The Complete Rabbit Owner's Guide

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.