Knowing how to read a rabbit's body language is really important whether you are a new bunny parent or an experienced one. Knowing the characteristics of a content rabbit, one who may be feeling ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is becoming increasingly evident that the social behaviour of many group-living species is more complex than previously assumed and that ...

Research regarding rabbit welfare and behavior indicates that there are many things that general practitioners and pet rabbit owners can do to improve the welfare of pet rabbits. Veterinarians can ...

Nose wiggling is how rabbits examine their environment. They twitch and wiggle their nose to check whether they are safe or in danger. Rabbits who are calm may not use their nose but the one who are ...

Rabbit maternal behavior consists of building an underground nest of straw and body hair during late pregnancy and displaying, with circadian periodicity, a single 3-min nursing bout/day across ...

In the summer of 2020, I fell in love with a rabbit that refused to love me back. It was July, the height of the second wave of the pandemic, and I found myself living in my childhood home with my ...

Pet rabbits have higher levels of the stress hormone -- corticosterone -- and show activity rebound when kept in small hutches with restricted exercise, new research has found. Pet rabbits have higher ...

SAN DIEGO — With Easter just around the corner, bringing home a pet rabbit may sound like a perfect plan. However, local shelters are advising against this idea. The San Diego House Rabbit Society, a ...