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This post contains some graphic and potentially upsetting images below. On Tuesday night, we welcomed Maya into our care. We regularly see rabbits that have been casually neglected entering the rescue – rabbits that are underweight, overweight, stained in their own urine, caked in their own faeces, front teeth extending half-way up their face, riddled …
The new Peter Rabbit movie is released in UK cinemas on Friday 16th March 2018, but already the hype is building. With it’s own controversies already getting the film some negative coverage around the portrayal of bullying rabbits with fruit allergies, the questionable selection of voice actors and the attempts to replace Mr McGregor with …
It is always a challenge when we get a rescue request through by phone or via the website as we assess the circumstances and determine the priority against all those already on our waiting list. There are some cases though that we try to respond to immediately. Last Friday we received contact from an owner …
At the start of the year, FBRC challenged our volunteers to turn a £20 start-up fund into some serious cash for the charity. Sinead Monaghan, a foster carer for the charity, describes how she took on the challenge. When I was asked to participate in the volunteer challenge I was a bit apprehensive as I …
At Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care, we are strong believers that rabbits need to be kept in pairs or small groups. As sociable animals, constant company of their own species is not only beneficial, but essential. The PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report 2016 indicates as many as 52% of pet rabbits in the UK are still …
Here at Fairly Beloved Rabbit Care, we have a ‘team’ of rabbits who are selected to stay as our “Residents”. They are specially selected based on their character and their ability to deal with our various events and educational talks. Friendly, laid back and not afraid of the public, they help us to spread the …
Have you heard about Coccidiosis? Did you know this common but often overlooked parasite could be living in most pet rabbits in the UK, and in some cases can become fatal? We recently took in an elderly pair of rabbits in to the rescue, each aged around the 8/9 year mark. They were actually ex-FBRC …
I’ve seen a few posts and questions raised on social media platforms over the past couple of weeks or so from people asking for advice about starting a rabbit rescue. I love to see people’s enthusiasm for the cause, and we always welcome more support. But these questions leave me torn between wanting to encourage …
As a bunny owner and foster parent, I have cared for a lot of different bunnies. One of the main indicators of illness in rabbits is weight loss; this can be due to dental disease, spurs, EC or stress. Whatever the cause, once the cause has been resolved with a trip to the vet, it’s …
1. That they speak a language that only rabbit lovers or owners understand “Oh my goodness did you see that awesome binky” – translates as that was some jump in the air by a very happy bunny“The bunny has collapsed….oh panic over, it is a DBF” – translates as a dead bunny flop, ie, a bunny …
