Does your rabbit scratch, bite, kick and generally attempt to assault you every time you look at it? Is owning a pet rabbit not turning out to be what you thought it was going to be? Good news desperate rabbit owners, here is a series of articles leading you through the ins and outs of rabbit care with humor and realism, helping you and your bunny become real friends instead of sworn enemies.

Good Bunny, Bad Bunny

PART ONE: The Basics Of Care

Get these basics right and you’ll be putting yourself and your bunny in good stead for a happy and long life together.

What To Feed Your Bunny

Basic Veterinary Care

The House Bunny

House Bunny Litter Training

House Bunny Bedding and Accommodation

PART TWO: Help! My Bunny Hates Me!

Now let’s work on that homicidal rage, shall we?

My Bunny Hates Me

How To Handle A Bunny 101

Basic Bunny Grooming (Trimming Nails, Brushing)

Advanced Bunny Grooming (Bunny Bath, Molting)

Bunny At Play

The Happy Bunny (Rabbit Communication)

Disciplining The Naughty Bunny

Adopting a bunny from a shelter is a great way to make a new friend and save a bunny’s life. Learn about adopting from shelters here….

If you have a female rabbit, the question of babies is sure to come up. After all, what can be cuter than little baby bunny rabbits, right?

Unfortunately, lots of people think that having babies is good for a rabbit, and very easy to do, but they are wrong.

Learn the realities of breeding bunnies…

If you have a long haired rabbit, then you have a lot of responsibility for grooming it. Long haired rabbits are entirely dependent on you to help them groom and manage their coats because they are quite incapable of doing it effectively themselves. Left alone, their fur will get nasty and tangled and matted up, to the point where it can even cause skin tears sometimes.

Learn how to look after your long haired bunny…

Sometimes bunnies can be very naughty indeed, chewing on your furniture, biting you, scratching you, running away when you want to pick them up, struggling when they are handled, and indulging in all manner of naughtiness.

What to do with a naughty bunny…

Grooming your bunny!

You’ve probably read in lots of places that it is very important that rabbits get lots of hay, but did you know that not all types of hay are the same? The type of hay you feed your rabbit will have a big impact on healthy it is, as some hays are more nutritious than others, and certain types of hay contain ingredients that can make your rabbit fat and sick if they eat too much of it.

Let’s learn about different types of hay so that your bunny can be the healthiest bunny it can be!

A relatively under discussed phenomenon in rabbit keeping is moulting. Owners of short haired rabbits should not have too much trouble with moulting, because the short hair falls out easily enough with just basic grooming and generally speaking does not give a rabbit too much trouble. Longer haired rabbits are a different story all together however. When your rabbit goes into a moult, huge chunks of hair come loose, and a good grooming regime becomes even more important.

Learn about the moult…

Feeding your bunny is a more difficult task than it may seem at first. Popular lore has it that rabbits can be fed on carrots and lettuce, however the reality is that feeding a rabbit on lettuce and carrots would kill it pretty quickly, and in a rather unpleasant fashion.

Find out what you CAN feed your bunny HERE.

Rabbits are great pets, and they are increasingly being kept inside by many bunny owners, which is great for the rabbit, and great for the people that own them. There can be a downside to keeping rabbits indoors however, and that is that rabbits can be rather destructive. It doesn’t have to be this way though!

Find out how to tame your wild and destructive bunny!