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  • Help save your furry friend

    Rabbits - recognizing emergency and urgent care medical situations

    As a bunny companion, it is important that you learn to identify medical symptoms needing emergency care, urgent care, or standard care.  Even though bunnies are hardy in many ways, there are some medical conditions if not treated quickly...

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  • Barn tip: Cage tags for shows (Photos)

     In previous articles, like Barn tip: Disaster planning with Cage Tags I have talked about the different ways we use Cage Tags.Blue ID tags = bucksGreed ID tags = doesPink Nest box tags = breeding doesRed blank tags = upcoming show informationOrange...

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  • Easter and Rabbits

    Skipping rabbits as Easter gifts

    Easter is a few days away and for some families that means a vision of Easter bunnies hopping around the house. While some children will beg for a pet rabbit for Easter, a Chicago rescue that takes in homeless bunnies...

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  • Rabbits

    Rabbits: Traveling to spring nationals (Photos)

      Spring time is an exciting time for all the recognized breeds of the American Rabbits Breeders Association. Exhibitors will be coming together from all corners of the country, and even coming from other countries, to attend the national...

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  • Scruffy and Holly

    Rabbit teeth - keeping the teeth healthy (Photos)

    A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing.  Like the guinea pig, hamster, mouse and rat, the teeth grow throughout their lives and are kept worn through chewing.  The rabbit has 22 cheek teeth - 6 upper premolars, 4...

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  • Barn Tip

    Barn tip: cleaning fur and dust off cages

     Part of raising rabbits involves dealing with the fur; there is just no way around it. All you can do is try to find the best way to keep it under control, because if allowed to build up it...

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  • Barn Tip

    Barn tip: Re-purpose and recycle in your barn

     Looking for ways to save money and help the environment? Here are some of the ways we do our part, and it saves us money too. We rarely ever “buy” anything for the barn, if we can...

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  • Dental care for bunny's

    Rabbit Teeth - Dental care for your bunny

    February is typically dental month for pets.  Although rabbits do not need the same type of dental care as dogs and cats, there are some things you can do to help your bunny retain healthy teeth and gums.Rabbit...

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  • Barn Tip

    Barn Tip: Flea catching trick

     This trick can be used in your barn or in your home, wherever you might suspect you have a flea problem. None of us like fleas; but they are everywhere, and unless you spend a lot of money and...

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  • Hay Rolls

    Barn tip: Hay rolls for traveling

     We travel a lot with our rabbits so I am always looking for ways to make these trips go as smooth as possible. The more comfortable you can keep your rabbits, while traveling, the less stressful it is on...

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