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Caring for Rabbits in Summer
Summer's heat makes rabbits harder to keep healthy, without care they risk heatstroke, nutritional disease, and infection, so managing nutrition is key. Offer cooling feeds like bitter melon or watermelon rind to ease heat stress and lift appetite. Probiotic supplements help prevent digestive illness, calm heat stress, and cut hut odor and respiratory risk. Although heat lowers intake, don't cut energy too far; add fat to keep energy steady. Above all, always provide free access to fresh water.
Why Did My Rabbit’s Ears Suddenly Flop?
A rabbit suddenly developing 'airplane ears' can come from mixed breeding, disease, or injury. If the ears just flop with no discharge, odor, or trauma, it is likely genetics, since a non-pure upright bloodline droops over time; this is harmless. But if flopping comes with more ear wax, a foul smell, or head shaking, ear mites are likely; isolate the rabbit, disinfect the space, and treat. Rough handling that pulls the ears can also cause it, so learn to hold a rabbit correctly to avoid injury.
Dutch Rabbit
The Dutch Rabbit is a small, distinctly marked pet rabbit with a white inverted-V on the face and a sharp color split between front and back. Gentle, smart, and nearly odorless, it needs timothy hay, a chew stick, steady 25–32°C, and a wire-free, dry cage. Lifespan about 5–7 years.
Are Chinchillas Easy to Keep? Key Care Tips
Chinchillas are gentle, clean, and low-odor herbivores that are fairly easy to care for, but they need a cool environment (15–23°C), a hay-based diet, and patient handling. This guide covers the essentials for new owners and the foods and habits to avoid.
Basset Hound
The Basset Hound, also known as the French Short-legged Hound, originates from France. An ancient and noble scent hound, it was developed in Britain from French bloodlines and was traditionally used to track rabbits, deer, and other game by scent.
Beagle
The Beagle, also called the Beagle Rabbit Hound, originates in Britain and is classed as a scent hound. Small in size, it was bred to hunt rabbits, and its loud voice earned it the name 'Bell of the Forest.' It is a popular, friendly family companion.
Marmot
The marmot is an expert burrower and hibernator with a coat the color of soil and a clever, endearing look. A vegetarian rodent kept as a pet, it needs a sturdy cage, fresh food and water daily, and vitamin C to avoid scurvy.
Black Velvet Chinchilla
The Black Velvet Chinchilla is a chinchilla with a very gentle, likable temperament and curiosity about everything. A highland animal, it is clean and rarely ill. Remarkably, it bathes itself in dust and can manage alone over a weekend without worry of loneliness.
Flemish Giant
The Flemish Giant is the largest pet rabbit breed in existence today, originally from Belgium and later developed through breeding programs in the United States. Though a giant by rabbit standards, it is kept as a gentle family companion, but its large size and hearty appetite make it best suited to owners with plenty of space.
Chinchilla laniger
The Chinchilla laniger (Chinchilla laniger) is native to the Andes Mountains of South America, where it lives in caves and rock crevices at about 1,600 m elevation. Its appearance resembles that of a rabbit and a squirrel. A special feature is its pair of large, bright, ruby-red eyes, which are beautiful.