Rabbits dig because they are built for it: wild rabbits dig warrens for shelter, escape and nesting, and pet rabbits keep the same wiring. Digging is almost always normal, not naughtiness — so the answer is not stopping it, but giving the rabbit a dig box and protecting the carpet. If you keep a rabbit … Read more
Ferrets sleep 14 to 18 hours a day, and most would rather sleep in a hammock than on a flat bed: it cradles the body, keeps them off a cold, soiled cage floor, and sways gently as they shift. The right hammock is washable, hung low, and free of loose threads — cheap, simple, and … Read more
If you have never seen it, the weasel war dance looks like a small animal losing its mind: the ferret arches its back, puffs its tail up like a bottle brush, hops sideways, twists in mid-air, bounces off furniture, and makes a rapid chuckling sound. If you have never seen it, the weasel war dance … Read more
If you have never heard a rabbit thump, it is startling: a rabbit the size of a small cat can hit the floor hard enough to be heard two rooms away — a single loud drumbeat, or a rapid run of them, from a back foot built for exactly this job. If you have never … Read more
If you have ever seen a rabbit binky, you remember it: one second your rabbit is trotting across the floor, and the next he is airborne, body twisted sideways, ears flying, legs kicked out, landing in a heap before tearing off again at full speed. If you have ever seen a rabbit binky, you remember … Read more
A rabbit in a hutch all day is a rabbit that cannot be a rabbit: rabbits are built to run, graze, dig and leap — the famous binky, that mid-air twist, needs open floor to happen at all. A playpen gives a house rabbit that space: a ring of panels turning part of a room … Read more
Few sights in pet keeping are funnier than a hamster with its cheeks stuffed so full it can barely see past them. It looks absurd, and it looks uncomfortable, and new owners often worry something is wrong. Usually, nothing is wrong at all. A hamster stuffing its cheeks is doing one of the most normal … Read more
Every ferret owner has the same story: you put your keys down, turn around, and they are gone — found three days later behind the sofa, next to a sock, a pen, and something you do not even recognise. Ferrets are not being naughty: they are doing exactly what ferrets evolved to do. Every ferret … Read more
Hay is not a side dish for a rabbit: it should make up most of what a rabbit eats every day, keeping the gut moving and wearing the teeth down, which grow continuously. A rabbit without constant access to good hay is heading for dental and digestive trouble. Hay is not a side dish for … Read more
A wheel is not a toy for a hamster: in the wild, hamsters travel long distances every night looking for food, and a pet hamster keeps that same urge. Without a wheel, that energy goes into bar chewing, climbing, pacing and restlessness. A wheel is not a toy for a hamster. In the wild, hamsters … Read more