Fluff Trail

Two years and change into living with a rabbit, there are still moments when I look over at him and genuinely cannot answer a very basic question: is he asleep right now? He’s lying flat, he’s clearly not doing anything, his eyes are open. Awake rabbits have open eyes. Apparently sleeping rabbits also have open … Read more

Here is a full inventory of every sound my rabbit has made in two years and four months: a faint “coo-coo” I have to lean in to hear, a soft grinding of teeth when I pet his head, one growl reserved exclusively for a carrot plush, the occasional foot thump, and a stainless steel bowl … Read more

My rabbit turned two years and four months old this summer. When I mention that to people, most assume he is somewhere in rabbit middle age. He is not even close. Statistically, a well-kept indoor rabbit at two is just wrapping up the first quarter of his life — which surprises almost everyone who did … Read more

As I write this, the first signs are showing on my rabbit’s back: the fur there is just starting to loosen. It’s subtle — no bald spots, no drama, just a coat that suddenly feels less anchored than it did last week. But it happens twice a year, every year, and after two-plus years I … Read more

Every evening, about half an hour before eight, my rabbit starts getting busy. He does laps. He checks the feeder. He rearranges his real estate. At exactly 8 p.m., his automatic feeder drops his pellets — and he is always, somehow, already waiting. He can’t read a clock. I have no idea how he knows. … Read more

I never once saw my rabbit chew a cable. That’s the part that still gets me. Both times, all I ever found was the aftermath: a cord at floor level, chewed about halfway through, and the only suspect in the room looking perfectly innocent. No witnesses, no confession. But when the only other resident of … Read more

Every rabbit care guide I read before bringing my Netherland Dwarf home was structured the same way: a long checklist of tasks, implying a life of constant maintenance. Two years in, my honest report is different. Rabbit care, done right, is mostly not a checklist — it’s a system you set up once, plus a … Read more

Every rabbit feeding guide converges on roughly the same chart: mostly hay, a measured scoop of pellets, and a daily salad of leafy greens. The UK’s Rabbit Welfare Association puts numbers on it — 85% hay, 10% leafy greens, 5% pellets. My rabbit has been missing the 10% for two years. Not because I didn’t … Read more

For over two years, the bottom of my rabbit’s litter box has held the same thing: wood pellets, made — according to the bag — from 100% pine. If you’ve spent any time reading about rabbit care, that sentence should make you flinch. Pine sits on almost every “never use” list ever written for rabbits, … Read more

can-you-litter-train-a-rabbit — Can you litter train a rabbit? Yes. Completely, reliably, to the point where “cleaning the cage” nearly stops being a chore. My Netherland Dwarf has used a litter box since his first week home, over two years ago. But if you came here for a training method, I have a confession that might … Read more