05:30
Breakfast is all you can eat.
Rabbits are most awake at dawn and dusk. They wake up hungry, and hay should be most of what they eat: a pile about the size of their body, every single day.
Eep, too fast!Rabbits are prey animals, so sudden movement means danger. Keep still and they’ll come back.
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Move slowly through the grass. They’re watching you.
Happyrabbits binky.
A binky is a sudden leap with a twist and a kick. It’s the clearest sign a rabbit feels safe, healthy and completely delighted with life. Everything here is about giving yours more reasons to do it.
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A rabbit’s day
09:00
Greens first, treats second.
A handful of fresh leafy greens every day. Fruit and carrots are sweets in rabbit terms, so offer them in tiny pieces, not by the bowl.
13:00
Nap o’clock.
The middle of the day is for dozing. They need somewhere to hide, room to stretch out flat, and enough space to hop properly when they wake up.
19:00
Zoomies hour.
Second wind. Running, digging, chewing, rearranging the furniture. Give them safe things to destroy, or they’ll pick something for themselves.
22:00
The nightly once-over.
Are they eating? Are there plenty of poos? Bright eyes, clean bottom, normal breathing? A thirty-second check every evening catches problems early.
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Thump.
A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn the others that something is wrong. These are the signs that mean call a rabbit-savvy vet today, not tomorrow. Rabbits hide illness well, and they can go downhill fast.
- Not eatingfor more than a few hours
- Few or no poosor very small, dry ones
- Bloated bellyhard, swollen or tight
- Hunched and stillpressing into a corner, teeth grinding
- Head tiltor rolling, loss of balance
- Flies or maggotsaround the bottom (flystrike)
- Breathing hardor through the mouth
- Sudden weaknessfloppy, cold or collapsed
Every one’s a character.
Lops, lionheads, tiny dwarfs and giant softies. Different shapes, same needs: space, company, hay, and an owner who pays attention. Say hello. They hop.
Soot
Pepper
Marmalade
Domino
Cloud
Biscuit
Pebble
Hazel
Custard
Willow