Winston the Super Lop

  One of the hardest things about being a bunny is that a lot of the things that are marketed and made for bunnies are NOT actually good for bunnies. To make things even MORE complicated, I'm a big bunny. The last time my Mommy weighed me I was nine pounds and counting. So those little cute things made for a little two pound Netherland dwarf rabbit are going to be WAY too small for me. Therefore, my Mommy has to get creative in her bunny shopping. Here are some "non-bunny" products that we love. 1) Kitty Litter Boxes. The littler boxes marketed for bunnies are WAY WAY WAY too little. A lot of people get these little corner boxes to sit in our enclosures and while they look like a good idea, there are a lot of problems with them. We need room to make a complete 360 turn, and we like to eat while we go potty (who doesn't?) so something this small simply won't do. There's no room for hay, and it's generally a good idea to put the hay directly in the box. We r...

One of my favorite things to do is to clicker train with my Mommy. Whenever I come downstairs to play each day the first thing I do is run into the kitchen and wait for my training. I get to learn fun things and get lots of treats for being such a talented bunny! So today I want to share a little bit about clicker training because it's easy and fun and something that any bunny mommy or daddy can do to play with their rabbit. (Eagerly waiting for Mommy to start our training session.... sometimes I make it hard because I hop around her feet the entire time she's setting up!) Why clicker training, you ask?  We bunnies are actually super smart and we need a challenge! Because we're little, because tend to underestimate us, but we can learn tricks just like dogs or any other animal. Clicker training is a great way to give us exercise, stimulate our brains, and bond with us! It rewards us for good behavior, and once we learn some basics, it can be used to help us get over some of...

So while all the humans are worrying about their own people pandemic, most don't realize that there is a bunny pandemic going on too. Ok, so it's not really  a pandemic I guess, but it's a pretty scary outbreak of a fatal, highly contagious disease for bunnies (don't worry, it doesn't infect humans, so you're probably safe, unless you are also a bunny). Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (whew, that's a mouthful, thankfully it's known as RHDV, that is MUCH easier to say) has been around for a while. It started with bunnies that were imported to China from Europe in the 80s, and a new strand, RHDV2, was found in Europe ten years ago. However, it's never been detected in North America, until 2020. This year, there's been an outbreak, starting with wild rabbits in the Southwest and spreading into the domesticated population out West. It's highly contagious, and lately there's been a small outbreak at a vet office in New York. It's got a pr...