Equine behavioural first aid

Behavioural first aid advice is for the prevention of further harms. It should protect the welfare and safety of both the equine and its human connections. Having a good working knowledge of natural...

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...

Physical and psychological needs of rabbits: a rabbit is not a cat

Compared with cats and dogs, rabbits are fragile. They have very powerful hind limb muscles, but their skeleton makes up a relatively low proportion of their bodyweight. In the home, this means that a...

Environmental enrichment in veterinary practice

Research shows that animals undergo physiological changes, including increased heart rate and cortisol release, that are associated with negative feelings such as anxiety or fear (Gregory, 2004)....