Ideas Have Legs
Who belongs to which legs? It doesn’t seem to matter to Spot and Trigger (owner and location unknown). If you’ve ever been the recipient of a bunny’s get-away kick, you have received a powerful...
View ArticleCommunication Gaps and Bridges
We received the following letters within a week of each other. The first is typical of many requests for advice and information that come in from first-time rabbit-people across the country. Time and...
View ArticleWhat Rabbits Want: Ask Not What Your Bunny Can Do for You
Do you ever get the feeling that articles about companion animals are required by law to mention that petting a rabbit/cat/dog lowers our blood pressure? Another inescapable truism extols the...
View ArticleShy Rabbits
One of the most common misconceptions people have about rabbits is that they like to be held and cuddled. This is probably because they look like plush toys. Unfortunately, many people buy rabbits...
View ArticleJust for Fun
Do animals have a sense of humor? Of course they do. Not only can they sense our humor, but they also have a sense of their own. I was pouring myself a cup of coffee when I noticed Lefty by the...
View ArticleHerman and Me
I am sure that this story will be familiar to many house rabbit owners, but I’d like to share it, as it may make you smile, whether you already have a house rabbit, or are planning to share your home...
View ArticleSocializing the Antisocial Rabbit
Our rescue work often requires us to socialize rabbits for the purpose of making them more appealing to prospective adopters. Most of the time, we are dealing with aloof rabbits, who withdraw from...
View ArticleRabbit and Human Coexistence
Still Wild Because we share our homes and lives with animals domesticated relatively recently (about 1500 years ago, as opposed to at least 15,000 years ago for dogs), we have the opportunity to live...
View ArticleWhat Are Rabbits Really Like?
People who haven’t lived with rabbits often ask those who do if rabbits make “good pets,” and if so, if they are more like dogs or cats. Most house rabbit people don’t quite know how to respond to...
View ArticleStrategies For Managing Behavior Problems In Companion Rabbits
by Mary Cotter and Susan Brown, DVM
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