My daughter has a 9 month old rabbit that doesn't seem to be thriving like she once was. I haven't had a rabbit in years but unless I miss my guess she's just plain bored and maybe feeling depressed. She's hanging out in the back of her cage and just seems to have lost her usual lively enthusiasm. Then the moment I take her out and let her down on the grass she starts exploring and soon gets back to her happy, leaping self again. She tried to run off when I went to catch her this morning to put her back in her cage so that speaks volumes to me as well.
She's currently outdoors in a hutch protected by a screened in porch. Keeping her inside with our 17 1/2 pound aggressive male cat really isn't an option, although I could probably bring her inside in a pet taxi on the kitchen counter while I'm working in the kitchen. She does need supervision and/or a very high degree of protection when outside because we do have a large population of feral cats in the neighborhood as well as an occasional dog comes wandering through.
Any ideas for dealing with this? I'd love to see her happy again.
She's currently outdoors in a hutch protected by a screened in porch. Keeping her inside with our 17 1/2 pound aggressive male cat really isn't an option, although I could probably bring her inside in a pet taxi on the kitchen counter while I'm working in the kitchen. She does need supervision and/or a very high degree of protection when outside because we do have a large population of feral cats in the neighborhood as well as an occasional dog comes wandering through.
Any ideas for dealing with this? I'd love to see her happy again.