PetCare Archive

Remember, remember the fifth of November? It is firework season again. For many, it is a time of joy, gathering in gardens for private displays or in parks for the more flamboyant public ones. However, firework season can also be dreaded by …

You bring your new bunnies home and you’ve placed them in their new home. Then you give them time to settle. Several hours later, you come back and try to interact with them and you realise one thing. They don’t seem interested …

There are many plants and foods that are toxic to rabbits or extremely unhealthy to the point of where they just shouldn’t be offered. Most processed foods for humans will not be accepted by a rabbit’s digestive system. It is not worth …

Before you bring your new hamster home… It is always best to be prepared before you bring a pet home. No new hamster should be an impulse buy so you really ought to have all the necessary equipment set up before hand. …

I talk about hamster species here because the size of the hamster you choose will affect many of the decisions you make after, such as cage size. There are individual characteristics of each species and I will be sure to mention them …

Wow it’s been hot lately! I don’t know about the rest of the world but UK is going through one big heat wave. We’ve had temperatures in the low 30s and high 20s. So what does that mean for our pet rabbits? …

We’ve had some hot weather recently and while it’s the kind of weather most people enjoy, our rabbits might not feel the same. They can handle cold weather well, heat stroke in rabbits can occur very easily in hot conditions. So you …

Not much beats watching a happy rabbit. If you have never witnessed a joyful binky (a happy rabbit will jump spontaneously, often twisting or kicking his back legs up) or a relaxed flop to one side, then you ought to make it …

Unless you get your rabbit from a rescue centre, chances are, your rabbit will be able to reproduce. Put a male and a female together and you will end up with babies. Doesn’t that sound cute? The problem is, babies grow and …

A rabbit’s nail grows continuously. If a rabbit is given the space to run and that space is a hard surface, the nails will be naturally worn down but in most cases, the amount of wear is not enough to counter the …