By Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM
About This E-Book
Your comprehensive veterinary guide to raising healthy, happy house rabbits.
Written by Dr. Rosemary Stolzer-Bolton, DVM, this 93-page guide covers the full lifespan of rabbit care — from choosing the right breed and setting up a proper enclosure to managing the medical conditions that every rabbit keeper must be prepared to handle.
What's inside:
• Breed selection — Netherland Dwarf, Holland Lop, Rex, Mini Rex, Flemish Giant, Angora & more
• Anatomy & biology — skeletal fragility, hindgut fermentation, cecotrophy & elodont dentition
• Behavior & communication — binkies, flops, thumps, tooth purring & prey animal psychology
• Housing & enclosure setup — why pet store cages fail, x-pen setups, NIC condos & free-roam
• Nutrition & feeding — unlimited hay, leafy greens, limited pellets & foods to never feed
• Cecotropes — the nutritional second meal rabbits must eat, and what uneaten cecotropes mean
• Dental health & disease — 28 continuously growing teeth, 5-stage disease progression & abscesses
• Reproductive health — the 80% uterine cancer rate in unspayed does & safe spay/neuter timing
• Litter training — using the rabbit's natural latrine instinct for a clean, trainable companion
• Bonding & companionship — neutral territory sessions, stress bonding & lifelong pair bonds
• Preventive health care — finding the right vet, monthly weight monitoring & RHDV2 vaccination
• GI stasis — the leading cause of rabbit death: recognition, home management & emergency response
• E. cuniculi — the hidden neurological parasite behind head tilt, hind limb paresis & kidney disease
• Common diseases — snuffles, myxomatosis, bladder sludge, ear mites, fly strike & more
• RHDV2 — the near-100% fatal calicivirus that arrived in North America in 2020
• Senior rabbits — geriatric care, arthritis, quality of life assessment & compassionate end-of-life
• Emergency & first aid — the complete kit, protocols & when to go immediately
• Record keeping — weight logs, medication records & the emergency summary card
Evidence-based. Veterinarian-written. No fluff — just the clinical knowledge you need to keep your rabbit thriving for 8–12 years.