My poor little bunny - Floppy - has an abscess under his chin. It's huge. He is on antibiotic for the 2nd consecutive week. It's very messy to clean it. Initially once he started on his medication he was off his food but he started eating better now. He is still his normal self running around but I just hope it clears soon.

I am training my bunny Floppy to have better food table manners. Until recently whenever I put his food bowl down in the cage he dived into the bowl and splashed food all over the place. Food got wasted and cage became a mess. So I started putting bowl down and I said: 'Yes' when he started eating calmly and gave him a gentle pat. Any time he started trying to dig into bowl I took bowl away so no food. First few times he looked at me in disbelief but he's starting to get it now. It does make feeding time a bit slow but it's been the only way to go. I bought food blocks as well so if food is in a block shape he obviously will take longer to eat and no chance to splash it around. I realised that before I used to listen his messy manners and come running to his cage to check what went on, so he was getting attention. And any attention was better than no attention for him. But it's changing now...

While I was away I boarded my French Lop bunny. He was very spoilt there. Kept indoors in air conditioning on hot days. Lady's kids loved him. There were few other bunnies boarded at the place as well so he had company.

My bunny Flop has adjusted to life without his old mate. He's been getting more exercise and as I board rabbits as well he has few bunny friends coming to stay here and to visit him. He's getting more affectionate to people. He got a new 'townhouse' cage for Xmas. He had to learn going up the ramp. It took a while but he managed to go up safely. I used the 'food lure' method to get him up there. He only got fed upstairs. He demands his morning walk now, so funny...

Flop has been sad. He was morning his cage mate so much on Sun 1/11, not eating, looking to the walls and I have to keep him indoors due to heat and to get him to spend time with me as much as possible. I got him a stuffed toy bunny to keep him company. I gave him a bath today. He looked so funny all wet! My husband Ross wants to change his name to Doobie since we called both bunnies Flip & Flop but now Flip is gone. Our last rabbit Ubi lived 12 years so to loose Flip at 5yo was really cruel. I still haven't got over it yet. I thought buying another bunny to keep Flop company but I don't think so, not for now at least. Flop by itself doesn't make sense as a name, we'll probably change it. Any ideas of good names anyone? We are buying a bigger indoor cage for him as this summer will be pretty hot and he'll have to live indoors quite a bit. He's been with me while I cook dinner a lot.  I am mat training him at the moment so he stays on mat for longer periods of time. He's very inquisitive. But he still doesn't like being picked up much. He does enjoy company tough.