Nadene Stapleton

Exotics Department, The Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London NW1 0TU, UK

Stranger danger: the importance and perils of companionship in rabbits

The importance of companion rabbits for comfort, safety and to alleviate boredom cannot be underestimated. As prey species, an extra set of eyes on the lookout for predators can literally mean the...

There's no such thing as a free meal: environmental enrichment for rabbits

A rabbit's natural diet consists of very tough, fibrous foods of low nutritional value — they have a very diverse diet consisting of hay, grass, bark, and roots of many types of plants. Such low...

The chubby bunny: a closer look at obesity in the pet rabbit

The most common factors leading to obesity in rabbits are reduced activity level (often due to restricted access to space) and feeding of a highly calorific diet such as muesli, excessive pellets and...