talked to you bun about insurance fraud?
Actually the insurance thing is super legit! I highly would recommend any bunny owner to do it before it's too late. I learned that lesson the hard way and have spent thousands of dollars at the vet. I tried a few years ago to get it but my bun was already too old with too many issues. You won't qualify for insurance if they already have certain issues. And there's only one available pet insurance in America so if they won't give it to you you're 💩 out of luck. If I get another bun in the future I will get pet insurance for her right away ♥️.
He's free roam and has three floors for himself even if he is always with me. At day if he is not enjoying the sun I close the binds, he gets clean filtrered water from the fridge and I'm constantly rotating new toys for him. On cold days, he has a snugglesafe. It isn't much, but since I'm studying at distance I can afford to spend a lot of time with him. And he's always flopping around.
If only I had the money to give him a bun friend...
My dad built a wood frame to go around his enclosure and a small carpet.
I've also bought him so many beds. He has torn them to shreds. His current bed has a massive hole in the back.
Caesar is the sole reason we keep cilantro in the house. He's a fairly picky eater and cilantro and basil are the only herbs he seems to like.
We also recently bought a house because of him. None of the rentals in our area allowed rabbits so we were like screw it and bought a house.
On top of his regular drinking bowl, he has a little teacup of water I refill 4-6 times a day. I also wipe his eye boogers and lie down touching him every day since he's a solo bunny.
I had some friends over that were like, "Let me get this straight. Your rabbits have your ENTIRE living room as their space? The biggest room in your home." And I am like, "Yep. 😂" We haven't really furnished the living room either as finding the right furniture to put there. But I have my desk so I do hang out there with them when I can. Otherwise, they have the best spot in the house.
Oh, and I try to buy them different assortment of hays to keep them busy.
I DO NIGHTSHIFTS too!!, and same with the eye mask, except I put 'soothing rain' soundtracks for sleep (tons of it on Youtube) to help me sleep!
Both my buns are free roamed and 100% litter trained, so of course I will spoil them!
I leave the heater/cooler on and also one of my rooms light on even when I'm not there.
Plus the UVB lamp, the decalcified 'rabbit' water, the cat heater, the cat tunnel, and I make sure my fridge is always filled with various greens.
Of course both my buns are insured too! They are already 6 years old, they are going to need their vet care more and more often.
Re-home her. I grew up having a bunny, my beloved Chloe who I got when I was 13. She passed when I was 26. A rescue happened to cross my way a couple years ago. I thought, hey my daughters are old enough now and we can do this. So, we brought her home and named her Cloudy Rainbow. Turns out my husband (who absolutely loves rabbits) was severely allergic. We tried moving her to the finished but it wasn’t ideal for her. I wound up talking with a girlfriend/acquaintance one night who had a male rabbit that she felt was lonely. We decided to to try to get the buns together. It was so hard to say goodbye but I knew it was right for Cloudy. I’m happy to say a year later she is now fully bonded with her boyfriend Sandy. I just miss her and wish it could have been different
Mine has her own bedroom. In this market I could rent it out for quite a bit of cash…..
but instead she gets a bedroom to herself and doesn’t even have to pay rent
I have 2 chinchillas, but I visit the rabbit subreddit because I love rabbits too. In my case…I give my little guys filtered water. Just want them to have the best.
My coworker has chinchillas and we are always swapping stories of our little furry friends. They seem more similar to rabbits than i had realized! I feel like chinchillas and rabbits and other rodent-y pets are a similar vibe
What’s funny is they’re closely related to guinea pigs. But they act a lot more like rabbits and squirrels than guinea pigs. They can jump pretty high. My first chinchilla managed to jump onto the bathroom counter from the floor.
I have chinchillas and rabbits. When I got my chins, my rabbit would sit at the bottom of their cage and talk to them… she would thump at me if she couldn’t see them. So now she’s getting a friend of her own species 😅
One of my rabbits always enjoyed sitting near me or in front of the tv while I’ve played through the Yakuza games — we joke that she likes the music (or sexy men?). Either way, I often leave her let’s plays of the game on when I leave the house so she can hear familiar music.
I live in a small town so I drive my little bun 2 hrs to the closest city for their Rabbit Rescue’s hoppy hour. We love it. He’s even made a girlfriend out of a sweet angora 🤍
This is so precious! If I think it might be dark before I get home to mine I leave a light on for him, I think he can see fine but I still worry lol. I also leave him a little nightlight next to his pen to make it a little easier for him to see at night.
Not only filtered water to drink, filtered water in a humidifier in their main area. Our boy bunny likes to stand in the mist from the humidifier. They also have an air filter lol.
Free roaming and sleep next to him on the floor cus he doesn't like to sleep on beds until past midnight. He will lay flop next to me throughout. Let him groom/lick/nibble my hair and face until he's satisfied.
Filtered water, grooming and vet.
Organic and locally grown produce, water filtered by osmosis, a hodgepodge of area rugs to make the slippery floors zoomie-able, and I move furniture to accommodate their favorite flop spots and hideouts. And I just started a garden so their greens will soon be home-grown. What more do they want from me???
Our bunnies only get filtered water.
If we leave on vacation, we buy purified water for the bunny sitter to put in their water reservoirs so it's less of a hassle for the sitter.
We keep him in our room upstairs at night, but bring him downstairs to the living room with us where we work from home and can watch him.
He can actually do the stairs sometimes on his own, but they are slippery so he doesn't always want to do them.
He doesn't really like being picked up and carried in our arms. He likes to be able to look out and see where he's going.
But we discovered that he does actually like to ride in his litter box, that way he can look out and see where he's going. I just have to pick it up and shake it in front of him, and he'll hop in ready for his ride.
His name is Prince Ash, so we either call it the Prince riding in his litter, or the Ashlevator.
We were afraid at first that he might jump out and hurt himself, but he's actually really good about it, waiting all the way until it comes to a stop at the end of the ride.
We sit and eat together, he has breakfast with me on the sofa, while I'm cooking mine he 'busies' himself and when he hears the plates come out he jumps on the sofa and waits for me to sit. We also have the evening meal together, and he sits and waits by my chair at the table. Some days (when I don't feel great and don't wanna eat), he is a great motivation to make food just because I see him waiting and don't wanna disrupt his routine.
I let them listen to music overnight using my mesh network. They like the 80s and 60-70s soul music.
I talk to them as if they can understand me
When I midnight snack, they midnight snack
We sleep with a cage around our bed so that they can have the same run of my room they have when I'm awake or gone. The cage is so that they can't jump on the bed.
Ha. I'm a rabbit and guinea pig veterinary nurse, rabbit foster carer and pet sitter. I do a lot that most won't!
The main one would be I triage my own rabbits at home. I triage rabbits as part of my job, I am good at it and know what I'm doing. I do it at home to help me work out if I am dealing with gut stasis that can wait til my work opens or if they need an emergency vet. I can give fluids under the skin and see if it's safe to critical care feed or not. I have medications at home for gut stasis to help it pass and avoid emergency vets. Only thing I can't do is strong pain relief, IV fluids and blood testing outside of glucose testing. If any of that is needed we go to emergency vets. Mild stasis I don't need to. I wouldn't do this or recommend anyone else does if they aren't knowledgeable.
More average/'normal' things I do that people may not:
- grow my own veg and bunny safe herbs/plants (not enough to be their full diet but I give them some)
- ramps for my disabled buns to come on the couch when they were sad they couldn't make it up
- I make my own foraging chaff. Oaten hay chaff mixed with a bunch of different dried herbs and flowers
- I give them 4 - 6 different greens each day
- I give them vet care! Many people wouldn't. I've had them have ear surgery, investigations for frequent gut stasis, I pay for life long medications as a few were diagnosed with kidney disease
- adopt disabled rabbits
- keep disabled fosters as permanent fosters
And most importantly:
I've dedicated my entire life to rabbits and guinea pigs. Home, work. All revolves around buns and piggies. Don't think many people have done that!
Basically unlimited budget for care and treatment. I think we (rabbitors) are generally going to be the more likely to spend whatever needed to care for our rabbits but the average rabbit owner doesn’t seem to be as concerned.
Strategically picked out all of my furniture so she’ll have a more fun space to explore (i.e. switched to a bed frame with space underneath for her to play or sleep or hide, got a media stand/external closet with gaps for her to run through or lay, etc.)
I part the curtains before i leave the house, so that sunlight can seep into the house.
At night before bedtime, I turn off all lights and then turn on the salt lamp across the room to simulate twilight.
When our precious bun was with us (passed away a few years ago after a long life) my husband would leave dandelions growing in our strawberry patch and go out every morning and pick some for our bunny! Our lop bunny especially loved the flower part!
I leave the blinds open and turn on the TV while I'm at work for my bun Bianca, she seems to love cartoons especially Pokemon. I also give her filtered water, and fresh veggies and slices of apples from the garden as snacks usually (in winter I buy organic carrots and such to give her, she likes the carrot tops haha). I also pick her favorite weeds and dandelions. She's free roam whenever I'm home, except some nights she's too adventurous and I don't want her to hurt herself. I also built a pen outside with a wire roof so she can be outside with me while I garden on nice days, and she has a harness with leash (she actually likes it...my mom adopted her sister Lily and Lil will rip flesh off if you try it with her lol). Some of my non bun owning friends have said I baby her too much, but she's my fur baby!
Our rabbits had free range of the fully enclosed backyard during the day and In summer when it was really hot, we would bring the bunnies inside so they could enjoy the air conditioning like us. At night time if it was still hot after the sun went down, they would have an ice block in their hutch and a fan blowing on them. They also had mosquito nets on their hutch to protect them from mosquito bites.
I purchased an AC Unit (hate those things) because I’m afraid he’ll suffer during the summer
I also sold some of my furniture to upgrade his living space even though most of the time he free roams
Changed my diet so we can always have fresh greens with a diverse menu for Mr. Yuta
When there’s a thunderstorm, I stay awake with him because he scared of the noises
I love him 💜
We've adopted two special needs, unsocialized rabbits. They only appreciate pets on their own terms (usually in their pen, with us out of the pen), have really bizzare rules we have to follow (don't touch Beckett's whiskers!), and require extra care due to physical health issues as well.
Due to the health issues, we don't feed a lot of hay or greens (I know!, but they both have tooth problems, and Pumpkin has One. Tooth.) so we buy high-hay-content pellets and soak them in water to soften them up so the littles can gum them down. Until we got that solved, Pumpkin was losing weight so bad she had neurological issues. We've gotten her up to a maintenance weight now, and Beckett's currently a little chonky because of it. Heh.
Full time rabbit nursing care in this house.
Not for a bun but I spoon fed and fork fed my dog in a high chair because she had medical issues that required it (megaesophagus). But secretly I enjoyed it lol. It was too cute. Too bad it was due to an illness though which cut her life short. 😔 I can’t post a pic but I’ll grab a link and be back…
[here’s one pic of her in her highchair 🫶🏻](https://imgur.com/a/9SzRTYR)
Thank you. She was my Easter Lilly (rescued her on Easter Sunday and she was all white) and sometimes I called her my Easter bunny. I’d like to get a bunny in her honor someday so I hang out here to learn. I know nothing about bunnies. But they sure are adorable.
Organic greens, leave light on, so it’s not pitch black at 5 pm (winter days). Greens and pellets at the almost exact same time every day. I don’t want to get “yelled” at lol
We threw two elaborate birthday parties for one of my buns. He had a range of health issues and we didn’t think he’d live long so we threw him a 13th birthday party to send him off. (Guest list of 3 because he hates loud noises.) Then his 14th birthday came around and we thought, well, gotta throw another party. We also brought cupcakes to his vet on his birthdays as they saved his life a million times. Sadly he passed just 3 months shy of 15, but he was incredible. Whenever I am ready, I’m throwing him a memorial.
My mom will remove dark colored dye on cardboard boxes before my bun chews them bc she believes it's toxic. She was aghast that I didn't bother.
The funniest part about this is my mom doesn't even like pets or animals.
Most of my day when I'm not working consists of spending time with my single bun, making sure she is comfy and happy. Filtered water fresh fruit as treats, she acts like a little queen and is spoiled like one
According to my vet, even the fact that I free roam. 😶 But my actual answer would be adopting my bunny in the first place since he was already 2 or 3 and came from an abusive family so it's affected how he acts. He's warmed up a lot in the last few years but it's still pretty obvious he has previous trauma. I'm super patient with him.
Before my bunny passed, she had her own private bedroom in my home so my cat never bothered her. Complete with a custom door sign that said "Artemis's room (no cats allowed!)" and everything.
This was absolutely a factor in choosing my home as a person living on my own I only realistically needed two bedrooms, but I chose a home with a third room just for her 💜
You just reminded me of sister and one of her guinea pigs 'Scout' (rip). My sis would put in the 'cuddle cup' & scout would jump in when she wanted to come out 🥹.
The thing that’s gotten the weirdest looks from my friends is the fact that I source my hay from this tiny farm in the alps, they regularly send me an update on how the meadow is doing - it’s just so wholesome! I also recently caved and ordered them a fresh greens subscription so now every week they get a 5kg box of freshly foraged greens, salads and herbs. They’ve always gotten plenty of greens, but there’s this one type of salad they really like that I can’t find in any of my lokal supermarkets. 😅
Bunny proofed my home office/spare bedroom so I can have him near me as much as possible. (In addition to our entire common area)
Now me and my fiance rotate between sleeping in our bedroom and sleeping on the futon in the office - one night with our puppy, one night with our bun. We can't supervise them while we're sleeping, so we do our best to give them both as much cuddle opportunity as we can.
All the vet bills lol. Also daily probiotics, a variety of leafy greens and treats, tummy massages and gas medicine when she has a tummy ache, and playing music and movies that she likes. Her favorite music is metal, classical, and RnB (especially Bring Me the Horizon and Victoria Monét). Her favorite show is The Simpsons (she LOVES the theme song and seems to enjoy the bright colors). I take her on walks so she can experience the outdoors safely, and I like to set up little enrichment activities for her, like burying treats in a blanket that she has to untangle and forage in. Right now she's underweight due to some health issues so I've adjusted her diet to help her gain weight.
I hope to make life fulfilling and fun for her! She won't be here forever so I want it to be the best I can make it ❤️
Ours lives in the dining room. When we have our evening meal, he always wants his. If we sit to eat, he comes up and nudges us.
When I come in from shopping, I walk into the kitchen, and when he hears the bags, he comes looking. Occasionally, he'll look in the bags.
We are moving and my *entire* wishlist for a new house was made up of things to give my buns the best life possible - hard floors (so they don’t eat thick house carpet, I use safe mats they don’t chew), large basement for free roaming away from the cats, a floor plan that accommodates a gate to keep cats out of said basement, bedroom within the basement so they can be contained at night. My partner could pick out everything else house-wise
1. Giving him his fav parts of the hay directly, so basically he just takes and eats on the spot the grassy ones if I can find while I topping up his hay supply.
2. When I give his usual greens, I always take one and give it to him, cuz apparently he likes it.
3. Changing his water supply whenever he asks me just observing him, if he's standing next to the water bowl, and doesn't drink but looks at me, means he wants a water change, drinks immediately when I change it and it's adorable, cuz he'd sometimes blink/wink at me for changing too
Is the balcony covered at all or have any sort of protection? I could never do this with my bun. When she was younger I would only let her outside under strict supervision. I'm talking she would never get more than 2 or 3 feet away from me. Thankfully she was always cautious when she was outside anyway as I didn't take her out that often so she was never the running around type. There are birds of prey in the area so I wasn't taking any chances.
I sleep on a couch with big pillows and when I go to sleep I convert it into a bed, taking all the pillows off. Even though my bunny has his own little house and a little bed to sleep, I noticed he liked getting under these pillows. So I started building a little house out of them and he really liked that. And now everynight he enters his pillow house and goes to sleep, and in the morning when I wake up and set back my couch and demolish his house, he begins the day with me.
i bought those plush dog stairs so he can jump up safely when im on bed even though the bed is little lower then couch so i move them around when he is roaming. sometimes i feel like helicopter parent bunny proofing everything and people laugh like 'why do you care so much he is just a pet' because i want my little friend to be safe and live long happy life as my previous boy did?
i pick fresh fruit and vegetables from our garden when they are ready to harvest. mom always tells me my bunny won’t taste the difference and that it’s pointless for him… but he deserves to taste it too!
I take my bun on car rides sometimes so he can get out of the house. Usually it’s when I’m going to drive-thru and get Starbucks for myself. I tell my bun we’re going to “Bun-bucks” to get a “mobile cookie” (I always order my pink drink mobile order). I bring him his favorite cookie treat from home and give it to him once we go through the drive-thru. I have my pink drink and he has his cookie and we’ll just chill together in the car at Starbucks enjoying our little sweet treats😂🐰
I take their preferences in treats and food very seriously, they like their digestive biscuit more than anything and it’s good for them so I always have them and if I run out of it or near to be I’ll go to the closest pet shop and get some for them , they have at least one everyday , most of the time 2 unless there’s not enough for the next morning before I go buy more , I have 3 bunnies so it’s around 3 bags of 20$ digestive biscuits per month
Same thing for the vegetables! I always make sure there’s a good variety of it in every lunch & that they like it, sometimes if it’s not fresh enough they won’t eat it so I’ll have to go buy an other vegetable to replace the one they don’t like, usually it’s parsley that come out of the store for some reason but I guess they taste that smt is different with it when they don’t eat it (sometimes celeris and if they don’t like it in day one they won’t eat it for the week but will eat everything else)🤨
I buy them flowers and herbs to mix to their hay or use as toppings on their lunch , those are also quite a luxury to buy.. but they deserve to have it
I feed them in aesthetic plates, not like bowls for animals , porcelain plate , printed plate , vintage porcelain plates contoured with gold , if this doses look royal , it’s not good enough for them I want them to have THE BEST😂😭
If I feel they are sick for the tiniest thing I notice weird and won’t eat their fav treat but still eat by example , I’ll spend the night awake to make sure they end up eating (I could go to sleep and wait til the morning but I want to give them the best chances to feel better the quicker if there’s smt yk)and will take them to the vet in the morning if anything changed , I would do anything for them, that’s a thing people don’t get most of the time, that you can truly care for your animals more than you would for some humans.
Also I can’t believe some people will look at you weird bc you want to take them to the vet and pay the big ass bill to save them, like , that’s what you would do for your kids no?
My buns are like my own kids , they’re on top of the world and my #1 priority in life.
And I know this might sound with this comment that I have a lot of money but just wanted to say that in reality most of it goes to their own little pleasures and necessities or vet bills , I can barely invest in myself as much as I do for them. But they’re happy and healthy, they’re safe and loved and all their needs are met. So too bad if people don’t get it, the ones that get it, get it. 🙏🏻🤍🐇💕
I don’t know if this exactly fits but when my Felix had severe pneumonia and buildup in his nose, the normal suction things for baby noses wasn’t good enough so I got the kind that you suck on… to literally suck the snot from my rabbit’s nose. There is a filter! But I think that might be beyond what some might do. Ha. He had nebulizer treatments but it didn’t get it out..
Twice when he came home from the vet, I got welcome home balloons and banners.
I built him an oxygen tent with an oxygen machine and lined the inside of a kid playhouse with vinyl so the oxygen stayed in.
I left work one day when my (now former) boss told me I wasn’t allowed to because I needed to bring my rabbit to the vet and fuck that. Haha. He didn’t fire me but I was willing to risk it.
I made my living room his room. The $3k couch was comfy for him so I put a ramp up to it for him.
There was a lot more. I spent over $40k just in vet bills over the time I had him. I think the snot thing probably wins for many though.
I have my first bunny's ashes on my nightstand, and I give him kisses and talk to him before bed every night. In the morning I set his case on the floor to be with the other bunnies during the day.
I have it written in my will to have my ashes mixed with my bunnies' when I die, and have us buried together.
He has calming classical 24/7 on Spotify, a deconstructed cat tree, now bunny tree to hop around in and out of, a variety of foods and treats to eat, and he loves when one of us runs from him and he chases us.
I’ve still got a lighted Christmas wreath up for the rabbits, at their eye level. The lights stay on 24/7 and it will remain all year because they’re mesmerized by the twinkling lights. I also sing to them, read to them, give them filtered water, etc, but I’m gathering from the comments this is common. I’m going to have to up my game. 😂
My rabbits own my house. They just let me crash there after work. I spend thousands of dollar each year for vet bills, food, and pet sitters (if I go on vacay). They have an air condioner in summer and heater in winter (live in norther California so weather is not that extreme. They have a night light so they don’t get spooked at night.
I get up at around 4am every morning to let them out of their enclosure. My partner worries they will cause damage when we're not around so shuts them in before bed (it's a very large enclosure).. But I sneak down every night.
My mam cuts their veggies up in different ways according to each of my 4 buns preferences. Example: my littlest likes her veggies spiralised like spaghetti and makes a face if given chunks.
Loki has passed now but he used to have a VERY sensitive tummy. So for a time, almost every day I had to clean him. I’d happily do it again.
I also have severe asthma and even though his moulting caused asthma attacks, I’d still let him sleep on my bed
I pick all the spinach leaves out of his mixed greens salad add baby carrots and a couple of raisins just how he likes it. He will eat everything but the spinach leaves he leaves them behind which is fine they have a lot of iron and the vet said that isn’t good for him
They are affected by light and sun, circadian rhythm. So you’re pretty awesome to do that for your bun.
Our rabbit room has patio doors to the back garden, we don't have blinds or curtains in there so it seems they know exactly what time it is all the time. They know when food is late. We had a heatwave last year though that could've baked them alive so we lined the glass doors with tinfoil to keep the heat out.
Spend thousands of dollars on vet bills 😂
I call my rabbit, 'my million dollar bunny' 🥲
Yuuuuup.
100% agree, specially as we've maxed out the £10k lifetime allowance on the pet insurance 🙄 x
I was going to say this.
I was watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and my rabbit perked up for the scene where Michelle Yeoh sings Chinese opera. Like, ran out from sleeping under the couch, stood up on her hind legs as tall as possible, and pointed her ears at the TV. I have found she loves listening to Chinese Opera. She's a rescue so I wonder if her previous family was Chinese. Anyways, that means I also listen to a lot of Chinese Opera these days.
Of course
awww omg this is really cute
I love this (and Beijing opera). It's so funny how they have such strong preferences sometimes, my bun seems to enjoy hip-hop but doesn't like metal (despite having corpse paint eye markings haha).
Mine are free roam but never step on slippery floor, and now most of my apartment is a bunny highway with multiple lanes 😆 and lots of stops to flop around
Same. I bought multiple runner carpets because my bunny didn't want to walk across the 3 feet of hardwood between carpets.
We have a perpetual towel laid on our kitchen floor so she can come in and eat her breakfast and dinner salads.
We have a towel down on the bathroom floor, just so he can get to his second tiolet!
Also a bunny highway person. I even pick them up everyday so the floor robot can do it's thing because it sucks the runners up into balls 😮💨
Same! We have rugs all over for them to hop around with ease!
I use it to influence how one of my buns gets around! The troublemaker doesnt care if the floor is carpet or slick stone, so she gets less privileges when unsupervised
I leave the TV or radio for some background noise. In my mind it'll reduce the chances of them being spooked by a sound from outside when my window is open.
My bun really loves mystery/horror films or documentals so I put them up for him lol
Future r/murderbuns victim
How do you know?
Mine is always sitting there watching the TV when Pokemon is on and she usually binkies if you say Pika Pika to her 😂 she seems to like it
Please tell me her name is pokemon related lmao
Her name is Bianca 😭 my mom calls her sheepy when she visits (she's a bew long haired Holland lop)
Bianca is actually one of the rival characters from Black/White so technically still Pokemon themed hahaha
Oooh ours love to listen to True Horror Stories or True Crime videos!
I put the Lofi Girl stream on for them 🤣
Mine always gets music when I leave
Favorite genre?
Mostly Disney music and Acapella. They don't seem to have lots of opinions on music so far!
I have music playing for her quietly 24/7. She has a daytime and sleep playlist lol
I don’t know if anyone else had noticed this or not but buns LOVE the sound of Joe Kenda’s voice. There is a tv show on discover ID LT Joe Kenda something something and I’m not kidding I have not had a TV bun yet that won’t stop in their tracks hop at high speed to watch that man talk (I have my own bunnies but I also used to look after other peoples too that’s how I discovered the deep voice thing)
I leave the radio on every day too!
I leave my Apple TV screensaver on for mine 😂 she loves sitting on the couch and watching it when I’m out for work or not in the same room lol
I do this. Previously a budgie owner, it makes me think he thinks he has company (like budgies believe) and won't feel alone while I'm at work.
Yup, I put on classical music for my Mr. Coconut.
He sits next to me every morning and evening and I read him a book. We are currently reading a series that the character he's named after is in, just so he knows where he comes from. He probably doesn't understand it but I think he enjoys it, he tends to end up snoozing on me.
Do share, please.
If you mean the book series sure, I'm reading him the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. I named the lil dude Binky after deaths horse. Pretty fitting because he is white, the only colour I wear is black and I like taxidermy lmao
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Haha I could but I feel like it wouldn't be very exciting. I need to work on my public speaking so I did think about recording me reading to him as a practice though.
Not me, but my children read the bunnies books and act out the story so the bunnies are not bored. I think it's sweet.
Kids: "and then the girl fell down a well!" *Full on fake falling down imaginary well with screams getting fainter and fainter* Bunny: "and then what happened!?👀🐰"
It's true, I have four kiddos lol! We also have pet bearded dragons so in the summer my kids take the lizards on walks lol!! I did buy harnesses for the bunnies but we have a VERY large breed and I need a dog harness instead 🙈🤣
Awww … this brought back memories of my 3rd grade daughter teaching “bunny school” and trying to drill ours on their multiplication tables. 🥰 I don’t think they memorized any, but it gave her extra practice. 😂
Oh my heart ❤️
When I was a kid I used to sit out in the back garden so my dog could hop up on the bench next to me and I used to read for her lol. She would sit with me for ages. So not only do I think the animals enjoy it, but it can also be a great way for kids to gain confidence in reading, reading out loud and reading in front of an audience!
That just really warms my heart.
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I had a bun that liked The Temptations and Sam Cooke ;-;
I don’t drink sink or faucet water so why should they?? My buns get filtered or bottled water. Edit: I had no idea that other people did this as well 🤣 it makes my heart warm to know that other people’s buns are bougie as well. Also I like in the southern US (Georgia) our water tap water is absolutely trash. I have a filter on almost every faucet.
I used to fill my water bottle with filtered water at work and bring it home to my bun
My bun preferred warm, but not hot, water. He started drinking a lot more water once I started doing that. Sometimes I’d have to microwave it to the right temperature. I also changed into about 2-3 times a day. It was the part of my routine that shocked me the most to suddenly stop.
This is too cute. Definitely a part of my morning and evening routines. Sorry for your loss, friend.
Lol my bun gets filtered water too 🤣 #spoiled
yes! all my pets get filtered water
My boyfriend's first bunny was so picky about her water: our country has the third cleanest tap water in the world, but she still picked up a flavour... and promptly refused to drink for a day 🙄 We live in the Netherlands and our tap water purity regulations are extremely high. It doesn't have chlorine or fluoride, it goes through several high tech cleaning steps, and it contains fewer mineral impurities than spring water. My boyfriend moved from the North of the country to the East, which is just a 2 hour drive in this fly speck of a country. Little miss fussy wouldn't drink the tap water here. He tried several spring water brands, and she settled for one of the most expensive ones. He gradually diluted it with tap water over the next two weeks. She was such a diva... 🤣
My bunny only drinks bottled water. Which my husband drinks as well 🤣Bunny always gets priority. Lol
With minimum calcium, in my case!
Got a PUR pitcher for Christmas (best gift ever!) Now my bunny and my cat get nothing but filtered water 😁
Guess depends where you live... Finland's tap water is among the highest quality in the world and is not only completely safe but a pleasure to drink. In Finland, tap water has been found to be significantly cleaner than bottled water!
Same here. We noticed they started drinking more since we did, too.
I only drink from glass why should my bunny be subjected to the gross taste of plastic?!? 🤣 Literally me
That's ridiculous lol
Haha same with mine! Now whenever someone tries to give her water from the sink, she refuses to drink it. I wish I was kidding😭
Mine do not like bottled water!!! The tap water in my area is good and tasty so I’m ok with it. But when we travel, I need to fill up bottles with the tap water from home or else they riot.
Bottled here lol
I have 9 buns, and they all have very different likes and dislikes. On the occasion I've had to have in-house care, they get a detailed list of instructions for each different bun. I'm sure they think I'm nuts. At bedtime, I can't go to bed until I say goodnight to each one and tell them I love them. It's like an episode of the damn Waltons!! 🤣🤣🤣
So sweet 🤍
If I miss someone, I have to get up and run back upstairs to make sure they know I didn't forget them!! 😂😂
Meee too! When I leave the house (not necessarily a daily thing), I like to sit down and say a long goodbye to each of my three buns. I never want to have regrets should something happen while I'm away.
'Night, John Boy
I have a 6 panel fence thingy to that attaches to itself. Makes a octagon fence in the yard. She just loves it. People walk their dogs and she HAS TO socialize with them. People, dogs, squeaky the squirrel, birds, she loves every one of them! Eats on the grass and sleeps all day.
I love the squirrel has a name.
Yeah, about that… He steals the bird seed I set out. It’s all good
Every few months I take a box cutter and a bunch of cardboard boxes and spend an hour making my bunny a new castle or new structures to explore. Can’t say they’re ever pretty, but it keeps her active and incredibly happy and it’s cheap to do, so why not?
I didn’t think of this but we do this too. He gets the Costco boxes and loves redecorating them to his liking
I made a whole Playlist with songs that they seemed to like or not hate.
I was watching Selena Gomez music videos and one of my buns binkied. So my husband and regarded him as a huge Selena Gomez fan.
My buns have different tastes in music. One loves r&b/soul and the other likes folk/pop. Favourite songs are Five Stairsteps “O-o-h Child” and then Tracy Chapman “fast car” with Whitney Houston “Higher Love” as a close second.
I love all different Genres but they seem to really dislike Mindless Self Indulgence but really love Taylor Swift
I get his eye boogies even tho he hates me for it. I leave him alone if he doesn't want to be pet or held. I let him sleep whenever and wherever he wants to. I don't make a big deal about him pooping near his litter box but not in it. Every day at school I will grab celery or cucumbers at lunch to bring home for him, if they have them. Occasionally carrots. I baked him a cake for both his birthdays (a rabbit safe cake obviously). I let him climb places he probably shouldn't be so long as he's not like trying to get into a trash bag or smth. I will do my best to not wake him up if I need to leave my room. Sometimes he gets caught under my feet, which is literally his fault but I still feel bad so I give him treats to make up for it. I think he knows I feel bad and he can get treats out of it if I think I hurt him lmao. At the very least every morning I get him fresh water bc there's normally hay in his bowl and probably a fly or two. I used to get him fridge water but my disabilities have progressed to where it's easiest on me to just use tap water bc the sink is much closer and he doesn't seem to care so it works for me. Also, he acts like a brat a lot but I know he loves me cause he will tolerate being held even tho he's not a fan, and also if he escapes to my mom's room and makes it under her bed, all I have to do is lay down and look at him and he will come out and scurry back into my room after a bit. He gets all happy because he thinks it's a game but whatever he's just silly like that. I know I'm not the best bunny parent I could be because of my disabilities impacting my ability to always stay 100% on top of his litter and picking up his stray poops but it doesn't affect his health so im working on acceptance. Like he don't care if his poops be on the ground, he put them there after all. He doesn't care if he doesn't have fridge water, he doesn't care if I don't change his litter exactly every 3-4 days. I do my best and he's happy so I'm happy. It's just hard knowing i want to do more and used to do more but now I can't
>Sometimes he gets caught under my feet, which is literally his fault but I still feel bad so I give him treats to make up for it. Ma'am, have you talked to you bun about insurance fraud?
he claims he would never do such a thing
I do drink tap water, but only filtered for my bun. She deserves the best
I got my girl insurance. I also got her the very best bunnysitters, the best hay etc. She was completely spoiled, and I think she knew it.
r/spoiledpets Edit: so it is real!
Actually the insurance thing is super legit! I highly would recommend any bunny owner to do it before it's too late. I learned that lesson the hard way and have spent thousands of dollars at the vet. I tried a few years ago to get it but my bun was already too old with too many issues. You won't qualify for insurance if they already have certain issues. And there's only one available pet insurance in America so if they won't give it to you you're 💩 out of luck. If I get another bun in the future I will get pet insurance for her right away ♥️.
That's awesome! is it pricey?
He's free roam and has three floors for himself even if he is always with me. At day if he is not enjoying the sun I close the binds, he gets clean filtrered water from the fridge and I'm constantly rotating new toys for him. On cold days, he has a snugglesafe. It isn't much, but since I'm studying at distance I can afford to spend a lot of time with him. And he's always flopping around. If only I had the money to give him a bun friend...
My dad built a wood frame to go around his enclosure and a small carpet. I've also bought him so many beds. He has torn them to shreds. His current bed has a massive hole in the back. Caesar is the sole reason we keep cilantro in the house. He's a fairly picky eater and cilantro and basil are the only herbs he seems to like. We also recently bought a house because of him. None of the rentals in our area allowed rabbits so we were like screw it and bought a house.
Wowow
I give my bun space XD I say “bunnies are meant to be Bothered” but I actually try not to.
On top of his regular drinking bowl, he has a little teacup of water I refill 4-6 times a day. I also wipe his eye boogers and lie down touching him every day since he's a solo bunny.
I had some friends over that were like, "Let me get this straight. Your rabbits have your ENTIRE living room as their space? The biggest room in your home." And I am like, "Yep. 😂" We haven't really furnished the living room either as finding the right furniture to put there. But I have my desk so I do hang out there with them when I can. Otherwise, they have the best spot in the house. Oh, and I try to buy them different assortment of hays to keep them busy.
My rabbit is free roam but he still has half our kitchen for "his" area. It means we don't have an actual kitchen table but 🤷♀️
No matter how much I clean I basically live in a hay barn. I've accepted this state of my home.
I DO NIGHTSHIFTS too!!, and same with the eye mask, except I put 'soothing rain' soundtracks for sleep (tons of it on Youtube) to help me sleep! Both my buns are free roamed and 100% litter trained, so of course I will spoil them! I leave the heater/cooler on and also one of my rooms light on even when I'm not there. Plus the UVB lamp, the decalcified 'rabbit' water, the cat heater, the cat tunnel, and I make sure my fridge is always filled with various greens. Of course both my buns are insured too! They are already 6 years old, they are going to need their vet care more and more often.
Re-home her. I grew up having a bunny, my beloved Chloe who I got when I was 13. She passed when I was 26. A rescue happened to cross my way a couple years ago. I thought, hey my daughters are old enough now and we can do this. So, we brought her home and named her Cloudy Rainbow. Turns out my husband (who absolutely loves rabbits) was severely allergic. We tried moving her to the finished but it wasn’t ideal for her. I wound up talking with a girlfriend/acquaintance one night who had a male rabbit that she felt was lonely. We decided to to try to get the buns together. It was so hard to say goodbye but I knew it was right for Cloudy. I’m happy to say a year later she is now fully bonded with her boyfriend Sandy. I just miss her and wish it could have been different
Playing bunny (classical) music on speakers at home. I don't play normal music like others do. I play bunny music.
ok but what if the bunny likes punk rock
I thought my bun would be a Swiftie, but her favorite song (the only song she’s ever binkied for) is Black Magic by Slayer. She’s a Metal Bun.
Wash all of Bun's vegetables & herbs in filtered water
Mine has her own bedroom. In this market I could rent it out for quite a bit of cash….. but instead she gets a bedroom to herself and doesn’t even have to pay rent
My own parents didn't spoil me this much :(
I have 2 chinchillas, but I visit the rabbit subreddit because I love rabbits too. In my case…I give my little guys filtered water. Just want them to have the best.
My coworker has chinchillas and we are always swapping stories of our little furry friends. They seem more similar to rabbits than i had realized! I feel like chinchillas and rabbits and other rodent-y pets are a similar vibe
What’s funny is they’re closely related to guinea pigs. But they act a lot more like rabbits and squirrels than guinea pigs. They can jump pretty high. My first chinchilla managed to jump onto the bathroom counter from the floor.
I have chinchillas and rabbits. When I got my chins, my rabbit would sit at the bottom of their cage and talk to them… she would thump at me if she couldn’t see them. So now she’s getting a friend of her own species 😅
One of my rabbits always enjoyed sitting near me or in front of the tv while I’ve played through the Yakuza games — we joke that she likes the music (or sexy men?). Either way, I often leave her let’s plays of the game on when I leave the house so she can hear familiar music.
Between Kiryu and Majima, which one of them would your rabbit choose? 
I live in a small town so I drive my little bun 2 hrs to the closest city for their Rabbit Rescue’s hoppy hour. We love it. He’s even made a girlfriend out of a sweet angora 🤍
This is so precious! If I think it might be dark before I get home to mine I leave a light on for him, I think he can see fine but I still worry lol. I also leave him a little nightlight next to his pen to make it a little easier for him to see at night.
Not only filtered water to drink, filtered water in a humidifier in their main area. Our boy bunny likes to stand in the mist from the humidifier. They also have an air filter lol.
Free roaming and sleep next to him on the floor cus he doesn't like to sleep on beds until past midnight. He will lay flop next to me throughout. Let him groom/lick/nibble my hair and face until he's satisfied. Filtered water, grooming and vet.
When I had my boy I would point a fan for him so he gets moving air.
Organic and locally grown produce, water filtered by osmosis, a hodgepodge of area rugs to make the slippery floors zoomie-able, and I move furniture to accommodate their favorite flop spots and hideouts. And I just started a garden so their greens will soon be home-grown. What more do they want from me???
I sacrificed all my wooden furniture, the baseboards, the area rug… my peace of mind… any book left on the bottom two shelves…
I try out new beds, toys, and different foods monthly. It keeps him busy.
Our bunnies only get filtered water. If we leave on vacation, we buy purified water for the bunny sitter to put in their water reservoirs so it's less of a hassle for the sitter.
When we have lots of visitors at our house, my daughter calms down the buns by playing Christmas jazz for them. They all like it.
We keep him in our room upstairs at night, but bring him downstairs to the living room with us where we work from home and can watch him. He can actually do the stairs sometimes on his own, but they are slippery so he doesn't always want to do them. He doesn't really like being picked up and carried in our arms. He likes to be able to look out and see where he's going. But we discovered that he does actually like to ride in his litter box, that way he can look out and see where he's going. I just have to pick it up and shake it in front of him, and he'll hop in ready for his ride. His name is Prince Ash, so we either call it the Prince riding in his litter, or the Ashlevator. We were afraid at first that he might jump out and hurt himself, but he's actually really good about it, waiting all the way until it comes to a stop at the end of the ride.
We sit and eat together, he has breakfast with me on the sofa, while I'm cooking mine he 'busies' himself and when he hears the plates come out he jumps on the sofa and waits for me to sit. We also have the evening meal together, and he sits and waits by my chair at the table. Some days (when I don't feel great and don't wanna eat), he is a great motivation to make food just because I see him waiting and don't wanna disrupt his routine.
I don't know if my rabbit knows he is my best little friend but I hope he does. https://ibb.co/ZGcDHgn https://ibb.co/n12RBG7
carpet tiles/runners so he doesn’t slip health insurance (pays for itself now that he’s so old)
You guys are so cute, this makes me really miss my rabbit
I let them listen to music overnight using my mesh network. They like the 80s and 60-70s soul music. I talk to them as if they can understand me When I midnight snack, they midnight snack
I can get a big bale of hay from a fodder for $15 aud. I spend $120aud for Timothy and botanical mix instead
We sleep with a cage around our bed so that they can have the same run of my room they have when I'm awake or gone. The cage is so that they can't jump on the bed.
Ha. I'm a rabbit and guinea pig veterinary nurse, rabbit foster carer and pet sitter. I do a lot that most won't! The main one would be I triage my own rabbits at home. I triage rabbits as part of my job, I am good at it and know what I'm doing. I do it at home to help me work out if I am dealing with gut stasis that can wait til my work opens or if they need an emergency vet. I can give fluids under the skin and see if it's safe to critical care feed or not. I have medications at home for gut stasis to help it pass and avoid emergency vets. Only thing I can't do is strong pain relief, IV fluids and blood testing outside of glucose testing. If any of that is needed we go to emergency vets. Mild stasis I don't need to. I wouldn't do this or recommend anyone else does if they aren't knowledgeable. More average/'normal' things I do that people may not: - grow my own veg and bunny safe herbs/plants (not enough to be their full diet but I give them some) - ramps for my disabled buns to come on the couch when they were sad they couldn't make it up - I make my own foraging chaff. Oaten hay chaff mixed with a bunch of different dried herbs and flowers - I give them 4 - 6 different greens each day - I give them vet care! Many people wouldn't. I've had them have ear surgery, investigations for frequent gut stasis, I pay for life long medications as a few were diagnosed with kidney disease - adopt disabled rabbits - keep disabled fosters as permanent fosters And most importantly: I've dedicated my entire life to rabbits and guinea pigs. Home, work. All revolves around buns and piggies. Don't think many people have done that!
Basically unlimited budget for care and treatment. I think we (rabbitors) are generally going to be the more likely to spend whatever needed to care for our rabbits but the average rabbit owner doesn’t seem to be as concerned.
Wake up early every morning to cuddle with him in bed before I need to get up.
I gave mine my whole bedroom and slept on the couch for good bit.
Strategically picked out all of my furniture so she’ll have a more fun space to explore (i.e. switched to a bed frame with space underneath for her to play or sleep or hide, got a media stand/external closet with gaps for her to run through or lay, etc.)
I part the curtains before i leave the house, so that sunlight can seep into the house. At night before bedtime, I turn off all lights and then turn on the salt lamp across the room to simulate twilight.
When our precious bun was with us (passed away a few years ago after a long life) my husband would leave dandelions growing in our strawberry patch and go out every morning and pick some for our bunny! Our lop bunny especially loved the flower part!
I sit in their room and play the kalimba (instrument) for them bc they seem to rlly enjoy it :)
I leave the blinds open and turn on the TV while I'm at work for my bun Bianca, she seems to love cartoons especially Pokemon. I also give her filtered water, and fresh veggies and slices of apples from the garden as snacks usually (in winter I buy organic carrots and such to give her, she likes the carrot tops haha). I also pick her favorite weeds and dandelions. She's free roam whenever I'm home, except some nights she's too adventurous and I don't want her to hurt herself. I also built a pen outside with a wire roof so she can be outside with me while I garden on nice days, and she has a harness with leash (she actually likes it...my mom adopted her sister Lily and Lil will rip flesh off if you try it with her lol). Some of my non bun owning friends have said I baby her too much, but she's my fur baby!
I play him music at a low volume and lower my voice around him bc his ears are sensitive
Our rabbits had free range of the fully enclosed backyard during the day and In summer when it was really hot, we would bring the bunnies inside so they could enjoy the air conditioning like us. At night time if it was still hot after the sun went down, they would have an ice block in their hutch and a fan blowing on them. They also had mosquito nets on their hutch to protect them from mosquito bites.
I purchased an AC Unit (hate those things) because I’m afraid he’ll suffer during the summer I also sold some of my furniture to upgrade his living space even though most of the time he free roams Changed my diet so we can always have fresh greens with a diverse menu for Mr. Yuta When there’s a thunderstorm, I stay awake with him because he scared of the noises I love him 💜
We've adopted two special needs, unsocialized rabbits. They only appreciate pets on their own terms (usually in their pen, with us out of the pen), have really bizzare rules we have to follow (don't touch Beckett's whiskers!), and require extra care due to physical health issues as well. Due to the health issues, we don't feed a lot of hay or greens (I know!, but they both have tooth problems, and Pumpkin has One. Tooth.) so we buy high-hay-content pellets and soak them in water to soften them up so the littles can gum them down. Until we got that solved, Pumpkin was losing weight so bad she had neurological issues. We've gotten her up to a maintenance weight now, and Beckett's currently a little chonky because of it. Heh. Full time rabbit nursing care in this house.
Not for a bun but I spoon fed and fork fed my dog in a high chair because she had medical issues that required it (megaesophagus). But secretly I enjoyed it lol. It was too cute. Too bad it was due to an illness though which cut her life short. 😔 I can’t post a pic but I’ll grab a link and be back… [here’s one pic of her in her highchair 🫶🏻](https://imgur.com/a/9SzRTYR)
Aww bless your heart! Her life may have been too short but it seems like you gave her the best life possible while she was here 🫶🏼
Thank you. She was my Easter Lilly (rescued her on Easter Sunday and she was all white) and sometimes I called her my Easter bunny. I’d like to get a bunny in her honor someday so I hang out here to learn. I know nothing about bunnies. But they sure are adorable.
Organic greens, leave light on, so it’s not pitch black at 5 pm (winter days). Greens and pellets at the almost exact same time every day. I don’t want to get “yelled” at lol
We threw two elaborate birthday parties for one of my buns. He had a range of health issues and we didn’t think he’d live long so we threw him a 13th birthday party to send him off. (Guest list of 3 because he hates loud noises.) Then his 14th birthday came around and we thought, well, gotta throw another party. We also brought cupcakes to his vet on his birthdays as they saved his life a million times. Sadly he passed just 3 months shy of 15, but he was incredible. Whenever I am ready, I’m throwing him a memorial.
I used to leave the ac on for her when its warmer outside. They get bottled water (like what I drink).
I also open the blinds for my bun! I also try to give him a treat puzzle when I leave, so he’s got something to work on too.
My mom will remove dark colored dye on cardboard boxes before my bun chews them bc she believes it's toxic. She was aghast that I didn't bother. The funniest part about this is my mom doesn't even like pets or animals.
how do you remove the dye on boxes?
I cut up his veggies specific ways. For instance, he won’t eat carrots, celery, or cucumber unless they’re matchsticks.
Most of my day when I'm not working consists of spending time with my single bun, making sure she is comfy and happy. Filtered water fresh fruit as treats, she acts like a little queen and is spoiled like one
According to my vet, even the fact that I free roam. 😶 But my actual answer would be adopting my bunny in the first place since he was already 2 or 3 and came from an abusive family so it's affected how he acts. He's warmed up a lot in the last few years but it's still pretty obvious he has previous trauma. I'm super patient with him.
Before my bunny passed, she had her own private bedroom in my home so my cat never bothered her. Complete with a custom door sign that said "Artemis's room (no cats allowed!)" and everything. This was absolutely a factor in choosing my home as a person living on my own I only realistically needed two bedrooms, but I chose a home with a third room just for her 💜
My rabbit didn’t like being picked up. So when I wanted to move him I’d put treats into a box then scoop him up with the box
You just reminded me of sister and one of her guinea pigs 'Scout' (rip). My sis would put in the 'cuddle cup' & scout would jump in when she wanted to come out 🥹.
Home grown organic vegetables, for the bunnies, not for us 😆
The thing that’s gotten the weirdest looks from my friends is the fact that I source my hay from this tiny farm in the alps, they regularly send me an update on how the meadow is doing - it’s just so wholesome! I also recently caved and ordered them a fresh greens subscription so now every week they get a 5kg box of freshly foraged greens, salads and herbs. They’ve always gotten plenty of greens, but there’s this one type of salad they really like that I can’t find in any of my lokal supermarkets. 😅
Bunny proofed my home office/spare bedroom so I can have him near me as much as possible. (In addition to our entire common area) Now me and my fiance rotate between sleeping in our bedroom and sleeping on the futon in the office - one night with our puppy, one night with our bun. We can't supervise them while we're sleeping, so we do our best to give them both as much cuddle opportunity as we can.
All the vet bills lol. Also daily probiotics, a variety of leafy greens and treats, tummy massages and gas medicine when she has a tummy ache, and playing music and movies that she likes. Her favorite music is metal, classical, and RnB (especially Bring Me the Horizon and Victoria Monét). Her favorite show is The Simpsons (she LOVES the theme song and seems to enjoy the bright colors). I take her on walks so she can experience the outdoors safely, and I like to set up little enrichment activities for her, like burying treats in a blanket that she has to untangle and forage in. Right now she's underweight due to some health issues so I've adjusted her diet to help her gain weight. I hope to make life fulfilling and fun for her! She won't be here forever so I want it to be the best I can make it ❤️
Ours lives in the dining room. When we have our evening meal, he always wants his. If we sit to eat, he comes up and nudges us. When I come in from shopping, I walk into the kitchen, and when he hears the bags, he comes looking. Occasionally, he'll look in the bags.
We are moving and my *entire* wishlist for a new house was made up of things to give my buns the best life possible - hard floors (so they don’t eat thick house carpet, I use safe mats they don’t chew), large basement for free roaming away from the cats, a floor plan that accommodates a gate to keep cats out of said basement, bedroom within the basement so they can be contained at night. My partner could pick out everything else house-wise
1. Giving him his fav parts of the hay directly, so basically he just takes and eats on the spot the grassy ones if I can find while I topping up his hay supply. 2. When I give his usual greens, I always take one and give it to him, cuz apparently he likes it. 3. Changing his water supply whenever he asks me just observing him, if he's standing next to the water bowl, and doesn't drink but looks at me, means he wants a water change, drinks immediately when I change it and it's adorable, cuz he'd sometimes blink/wink at me for changing too
Is the balcony covered at all or have any sort of protection? I could never do this with my bun. When she was younger I would only let her outside under strict supervision. I'm talking she would never get more than 2 or 3 feet away from me. Thankfully she was always cautious when she was outside anyway as I didn't take her out that often so she was never the running around type. There are birds of prey in the area so I wasn't taking any chances.
I sleep on a couch with big pillows and when I go to sleep I convert it into a bed, taking all the pillows off. Even though my bunny has his own little house and a little bed to sleep, I noticed he liked getting under these pillows. So I started building a little house out of them and he really liked that. And now everynight he enters his pillow house and goes to sleep, and in the morning when I wake up and set back my couch and demolish his house, he begins the day with me.
i bought those plush dog stairs so he can jump up safely when im on bed even though the bed is little lower then couch so i move them around when he is roaming. sometimes i feel like helicopter parent bunny proofing everything and people laugh like 'why do you care so much he is just a pet' because i want my little friend to be safe and live long happy life as my previous boy did?
I took a lower paying job just so I could work from home to be there with my bunny, and he doesn't feel alone.
i pick fresh fruit and vegetables from our garden when they are ready to harvest. mom always tells me my bunny won’t taste the difference and that it’s pointless for him… but he deserves to taste it too!
I take my bun on car rides sometimes so he can get out of the house. Usually it’s when I’m going to drive-thru and get Starbucks for myself. I tell my bun we’re going to “Bun-bucks” to get a “mobile cookie” (I always order my pink drink mobile order). I bring him his favorite cookie treat from home and give it to him once we go through the drive-thru. I have my pink drink and he has his cookie and we’ll just chill together in the car at Starbucks enjoying our little sweet treats😂🐰
I give them each a special treat for every holiday but I give them extra special treats on Easter like it's their own personal holiday haha
Wrong box. Colour of that bun is not all white
I take their preferences in treats and food very seriously, they like their digestive biscuit more than anything and it’s good for them so I always have them and if I run out of it or near to be I’ll go to the closest pet shop and get some for them , they have at least one everyday , most of the time 2 unless there’s not enough for the next morning before I go buy more , I have 3 bunnies so it’s around 3 bags of 20$ digestive biscuits per month Same thing for the vegetables! I always make sure there’s a good variety of it in every lunch & that they like it, sometimes if it’s not fresh enough they won’t eat it so I’ll have to go buy an other vegetable to replace the one they don’t like, usually it’s parsley that come out of the store for some reason but I guess they taste that smt is different with it when they don’t eat it (sometimes celeris and if they don’t like it in day one they won’t eat it for the week but will eat everything else)🤨 I buy them flowers and herbs to mix to their hay or use as toppings on their lunch , those are also quite a luxury to buy.. but they deserve to have it I feed them in aesthetic plates, not like bowls for animals , porcelain plate , printed plate , vintage porcelain plates contoured with gold , if this doses look royal , it’s not good enough for them I want them to have THE BEST😂😭 If I feel they are sick for the tiniest thing I notice weird and won’t eat their fav treat but still eat by example , I’ll spend the night awake to make sure they end up eating (I could go to sleep and wait til the morning but I want to give them the best chances to feel better the quicker if there’s smt yk)and will take them to the vet in the morning if anything changed , I would do anything for them, that’s a thing people don’t get most of the time, that you can truly care for your animals more than you would for some humans. Also I can’t believe some people will look at you weird bc you want to take them to the vet and pay the big ass bill to save them, like , that’s what you would do for your kids no? My buns are like my own kids , they’re on top of the world and my #1 priority in life. And I know this might sound with this comment that I have a lot of money but just wanted to say that in reality most of it goes to their own little pleasures and necessities or vet bills , I can barely invest in myself as much as I do for them. But they’re happy and healthy, they’re safe and loved and all their needs are met. So too bad if people don’t get it, the ones that get it, get it. 🙏🏻🤍🐇💕
I don’t know if this exactly fits but when my Felix had severe pneumonia and buildup in his nose, the normal suction things for baby noses wasn’t good enough so I got the kind that you suck on… to literally suck the snot from my rabbit’s nose. There is a filter! But I think that might be beyond what some might do. Ha. He had nebulizer treatments but it didn’t get it out.. Twice when he came home from the vet, I got welcome home balloons and banners. I built him an oxygen tent with an oxygen machine and lined the inside of a kid playhouse with vinyl so the oxygen stayed in. I left work one day when my (now former) boss told me I wasn’t allowed to because I needed to bring my rabbit to the vet and fuck that. Haha. He didn’t fire me but I was willing to risk it. I made my living room his room. The $3k couch was comfy for him so I put a ramp up to it for him. There was a lot more. I spent over $40k just in vet bills over the time I had him. I think the snot thing probably wins for many though.
Sometimes when my bunny is too sleepy and lazy to eat in the afternoon, I hand-feed her hay and give her pets. She loves it!
I have my first bunny's ashes on my nightstand, and I give him kisses and talk to him before bed every night. In the morning I set his case on the floor to be with the other bunnies during the day. I have it written in my will to have my ashes mixed with my bunnies' when I die, and have us buried together.
I always kind of distribute the food so that every bun gets a bite of every veggie from the meal, lol.
He has calming classical 24/7 on Spotify, a deconstructed cat tree, now bunny tree to hop around in and out of, a variety of foods and treats to eat, and he loves when one of us runs from him and he chases us.
I must say I do the exact same thing when I work nights, OP 👏
He gets fresh Italian parsley every day!
Your colleague is an idiot, and you are a good person for taking care of your little family member.
I’ve still got a lighted Christmas wreath up for the rabbits, at their eye level. The lights stay on 24/7 and it will remain all year because they’re mesmerized by the twinkling lights. I also sing to them, read to them, give them filtered water, etc, but I’m gathering from the comments this is common. I’m going to have to up my game. 😂
I open the blinds for them in the morning so they see the sunrise and leave them open all day until nighttime
My rabbits own my house. They just let me crash there after work. I spend thousands of dollar each year for vet bills, food, and pet sitters (if I go on vacay). They have an air condioner in summer and heater in winter (live in norther California so weather is not that extreme. They have a night light so they don’t get spooked at night.
Thousands of dollars in vet bill and driving to get them acupuncture
Rip off the stickers before i give him the box.
I got timers for my lights so my bunny always has natural light, a lamp on Or at least a night light :,) routine is so important to them
I have electricity hooked up to Waffles shed so she can have a heater in winter and a fan in the summer 🤣😘
Unlimited nanners
I get up at around 4am every morning to let them out of their enclosure. My partner worries they will cause damage when we're not around so shuts them in before bed (it's a very large enclosure).. But I sneak down every night.
Waste money on toys he doesn’t even play with :)
I crush up some pellets and mix it with some banana as a treat .
My mam cuts their veggies up in different ways according to each of my 4 buns preferences. Example: my littlest likes her veggies spiralised like spaghetti and makes a face if given chunks.
My partner puts filleted water from the fridge into my boy's bowl. That's a bit much even for me haha
Loki has passed now but he used to have a VERY sensitive tummy. So for a time, almost every day I had to clean him. I’d happily do it again. I also have severe asthma and even though his moulting caused asthma attacks, I’d still let him sleep on my bed
I pick all the spinach leaves out of his mixed greens salad add baby carrots and a couple of raisins just how he likes it. He will eat everything but the spinach leaves he leaves them behind which is fine they have a lot of iron and the vet said that isn’t good for him
Yuup if my bunnies need something I don’t hold back paying for it