Peqaboo series
Rabbits are social animals that naturally live in groups, and most are happier with a rabbit companion than alone. This guide weighs the real benefits of a bonded pair against the honest costs and commitment, so you can decide whether adding a second rabbit is right for your home.
Un-spayed female rabbits often become territorial, moody, and prone to false pregnancies once they mature. Spaying removes the hormone drivers behind lunging, growling, and cage-guarding, and it dramatically lowers the risk of uterine cancer. Here is what really changes, and when.
A bonded rabbit pair is not permanent. Hormones, illness, stress, and territory changes can trigger fights that undo months of work. This guide explains the daily signs of a healthy bond, the triggers that break pairs apart, and how to step in early before a squabble becomes a full break-up.
Poop piles in corners, urine sprayed up a wall, and chin-rubbing on every table leg are all territorial marking, not bad manners. This guide explains what each behaviour means, why it happens, and the practical steps that bring it under control.
A rabbit that suddenly bites or lunges is frightened, hormonal, or in pain , not mean. This guide shows why to rule out illness first, how neutering calms teenage aggression, why cage-guarding triggers bites, and how to rebuild trust without punishment, which only deepens fear.
How to bond two rabbits into a lifelong pair: neutral-territory dates, reading their body language, a gentle timeline, and why fighting always means slow down.
Bonding rabbits is a rewarding but intense journey. This comprehensive, vet-approved guide walks you through the realistic timeline, step-by-step neutral territory bonding, and how to safely handle setbacks.
Boredom and anxiety produce almost identical rabbit behaviour and need opposite treatment, and pain mimics both. This guide gives the baseline of genuine contentment, the tests that separate the three, why a frozen rabbit is frightened rather than calm, why trancing is a fear response, and the specific environmental ch
Rabbits are social and most do better in a bonded pair, but introductions are a multi-week process with genuine injury risk. Both rabbits neutered, strictly neutral territory, supervised sessions and honest reading of body language are what make the difference between a lifelong pair and an emergency vet visit.
Rabbits have no dog-style socialisation window that closes on a date, but they do have an early period where handling shapes the adult, and a first year with several decisions that determine everything afterwards. This guide runs from the nest through the eight week rule, settling in, the habituation that matters, the
Rabbits are near silent, so a distressed rabbit gives you nothing to hear and everything to see: appetite, posture and droppings. That matters because stress and pain slow a hindgut fermenter's gut, and a grieving rabbit that stops eating is a same-day emergency. This covers why bonded pairs share a scent and why an ov
Rabbits cannot vomit, so the overnight fast copied from dog and cat protocols empties a gut that must never stop and pushes a rabbit towards stasis before surgery even starts. What to ask a practice before booking, why an Elizabethan collar blocks caecotrophy and often stops a rabbit eating, how to build a recovery pen
A rabbit that lunges at a hand in the hutch is defending a burrow, not a bowl, and the behaviour is reinforced every time the hand withdraws. How to tell territorial defence from hormonal aggression, fear and pain, why sudden aggression in a settled adult is medical until proven otherwise, how to read the ears and the
Most rabbit fights are caused by layout rather than temperament: one bowl, one tray, one hide with a single exit, one corridor with a dead end. This guide separates normal rank behaviour from a real fight, explains why bite wounds under fur are worse than they look, and covers the medical and hormonal reasons a settled
