Category Archives: Pet Rabbit Care

Caring for pet rabbits

What your Rabbits Can Eat

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

Rabbits enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables and ideally they should be fed as part of a balanced diet. The mainstay of a rabbit’s diet should be large unlimited amounts of fresh hay with ad lib clean water available. Large amounts … Continue reading →

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Weather Extremes and Your Rabbit

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

Rabbits do well both indoors and outdoors, but they cannot handle certain weather extremes. Rabbits do not handle hot weather well at all. To them, 80 degrees is hot. In order to prevent your rabbit from suffering in the heat, … Continue reading →

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Treating a Rabbits Broken Leg

Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin

Having a bunny break a leg can be traumatic for both you and your bunny. Treating can be very expensive. Heres an artcile describing what we decided to do for our bunny, and her excellent recovery. Having a bunny break … Continue reading →

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When Rabbits Get Sick: Buns’ Bout With GI Stasis

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Sometimes living with a house rabbit requires you to be a detective. Silent as bunnies tend to be, you may not know they are sick unless you are paying close attention to clues. S/he cannot whimper, meow or chirp to … Continue reading →

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Help Your Rabbit Survive the Cold

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Winter is now approaching and so the issue of cold weather is on many peoples minds. Bunnies handle the severe cold much better than they handle the severe heat. There are two basic issues you must be concerned about during … Continue reading →

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Pet Rabbit Temperment

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

I find a common misperception among those new to rabbits that larger rabbit breeds are more excitable and smaller rabbit breeds are more calm and docile. Once you come to understand rabbits more, you will find the exact opposite to … Continue reading →

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Pet Rabbit Teeth

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

Ideally, the top front teeth of a rabbit will lap over the front bottom teeth. Since rabbit teeth grow, this positioning allows natural wearing to occur as the rabbit eats his food and hay. Occasionally, the front teeth will butt. … Continue reading →

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Pet Rabbit Nutrition

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

One of the most important aspects of properly caring for your pet rabbit is providing him with a healthy, satisfying, and well-balanced diet. Fortunately, doing so is relatively easy, since there is general consensus about what is good for rabbits … Continue reading →

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Rabbits Diet: Is your rabbit eating right?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

The typical diet for a pet rabbit consists of water, hay, pellets, fresh vegetables, and its own caecal pellets. Fruit and other treats are given only in very limited quantities, as they can cause obesity in a rabbit. Rabbits require … Continue reading →

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Pet Insurance – What’s The Point?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

A survey published by Mintel recently revealed that 1 in 3 pets need an unplanned visit to the vet every year. So the odds that you’ll be making a claim on your pet insurance are higher than the chances of … Continue reading →

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