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🐰Rabbit HealthJun 21, 2026

Rabbit Treponematosis (Vent Disease): Signs & Treatment

Rabbit vent disease causes crusty lesions on the genitals, nose, and lips. Learn the signs, treatment, and why early vet care leads to a full cure.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 20, 2026

👁️Eyes & Ears

Rabbit Head Tilt: Signs, Causes & When to See a Vet

Rabbit head tilt (torticollis) often signals E. cuniculi or inner-ear infection. Learn the signs, rolling emergency cues, and treatment costs.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 20, 2026

RHDV2 in Rabbits: Signs of Viral Hemorrhagic Disease

RHDV2 kills unvaccinated rabbits rapidly with sudden death, seizures, or nosebleeds. Learn the signs, transmission routes, and how to protect your rabbit.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 20, 2026

Rabbit Sore Hocks: Signs of Pododermatitis

Sore hocks in rabbits cause fur loss, red skin, and open ulcers on the heels. Learn the signs, stages, and when to call your exotic vet.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 19, 2026

E. cuniculi in Rabbits: Signs, Treatment & Prevention

E. cuniculi infects up to 80% of domestic rabbits and can cause sudden head tilt and seizures. Most infected rabbits are subclinical carriers but active di

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 19, 2026

Rabbit Coccidiosis: Signs, Eimeria & Treatment

Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria species is one of the most common and severe parasitic diseases in young rabbits. Intestinal and hepatic forms both require p

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 19, 2026

Rabbit Pasteurella Abscess: Causes, Treatment & Costs

Rabbit abscesses caused by Pasteurella multocida rarely resolve with antibiotics alone. Caseous pus requires surgical removal. Here is what owners need to

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 18, 2026

🦴Mobility

Rabbit Arthritis: Signs, Treatment & Home Care

Arthritis is common and under-diagnosed in rabbits over age 4. Learn to recognize signs, safe pain medications, home environment adaptations, and treatment

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 18, 2026

Rabbit Pinworms: Signs, Treatment & Prevention

Rabbit pinworms (Passalurus ambiguus) are host-specific and mostly harmless in healthy adults. Learn what they look like, when treatment is needed, and the

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 18, 2026

Rabbit Wool Block: Signs, Prevention & When to Act

Wool block in long-haired rabbits is a GI emergency — rabbits cannot vomit. Learn early signs, safe home prevention, and when no fecal pellets means call t

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 17, 2026

🩺Chronic & Systemic

Hepatic Lobe Torsion in Rabbits: Signs & Emergency Care

Hepatic lobe torsion is a life-threatening rabbit emergency where a liver lobe twists and loses blood supply. Learn signs, how it differs from GI stasis, a

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 17, 2026

Rabbit Cecotropes on Fur: Causes, Care & When to Worry

Cecotropes stuck to a rabbit's fur mean it can't eat its cecal pellets — usually obesity, dental pain, or illness. Learn causes, diet fixes, and vet costs.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 17, 2026

Botulism in Rabbits: Signs, Causes & Emergency Care

Botulism in rabbits causes rapid descending paralysis from contaminated hay. Learn to recognize signs, emergency care, prognosis, and hay safety tips.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 16, 2026

Calcium Sludge in Rabbits: Hypercalciuria Signs & Diet

Rabbits naturally excrete calcium through the kidneys — but too much causes chalky sludge, dysuria, and bladder stones. Learn the signs, diet changes, and

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 16, 2026

Rabbit Uterine Hydrometra: Signs, Surgery & Prevention

Uterine hydrometra in unspayed rabbits causes swollen belly, reduced fecal output, and weight loss. Left untreated it can rupture. Spaying is the cure and

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 16, 2026

Walking Dandruff in Rabbits: Cheyletiella Mite Signs

Cheyletiella mites cause 'walking dandruff' in rabbits — heavy scaling, hair loss, and itching along the back. They spread to other pets and can cause temp

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 15, 2026

🌿Skin & Coat

Rabbit Hair Loss: Causes, Mites, Ringworm & When to Worry

Rabbit hair loss can be normal molting, fur mites, ringworm, or hormonal disease in intact females. Learn how to tell them apart and when to see a vet.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 15, 2026

Rabbit E. Cuniculi: Head Tilt, Neurological Signs & Treatment

E. cuniculi causes sudden head tilt, hind limb weakness, and eye disease in rabbits. Fenbendazole treatment started early leads to good recovery in most ca

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

🍽️Eating & Drinking

Rabbit Diet & Weight Management: What to Feed, What to Cut, and How to Slim Down Safely

Overweight rabbits can't groom cecal areas and risk GI stasis. Learn the correct hay-to-pellet ratio, how to reduce weight safely, and the danger of alfalfa for adults.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

Red Urine in Rabbits: Pigment vs. Blood — How to Tell the Difference

Most red rabbit urine is harmless plant pigment — but true hematuria signals uterine cancer, bladder sludge, or UTI. Learn how to tell the difference at home.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

Rabbit Cecotropes: Why Your Rabbit Isn't Eating Them & What to Do

Uneaten cecotropes are a clinical sign, not a quirk. Learn the most common causes — diet, obesity, dental disease, spinal pain — and when to see an exotic vet.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

🩺Chronic & Systemic

Rabbit Testicular Tumor: Signs, Treatment & Prevention

Testicular tumors are common in intact male rabbits over age 3. Learn the signs, when to neuter, treatment costs, and whether they spread.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

Rabbit Cecal Impaction: Signs, Causes & Emergency Care

Rabbit cecal impaction causes absent cecotropes and abdominal pain. Learn how it differs from GI stasis, treatment costs, and when it is an emergency.

🐰Rabbit HealthJun 14, 2026

Rabbit Pituitary Adenoma: Signs, Treatment & Prognosis

Pituitary adenomas in older rabbits cause head tilt, rolling, and balance loss. Learn how they differ from E. cuniculi, treatment options, and prognosis.