Rabbit Awareness Week 2012

I'm supporting Rabbit Awareness Week.

Rabbits are the UK's 3rd most popular pet. This is because they are highly intelligent, social, interactive and fun creatures that are extremely clean and can even be litter trained. They have very individual and distinct personalities, and often live over ten years of age - making them every bit as worthwhile investing in as dogs and cats!

Despite all this there are still a lot of myths and misinformation around the best care for pet rabbits, and indeed their welfare needs. It's actually very easy when you know how......

Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) is an annual event, where rabbit experts such as vets, pet retailers, welfare charities and manufacturers work together during a dedicated week to educate the pet owning public about proper rabbit care and welfare.


Let's stop rabbits getting a RAW deal! http://www.rabbitawarenessweek.co.uk/

Today is Binky Day!

5 things

Five things that are making me happy right now: 

#1. The velvet button nose of my favourite bunny.

#2. These gorgeous daffodils in my garden.

#3. Going ice skating (plus watching ice hockey and Dancing on Ice)

#4. Thoughtful people (especially ones that can bake yummy cakes!)

#5. The promise of longer days.

What's making you smile right now?

How many hops?

Got a bunny or thinking of getting one? Then read on...

The Rabbit Welfare Association recommend a 6 x 2 x 2 foot hutch with an attached 8ft run as a minimum, and a pair of neutered rabbits (or a compatible group if you have enough space).

Why a 6 ft hutch? It’s commonly accepted that rabbits should be able to take 3 hops in their hutch, for an average breed this is 6ft – as demonstrated by Treacle below!



Remember...a Hutch is Not Enough.

Best of 2011

My highlights from this year. Totally inspired by/ripped off from Elise Blaha.

Goodbye 2011, hello 2012!

A Hutch is Not Enough

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There is no response from Santa because you, the rabbit owner, are the only one who can grant these wishes.

Rabbits are the most neglected pets in the UK. Countless pet rabbits live in hutches, with no space to exercise, no companionship and a poor diet that leads to gut and dental problems. This is scientifically proven to be cruel.

Rabbits need a large secure enclosure – the hutch must be attached to a safe exercise area so they can shelter or exercise at will. Rabbits confined to a hutch and not able to move freely can develop muscle weakness, and are more likely to damage their spines when handled, and sores around their rear end which can attract flies to lay their eggs on their skin.

Rabbits need somewhere warm and dry to rest and feel secure. They need plenty of straw or hay for warmth and must be cleaned out regularly.

It’s cruel to keep a rabbit on its own. Rabbits never live alone in the wild and research has shown that domestic rabbits value companionship as much as food. They must be neutered and bonded with at least one other neutered rabbit.

Rabbits in the wild eat grass all day and pet rabbits' diets should be as close to this as possible. They should be given unlimited grass or hay, some fresh vegetables and only a small amount of pelleted food.

Please be Santa and make your rabbit’s Christmas wishes come true.

Don’t let your rabbit spend Christmas like this…



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