#rabbits — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rabbits, aggregated by home.social.
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A friend gave me an update about her bunnies and I came up with one of my more impressive recent puns.
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A friend gave me an update about her bunnies and I came up with one of my more impressive recent puns.
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Here they are a week later out in their pen. (But not yet running in the garden. It’s a slow process.)
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Here they are a week later out in their pen. (But not yet running in the garden. It’s a slow process.)
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Our local #rabbit rescue, Fat Fluffs (https://www.fatfluffs.com/), is also a sanctuary for buns that, for medical or behavioural reasons, cannot be rehomed. They live in a big garden on site and are cared for by staff and volunteers (including us when we wanted to learn how to look after our buns properly). But when a new rabbit is introduced to the pack they need to be properly bonded. This involves putting all the buns into as small a cage as possible so their scents can mix and a new hierarchy can be established without any chasing, fighting and biting.
They recently bonded 19 #rabbits. Which is both a crushing indictment on the pet rabbit breeding industry (please always adopt, don’t shop, and only get a rabbit if you know what you’re doing) and also the most fucking cute thing ever. Via https://www.facebook.com/100064306315216/posts/1443076054512591/
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Our local #rabbit rescue, Fat Fluffs (https://www.fatfluffs.com/), is also a sanctuary for buns that, for medical or behavioural reasons, cannot be rehomed. They live in a big garden on site and are cared for by staff and volunteers (including us when we wanted to learn how to look after our buns properly). But when a new rabbit is introduced to the pack they need to be properly bonded. This involves putting all the buns into as small a cage as possible so their scents can mix and a new hierarchy can be established without any chasing, fighting and biting.
They recently bonded 19 #rabbits. Which is both a crushing indictment on the pet rabbit breeding industry (please always adopt, don’t shop, and only get a rabbit if you know what you’re doing) and also the most fucking cute thing ever. Via https://www.facebook.com/100064306315216/posts/1443076054512591/
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A toasted bunny loaf for Bunday.
https://cutetropolis.com/2026/07/19/random-rabbits-12/ #Bunday #Bunnies #Rabbits -
Outsmarting deer and rabbits in the garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1881677/outsmarting-deer-and-rabbits-in-the-garden/ #deer #garden #GardenPestControl #gardener #gardening #rabbits #WildlifeManagement
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Outsmarting deer and rabbits in the garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1881677/outsmarting-deer-and-rabbits-in-the-garden/ #deer #garden #GardenPestControl #gardener #gardening #rabbits #WildlifeManagement
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http://hdl.handle.net/10261/438893
New paper: "When taxonomy lags behind evolution: Conservation implications of cryptic diversity in the Iberian rabbit"
Scientists have discovered a brand new bunny, which turns out to be actually quite an old bunny!
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http://hdl.handle.net/10261/438893
New paper: "When taxonomy lags behind evolution: Conservation implications of cryptic diversity in the Iberian rabbit"
Scientists have discovered a brand new bunny, which turns out to be actually quite an old bunny!
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Bunday is for cuddles.
https://cutetropolis.com/2026/07/12/random-rabbits-11/ #Bunday #Bunnies #Rabbits -
I think La Muerte and Xibalba, like many residents of Greater Los Angeles, want to get into the movies because they are *super* camera aware. #rabbits
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I think La Muerte and Xibalba, like many residents of Greater Los Angeles, want to get into the movies because they are *super* camera aware. #rabbits
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Protected Angora rabbits receive special care in Ankara
ANKARA Endemic Angora rabbits, a breed native to Ankara that later spread around the world, are being bred…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Ankara #angora #endemic #rabbits
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Check out this bouncing bunny!
https://cutetropolis.com/2026/07/05/random-rabbits-10/ #Bunday #Bunnies #Rabbits -
Over the last week some of us went out into the garden as it was nice weather.
There were lots of nice things to eat.
I, Houdinietta, ate some chamomile heads and strawberry leaves, while Willow ate some old dead leaves that had fallen off a crab apple tree.
She's a good friend, but she has no class <sigh> ....
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Over the last week some of us went out into the garden as it was nice weather.
There were lots of nice things to eat.
I, Houdinietta, ate some chamomile heads and strawberry leaves, while Willow ate some old dead leaves that had fallen off a crab apple tree.
She's a good friend, but she has no class <sigh> ....
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A young Rabbit at the side of the footpath
#nature #rabbits #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #RabbitPhotography #RabbitsOfMastodon #UK #RabbitScrolling
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A young Rabbit at the side of the footpath
#nature #rabbits #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #RabbitPhotography #RabbitsOfMastodon #UK #RabbitScrolling
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RABBIT ROW: ‘They’re not moving toys’ — Swansea MS hits back after rabbit training course call branded ‘hare-brained’
A Swansea politician whose call for rabbit owners to complete a training course was ridiculed across the UK has hit back — insisting the idea came from rabbit charities, and amounts to nothing more than a half-day online course.
Mike Hedges, the Labour and Co-operative Member of the Senedd for Gŵyr Abertawe, was branded “hare-brained” by political opponents after telling the Senedd that people should only be able to own a rabbit “after a short training course where individuals can show they understand the needs of rabbits”.
The call came in the same First Minister’s Questions exchange that saw Mr Hedges push for a ban on tethering horses — along with the microchipping of cats, a ban on keeping primates, an end to the cage breeding of game birds, and a ban on Larsen traps.
A Conservative source told BBC Wales the proposal was “hare-brained”, adding that people would be “hopping mad” Labour saw it as a priority and that Mr Hedges should stop “rabbiting on about bunny licences”. Conservative Senedd member Andrew RT Davies also questioned “the practicality of the kind of training that has been suggested”.
But speaking to That’s TV, Mr Hedges said the idea had not come from him at all — but from rabbit charities alarmed at how easily the animals are sold.
He said charities were concerned that a shop would sell someone a rabbit, a hutch and some wire — and then “wish you luck as you take the rabbit home”.
“There’s really a lot of work to be done looking after a rabbit,” he said. “Rabbits are social animals. In Germany you can’t buy a rabbit — you have to buy two rabbits, because rabbits like to be with other rabbits.”
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.comHe said prospective owners needed to learn how to feed rabbits, look after them and socialise with them — “and to also know that they’re not moving toys. They don’t like being picked up and held”, unlike cats.
“It’s not a huge request. It’s a half-day online course, which will explain to people what rabbits need,” he said. “If they do that before they buy the rabbit, some people will say ‘I don’t really want a rabbit’. Others will know what they have to do to look after it.”
He added: “We have got to a stage now where we’re quite good — I wouldn’t say very good, but quite good — looking after dogs and cats. But the other animals that we treat as pets, we need to do more on.”
Eight things you might not know about rabbits
- Males are bucks, females are does — and baby rabbits are kits.
- They’re deeply social animals: with a companion, rabbits are calmer, happier and less stressed — and they even play tricks on each other.
- They need far more room than a hutch. In the wild, a warren of tunnels can stretch across more than two acres and house 50 rabbits.
- Their front teeth never stop growing — around 3mm a week — which is why a constant supply of hay is essential to grind them down.
- They eat their own special droppings, passing food through twice to squeeze out every last bit of nutrition.
- A happy rabbit purrs — a gentle chattering of the teeth. But tooth grinding can be a sign of pain.
- That mid-air leap with a twist and a kick? It’s called a binky, and it means a rabbit is having a very good day.
- A doe can fall pregnant at four months old, carries for just four weeks — and can conceive again within hours of giving birth. In a single year, two rabbits could become 82.
Source: RSPCA
The welfare sector has largely lined up behind him. RSPCA Cymru said rabbits are “among our most forgotten and misunderstood pets” and among the most neglected in the UK — and is calling on the Welsh Government to commit to an “overdue review” of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Rabbits, which has not been updated since it was published in 2009.
The charity says it has rescued more than 4,000 rabbits from abandonment and mistreatment in just two years.
Welfare charity Hop to Save Rabbits said it was “very encouraged” to see the issue raised in the Senedd and supported “a short rabbit welfare course before acquisition”, saying rabbits can be obtained too easily and with too little understanding of their needs — leading to unsuitable housing, loneliness, mis-sexing, unwanted litters and abandonment.
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.comCloser to home, Nibbles Rodent & Rabbit Rescue, based near Crymych in Pembrokeshire, has launched its Rabbits Left Behind campaign calling for the Welsh rabbit code to be reviewed — pointing out that the codes for dogs, cats and horses have all been updated more recently.
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth did not commit to the proposal, but told the Senedd that Wales is “a nation of animal lovers” which needs “champions for the welfare and well-being of animals in our Senedd” — adding that legislation “is one route, and one that we will always be open to considering” as part of a new animal health and welfare plan.
Wales’ Greens leader Anthony Slaughter said his party would lend support “wherever there is a case to improve human knowledge around how to best care for a pet” — and Mr Hedges drew hundreds of supportive comments on social media, with rabbit owners saying the animals’ complex needs are widely misunderstood.
For now, there is no plan for compulsory rabbit training in Wales. But the row has reopened a bigger question — whether the country’s 17-year-old rabbit welfare guidance is overdue an update.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
ANIMAL WELFARE: Swansea MS and 13,000-name petition push for horse tethering ban — as First Minister says he is open to new laws
Mr Hedges’ other animal welfare call from the same Senedd exchange.ABERAVON: Dogs could be banned from running off-lead on prom all year under council plan
The seafront dog control proposals out for consultation in Neath Port Talbot.PET HEALTH: RSPCA warns Welsh owners against using AI chatbots instead of the vet
#animalWelfare #MikeHedgesMS #rabbits #RSPCA #Senedd #WelshLabour
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A rabbit 🐇 crossing the pavement
📸 2 July 2022
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Un lapin 🐇 qui traverse le trottoir📸 2 juillet 2022
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A rabbit 🐇 crossing the pavement
📸 2 July 2022
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Un lapin 🐇 qui traverse le trottoir📸 2 juillet 2022
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🐇 Rabbit Rabbit 🐇
The Rabbits of Utagawa Yoshifuji
#rabbitrabbit #rabbits #rabbitinart #UtagawaYoshifuji #japaneseart #firstdayofjuly #julyfirst #firstofjuly
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"It wasn't me!"
OK, so I guess the mystery of the missing beet leaves and dill will remain unsolved. 🤷
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"It wasn't me!"
OK, so I guess the mystery of the missing beet leaves and dill will remain unsolved. 🤷
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House #rabbits La Muerte and Xibalba in "Everybody wants to be a director". @tworabbitrescue
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House #rabbits La Muerte and Xibalba in "Everybody wants to be a director". @tworabbitrescue
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Fuku the rabbit really dislikes his birdie baby brother so much that he excuses himself from breakfast whenever he flies in.
Bonus Bunnies!
Andrew Y. found these rabbits who love each other, their human, and… music?
ラブラブのうさぎの夫婦 pic.twitter.com/qOq2725FnZ— 癒される動物 (@cutest_animal1) June 19, 2026
Fini kisses! 😚😚😚 […]
https://cutetropolis.com/2026/06/28/rabbit-and-parakeet-2/ #Bunday #Bunnies #Rabbits -
Cambridge bunny count personal best achieved last night on the way back from the Cambridge dance party. At least six bunnies in this photo and then they were an additional four to the right all enjoying a beautiful warm night chewing on the sweet grass. #cambridgema #bunnies #rabbits
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Cambridge bunny count personal best achieved last night on the way back from the Cambridge dance party. At least six bunnies in this photo and then they were an additional four to the right all enjoying a beautiful warm night chewing on the sweet grass. #cambridgema #bunnies #rabbits
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I have two resident buns, love having them around the yard #rabbits
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Adoption centre dedicated to rehoming small lab animals launches on NSW Central Coast
After almost a decade of dedicating her life to rehoming animals previously used in laboratory research, Paula Wallace…
#Australia #adoption #animalrehoming #animaltesting #AU #Austrlia #centralcoastnsw #guineapigs #labanimals #libertyfoundation #petadoption #rabbits #rodents #smallanimals #wyong
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Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array thinner than hair https://www.byteseu.com/2119538/ #AssociateProfessorXuXiaomin #BrainComputerInterfaces #China #ChinaScienceDaily #ConductiveHydrogelWithInterfacialPercolation #ECoGElectrodeArray #PNAS #ProfessorLiXiaojian #ProfessorTakaoSomeya #rabbits #Science #ShenzhenInternationalGraduateSchool #TheUniversityOfTokyo #TsinghuaUniversity #UniversityOfTokyo
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Following up on today’s discussion about rabbitty pedicures ;) here’s a tip I learned a few years ago….
Use a piece of sturdy netting to keep your bunny’s foot fur out of the way while you trim their nails. In the States, bags made out of netting are commonly used to package heavy produce, such as onions or sweet potatoes. If you’re interested, but you live in a country which doesn’t use this stuff, let me know. I could mail you a piece 🤗 It’s great, especially for big furry squirmy buns!
Bramble and Benny both had their day of beauty this morning without any bloodshed. But I am glad they are not closely related to octopuses (or octopi). 🐾
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Following up on today’s discussion about rabbitty pedicures ;) here’s a tip I learned a few years ago….
Use a piece of sturdy netting to keep your bunny’s foot fur out of the way while you trim their nails. In the States, bags made out of netting are commonly used to package heavy produce, such as onions or sweet potatoes. If you’re interested, but you live in a country which doesn’t use this stuff, let me know. I could mail you a piece 🤗 It’s great, especially for big furry squirmy buns!
Bramble and Benny both had their day of beauty this morning without any bloodshed. But I am glad they are not closely related to octopuses (or octopi). 🐾
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Following up on today’s discussion about rabbitty pedicures ;) here’s a tip I learned a few years ago….
Use a piece of sturdy netting to keep your bunny’s foot fur out of the way while you trim their nails. In the States, bags made out of netting are commonly used to package heavy produce, such as onions or sweet potatoes. If you’re interested, but you live in a country which doesn’t use this stuff, let me know. I could mail you a piece 🤗 It’s great, especially for big furry squirmy buns!
Bramble and Benny both had their day of beauty this morning without any bloodshed. But I am glad they are not closely related to octopuses (or octopi). 🐾
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Following up on today’s discussion about rabbitty pedicures ;) here’s a tip I learned a few years ago….
Use a piece of sturdy netting to keep your bunny’s foot fur out of the way while you trim their nails. In the States, bags made out of netting are commonly used to package heavy produce, such as onions or sweet potatoes. If you’re interested, but you live in a country which doesn’t use this stuff, let me know. I could mail you a piece 🤗 It’s great, especially for big furry squirmy buns!
Bramble and Benny both had their day of beauty this morning without any bloodshed. But I am glad they are not closely related to octopuses (or octopi). 🐾
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Following up on today’s discussion about rabbitty pedicures ;) here’s a tip I learned a few years ago….
Use a piece of sturdy netting to keep your bunny’s foot fur out of the way while you trim their nails. In the States, bags made out of netting are commonly used to package heavy produce, such as onions or sweet potatoes. If you’re interested, but you live in a country which doesn’t use this stuff, let me know. I could mail you a piece 🤗 It’s great, especially for big furry squirmy buns!
Bramble and Benny both had their day of beauty this morning without any bloodshed. But I am glad they are not closely related to octopuses (or octopi). 🐾
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Je suis d'accord avec @Flobzh , il n'y a pas assez de lapins sur mastodon. Voici Nocturne, il a 5 ans. C'est un gentil pépère très calin. Il aime les caresses sur le dessus de la tête et nous fait des bisous quand on se met à sa hauteur. Mais il n'est pas très content qu'en on lui coupe les griffes et nous gratifie d'un bruyant coup de patte arrière sur le sol, parce que greugreu. Il ne mord jamais, sauf une fois, il y a longtemps, une amie qui est rentré trop vite dans son espace vital. Il adore se faire des cabanes dans les cartons.
