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S***f out these awesome 'Knot My S***fle Mats' hand-made with lots of love by the LPV team!! Next time you hop in to say hello, be sure to s***f them out on the shelf 😍

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When the nice lady with the food trolley comes around at morning tea time 😋🐰

This is my floof. I made it 😁 ~ Dennis

I came. I saw. I threw my lunch box around. I spilt all my water. I dug up my blankets. I pooped on the floor. I moved my enclosure to a better location. I demanded cuddles. I got cuddles. Everyone loves me. And then I went home. It was a great day!! 😁 ~ Theodore

🌾 Hay! We have meadow hay 🌾

Meadow hay is made up of one or more non-cereal grasses. It is softer than oaten hay and usually contains less sugar. Meadow hay can be fed to rabbits and guinea pigs alongside oaten hay to provide variety in the diet.

Remember, good quality hay smells pleasant and is free from weeds, mould, and dust.

When your bunny doesn't loaf, she 'French baguettes' 🥖

Hands up if your whole life is dictated by one or more ridiculously loveable tiny fluffy floofs ✋️

Little Peanut felt nervous about coming to see us today, so we built her a 'magical fort' and played soft, soothing jazz tones to help her feel better. It worked!! Little Peanut soon felt comfortable enough to nibble her hay and wash her face 🐰

When you realise your birthday is February 29th and you have to wait 4 years until it's your birthday again 😲

Help! My bunny dug up grandma's roses. How do I stop him from being naughty?!! 😧🌹

Digging is a natural, healthy behaviour for rabbits. Your rabbit is not being naughty by digging a hole in the garden. They are digging a hole because digging is fun! We can't expect rabbits to stop doing what is natural to them. Neither can we expect our rabbit to understand that digging up grandma's roses is strongly frowned upon.

Does that mean your rabbit will dig up your whole garden, and there is nothing you can do about it? Well, no. There are things we can do that allow rabbits to behave like rabbits, while also preserving grandma's roses 😉

Enrichment is an important part of a rabbit's life. It helps prevent boredom, promotes physical and mental exercise, increases quality of life, and allows your rabbit to display natural behaviours like digging. Remember, digging is not a naughty behaviour, and trying to discipline a rabbit for digging will only result in a confused, anxious rabbit.

So, what do we do?

We purposefully redirect the rabbit's behaviour to an appropriate space where digging is permitted and encouraged. We make a digging box!!

Take a large shallow container--a plastic underbed storage box works well--and fill it with clean, shredded paper. Hide a few of your rabbit's favourite treats and toys amongst the shredded paper. Place the digging box in your rabbit's housing area. Now watch your rabbit explore and play!!

Note: Some rabbits may toilet in the digging box which is normal behaviour. Remember to remove the soiled paper each day.

Newspaper is also great fun for rabbits to play with. You can include newspaper in your rabbit's digging box, too.

Do not allow your rabbit to eat the paper. If your rabbit decides to eat the paper, move them out of the digging box and put them where their hay is.

Happy digging!!!

Mum said to babysit my little brother ~ Marley (and Wilbur) 🩵💙

Show us your smiley photogenic furchildren 😀

This is Arnold. Arnold's favourite things include breakfast, butter lettuce, dinner, fuzzy socks, and naps. Arnold wishes you all a wonderful, happy weekend 💛

Does anybody else have a mouse in the house? 🐭

Exhausted 'cos the nurse keeps coming along, waking me up, askin' if I needa do a wee yet 😐 ~ Tigger

When they look at you with that twinkle in their eyes and your whole heart just does that thing ❤️💜💚🧡

"Excuse me, nurse, but please may I have some more snacks?" 🥹

Awww, little buddy, you can have the WHOLE wide world and ALL of the stars ❤️⭐️

Release the Roomba!! *press start* 😛

Kopper has been binkying around his enclosure having the most wonderful time. Look at his little face 😍

"Come on then. Come get him. I dare you." ~ Baby (and Bobo) 🐰

True friends are like stars. You may not always see them (because your wild hair is out of control), but you know they're always there ⭐️

From all of us at Little Pet Vet we wish you and your family a bright, happy very Merry Christmas🎄❤️💚

Please give your furbabies a little boop from us!! 💛

When Santa knows you've been really, really, REALLY good all year 😏🚘

Dear Santa, I can explain about the carpet and the curtains and the Christmas tree ❤️💚

Dear friends,

Please note that Little Pet Vet will be CLOSED for Christmas from the 18th of December 2023

We will be open again on the 2nd January 2024.

If your furbaby requires ongoing medication, please ensure you have enough for the period we are closed.

From all of us at Little Pet Vet, we wish you and your furbabies a safe and happy holidays ❤️💚

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Chase was feeling a little bit nervous about coming to the vet so we built him a cubby house!! He is now feeling much more settled. He has started exploring his enclosure, chinning his belongings, and grooming himself 💛

Good morning, Optus is experiencing a nationwide outage and as such our phones are off-line. If your matter is urgent, please contact your emergency vet. For non-urgent queries and bookings, please email us at [email protected]. Please note we have limited access to our emails and will respond as soon as we can. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

Mo is exhausted after his enthusiastic participation in Make A Mess Monday 🐰😆

Margo visited our hare salon today for a clip, brush and blowout in preparation for summer. Here she is feeling fresh, fabulous and and just a little bit floofy (but definitely much less floofy than before) 😉🐰