How to medicate and syringe feed your rabbit, including videos

The different life stages of a rabbit, how long they can live for, how age influences behaviour and how to care for rabbits from youth to old age …

It is wonderful and exciting to consider either adopting a pair of rabbits, or to welcome a companion rabbit for your solo bun into the family. But care, thought and planning are essential when considering a friend for your rabbit, or when selecting a pair of rabbits.

Sadly, rabbits have a reputation for being low cost, low maintenance pets ... this could not be further from the truth ...

Here you can find the plans and inspiration for building a rabbit friendly Snuggle Box - let's leave those old 'hutches' on the trash heap where they belong!

A frank discussion about the ‘dangers’ of feeding lettuce to rabbits…

What happens if your rabbit’s teeth are not growing normally?

Trancing - What it is and why you should not do it…

If you decide or need to have your rabbit travel with you, here are some ideas to help ...

A list of safe Trees and Shrubs to feed your rabbit.

A list of potentially dangerous plants.

In this file I’d like to share some of the up-cycled projects that I’ve created for my rabbits.

If a rabbit’s skin is chronically exposed to moisture, then baldness, redness, and crusting may develop, and bacterial infection may follow. Read all about the causes and how to deal with this here.

How to protect surgical sites post operatively.

Rabbits love Fruit and Veg, right? They sure do …. but does this mean they should eat a lots of them …. No, it doesn’t.

Rabbits have very good vision designed to help them avoid predators. Read all about it here.

These are some of the weeds best avoided that are commonly found in New Zealand. Although many weeds are not immediately ‘toxic’, they are not ideal to feed to your rabbits. However some are very dangerous. We’ve noted these on each plant. These are some of the weeds best avoided that are commonly found in New Zealand.

A compilation of rabbits safe weeds commonly found in New Zealand.

Assessing your rabbit's weight/body condition is something that you should be doing once a week - as part of a regular wellness check, in order to identify any changes earlier rather than later, when it may have become a problem that is harder to solve.