Well, to be perfectly honest, I'm not overly keen on him. Sometimes I want to throw him across the garden because he's biting me and scratching me and kicking me and grunting at me, it's like he's got the Devil in him, I call him the Devil's Rabbit actually. Though I wouldn't want him to be in pain, of course, I wouldn't wish it upon any animal, but £5 is a lot of money and if it's not that big in my opinion then it's wasted in that respect. Buying in bulk is always cheaper I know, I do it with their food, but I've never really heard of this stuff and not seen it in shops so I'd have to ask around locally and see for myself beforehand. I'm already buying stupid little bags of bedding for my rats which like I said, only do like 2/3 cage cleans, and these bags are £3/£4 each and its way too much money for what it is.

Back to the point though, I used Sudocrem on his paws earlier and let him run about in the house for a bit for it to dry and to keep an eye on him he didn't lick it which he didn't thankfully. I'm going to check him tomorrow and see what they're like. Hope this works to be honest, otherwise I don't know.

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PMFSL...nice bitta sarcasm going on there.

£3 that does 2/3 cage cleans is good, i pay £3.25 for a bag that does 1 and half cage clean...we have 3 rats.
ur not gonna get no better then that unless u go for the cheap crap.
im not made of money like you but i like to make sure my animals get wats best for them, and if my rabbit had ur problem and i got advice from a rabbit expert like crofty who is around alot of rabbits then i would seriously take in all her advice.

I hope for ur rabbits sake he improves.

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Some people's "huge" can be other's "rather small". I'd need to know how much the bags where, I mean, what amount is in them because if its not much over 2/3kg then theres no point in paying £5 for that, it won't last long.

Besides, I wasn't getting defensive and I wasn't ranting. I think most things are way over priced for what they are, and even though people will hate me for saying, it doesn't make a difference to me whether its for my animals or not. I was very grateful for the advice actually, I didn't "lob" it back in that person's face. I'd never heard of this bedding and I know I can look into it in my own time. But at the moment my rabbit will have to make do with the shavings. He's not showing any signs of discomfort and he wasn't trying to get to his paws earlier as I had him inside with me for a couple of hours. He was hopping about fine.

I have a double leveled hutch for my rabbit, a massive flight cage for my two rats, 2,1/2ftx1,1/2ft and 3ftx2ft cages for my three guinea-pigs and sorry but a £3 bag for bedding couldn't do all of them. Wood-shavings are a little cheaper and I do get quite a lot out of a slightly small looking bag but things like CareFresh, its a measly little bag, probably, like I've said, about 2kg but its about £3.64 from the garden center, every week another bag, thats £4 every week JUST for bedding that'll only last that week. It's a total rip off and I know thats what I'm going to get in most places, I've had animals over 10 yrs to work it out.. I just don't agree with it thats all. And I can't buy it in bulk, the small bag is the only one I can get of CareFresh.

You want to know why? He's the worst pet I've ever had. He hurts me physically and emotionally. I come in crying my eyes out sometimes when I'm trying to get him in from his run to put him in his hutch, because he stands up and lunges at me. He grabs my hands, scratches or bites them. He attacks my legs when I step into the run to make it easier to get him. when I'm holding him he bites my chest or my neck. Earlier I had him on my lap while I was sat at the computer, he bit me really hard through my jeans (almost ripped them!) and I have a lovely big bruise on my thigh now. He kicks me in the tummy when I hold him, he kicked my face the other day sending my glasses flying off me. When I try to get him bowl out of his hutch to top up his food, he attacks me so I have to try and hold him back against the side and grab his bowl quickly and shut the door. Putting it back is just as hard, he snatches the bowl, hitting it and usually sends the food flying everywhere. He grunts so aggressively at me when I even go near the hutch and also when I hold him he grunts, trying to get away. Only when I give him a bath does he actually let me do what I like with him, be it cutting his nails, checking his ears and eyes and things like that. Even of his back I can barely do much with him now but he can lay down nicely for me to do what I need to do.

I've lost count how many scratches and bites I have over my body from that animal. I've never known a "pet" rabbit like that. Just imagine if he'd been bought for a little child??? He'd show one sign of aggression and be sent off to live somewhere or worse still, killed! He's lucky I love him as much as I do because I would NEVER EVER give up on him. I adore that boy but he's such a pain in the butt. I get angry with him, yes, but I could never hurt him, the love I have for my animals is unconditional.

So if you have a problem with what I said before, then thats nothing to do with me as I know I would never hurt him. Just wanted to clear that up.

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I dont think comments like this regarding your pets go down too well on a pet lovers website

The bottom line is if you need to sacrifice the care and well being of your animals because of money then you shouldnt own them

Give them up to someone that can afford them

Fu**ing unbelievable some people!

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There is always a reason a rabbit does this! Is he neutered??? I bet he's not is he. How big is his cage and does he go in a run everyday?

For goodness sake if you dont like him and not prepared to give him the proper care then let me help you rehome him to someone that will love him

You asked for advice, woodshaving will irrate his hocks now they are sore, if you are not going do whats best for him you shouldnt have him im afraid, its cruel to let him suffer for the sake of a few quid.

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exactly

i really thort the lobbing the rabbit across the garden was sarcasm i cant beleve me eyes reading this thread im speechless.

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I couldn't agree more!!!

I said i only used paper for my blossom,
how cheap , free and re-cyclable is that???

maybe the rabbit would be more friendly if he wasn't lobbed across the garden

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