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Getting a Rabbit The first thing most people would think to go if they want a bunny is a pet shop. There are large chains, and smaller shops who often have baby rabbits available for sale, and there's no doubt that if you are bunny minded, it can be very difficult not to buy one there and then, but....... Often rabbits purchased from pet shops are impulse buys by people who like the idea of a rabbit, without realising just what it means to actually own one. Baby rabbits are very demanding, and like children and teenagers can be very mischievous, or even destructive. Also, despite the widely held view to the contrary, very few if any are really suitable as children's pets. So given that to a pet shop you are a prospective customer, and that is in their interests to sell you a rabbit, and just about as many accessories as they can persuade you to buy, is there a better place to look for your pet? Probably the most common destination for people who don't want to use pet shops is the RSPCA, and although they do an invaluable job, they don't really specialise in rabbits, so what does that leave? In the option of most experienced caring rabbit owners, probably the best place to but a rabbit from is a rabbit sanctuary (yes a rabbit sanctuary, I had never heard of them either until I was pointed in the right direction). Rabbit sanctuaries take in bunnies from all different kinds of situations. They have buns handed in by members of the public who find them wondering the streets, The RSPCA often pass on their rabbits, and even rabbit breeders who have let their hobby get out of hand call on the sanctuaries for support. The great thing about the sanctuaries, is that they will give you good impartial advice. Usually, they will even visit you at home to ensure that you have a suitable place to keep your bunny, and above all, they will help you to choose the right bun for you. Rabbit sanctuaries are in operation all over the country, and are well worth seeking out. here is a list of just some of them:- NORTHWEST RABBIT WELFARE PROJECT Society for Abandoned Animals The Peggy Henderson Animal Sanctuary Barfoot Bridge Stretford Manchester M32 9UP Bobtails' Rabbit & Guinea Pig Sanctuary Jim and Delia Cordell, 44, Arundel Avenue East Ewell Surrey KT17 2RG Tel: 020 8393 2016 The Bunny Camp Sanctuary Sonya and Jim McDonough 4 Stoney Ridge Avenue, Heaton, Bradford West Yorkshire BD9 6PA England Warren Lodge Rabbit Rescue "Acnaib" Osborne Road off Pound Lane Bowers Gifford Essex SS13 2LG Bunny Burrows Small Animal Sanctuary Richmond Tel: 01748 824788
	Bunny Toys It is important to keep your rabbit from becoming bored and one way to do this is to introduce toys for bunny to play with. This will also help establish a relationship with your rabbit, although patience may be needed at first for bunny to learn how to play and interact with you. There are many toys available made especially for rabbits and some examples of these are hard or soft willow balls with or without hay stuffed into them, willow rings, willow tunnels are popular as is the cardboard bunny playhouse. Strong toys made for parrots with bells in that can be picked up and thrown or pushed and rolled on the floor are also suitable. Some rabbits enjoy playing with soft toys, old phone directories, cloths or old clothing by either carrying them around, ragging them or nibbling holes in them. Not only are toys available to purchase but by using your imagination you can make your own. Try pushing a flowerpot, yoghurt pot or empty kitchen roll carton towards your bunny and watching as it is grabbed and tossed high in the air. A sealed carton or egg box containing bunny's favourite treat will while away a few minutes until the lid is taken off, either by you or bun, and the treat enjoyed. Empty containers can be stuffed full with hay, freshly picked grass or herbs, or try offering a pot full of growing grass or a favourite herb (preferably outside) so it can be eaten or torn to shreds and the soil scattered. Balls, cardboard boxes, edible twigs such as hazel or apple, untreated willow sticks, baskets, and seagrass mats, can be added to the list to provide entertainment value for your furry friend. Caution must be taken with all items not specifically made for rabbits to ensure that they are not eaten and ingested - like the plastic from pots or fibres from fabric. That is why it is far better for you to take an active part in playtime. HAVE FUN! Toys and other items may be purchased on the following websites: www.bunnymail.co.uk www.westwaleswillows.co.uk/bunnytoys.html

	Poisonous and Rabbit friendly Plants Edible Alfalfa Apple (no seeds) Apricot Basil Beet greens and tops Blueberry Bok Choy Borage Broccoli Brussele Sprouts Carrots (plus tops) Catnip and catmint Cauliflower Celery Cilantro Clover Comfrey Collard greens Dandelion Endive Escarole Grapes and grape leaves/vines (no seeds) Green pepper (also red) Kale Lemon grass Lollo rosso Lovage Mints (but not pennyroyal) Melon Mustard greens Nasturtium Orange Oregano Peppermint leaves Sweet marjoram Papaya Parsley Pea pods Parsnip Peach Pears Pineapple Plums Radish sprouts and tops Raddichio Raspberries and raspberry leaves Red chard Rocket Romaine lettuce Rutabegas Spinach Strawberries and leaves Tomato (not the plant) Turnips Watercress Wheat grass Poisonous Acokanthera fruit and flowers Aconite African rue Agapanthus Agave - leaves Aloe Alsike clover Amanita Amaryllis - bulbs Amaryllis belladonna - bulbs Anemone Angel trumpet tree - flowers, leaves, seeds Anthurium Apple - seeds Apple leave croton Apricot pits Arrowgrass Arrowhead vine Asparagus fern Atropa belladonna - black berries very dangerous, whole plant poisonous Autumn crocus - corms Avocado Azalea Baccharis Balsam Balsam pear - seed, rind of fruit Baneberry - berries, roots, foliage Beach pea Beargrass Beefsteak plant Begonia Belladonna lily - bulbs Betel nut palm Bird of paradise Bittersweet - berries Bitterweed(s) Black locust - bark, sprouts, foliage Black nightshade - leaves and berries Black root Bladderpod Bleeding heart - foliage and roots Bloodroot Bluebonnet Blue cohosh Blue-green algae Bog kalmia Boston ivy Bottlebrush - flowers Boxwood Bracken fern Branching ivy Broomcorn Broomweed Buckeye - sprouts and nuts Buckthorn - fruit and bark Bull nettle Bunchberry Burroweed Buttercup - leaves (only poisonous in 2-3% of bunnies) Black locust seeds Boxwood - leaves and twigs Buckeye - seeds Buckthorn - berries Cactus thorn Caesalpinia - seeds and pods Caladium Calico bush - young leaves and shoots California fern California geranium California holly - leaves Calla Candelabra cactus Cardinal flower Carnation Carolina jessamine Casava - roots and sap Cassine - berries Castor bean - seed Century plant Ceriman Chalice vine Cherries, wild and cultivated - twigs, foliage, bark, pits Cherry, Jerusalem - fruits and leaves Cherry laurel Cherry, natal - berries Chinaberry tree - berries Chokecherry - leaves Christmas berry - leaves Christmas candle - sap Christmas rose Cineraria Clematis Cloak fern Cocklebur Coffee bean Cohosh Colorado rubberweed Columbine Common privet Cone flower Coral berry - seeds Coral plant - seeds Cordatum Corn cockle Corn lily Corn plant Cotoneaster Covotillo - berries Cowslip Crabs eye - seeds Creeping Charlie (not the houseplant) Cress/crucifers/mustard Crocus - corms Croton Crown of thorns Crown vetch Crow poison Cuban laurel Cuckoopint Curcas bean - seeds and oil Cutleaf philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Daisy Daphne Delphinium Datura Deadly amanita Deadly nightshade Death camas Death cup Desert tobacco Destroying angel Devils ivy Devils tomato Dianthus Dieffenbachina Dogbane - leaves Dogwood - fruit Dolls eyes - berries roots, foliage Dracaena palm Dragon tree Drymary Dumbcane Durra Dutchmans breeches - foliage and roots Dutchmans pipe Elaine Eggplant - plant Elderberry - unripe berries Elephant ear Emerald duke Emerald feather English ivy English laurel Euonymus Euphorbia - leaves, flowers, sap Evening trumpet Exotica perfection Eyebane False henbane False hellebore False parsley Fiddle-leaf fig Fiddleneck - fruit and bark Firecracker Firethorn Fireweed - fruit and bark Florida beauty Flowering beauty Flowering tobacco Fluffy ruffles Fly agaric Fly-poison Fools parsley Four 0 clock Foxglove Frijolito Fruit salad plant Garden sorrel Gelsemium German ivy Ghostweed Giant dumbcane Glacier ivy Gladiola Glecoma hederacea Glory ivy Goatweed Gold dieffenbachia Gold dust dracaena Goldenchain tree - seeds and pods Golden pothos Golden-toothed aloe Greasewood Green-gold nephythytis Ground ivy Groundsel(s) Guajillo Halogeton Hawaiian baby wood rose Heart ivy Heartleaf Heavenly bamboo Hedge apples Hellebore Hemlock Hemp, Indian - leaves Henbane, black Hogwort Holly - berries Horsechestnut - nuts Hyacinth Hydrangea Impatiens Indian laurel Indian rubber plant Indian tobacco Indian turnip Indigo Inkberry - leaves and berries Inkweed Iris Ivy Jack in the pulpit Jamestown weed Jatropha - seed and oil Java bean - uncooked bean Jequirity bean - seeds Jerusalem cherry Jessamine - flowers, leaves, berries Jessamine, night blooming Jimmy fern Jimson weed Johnson grass Jonquil Juniper - needles, stem and berries Kafir Klamath weed Lady slipper Lambkill - leaves Lantana Larkspur Lecheguilla Ligustrum Lily of the valley Lima bean - uncooked bean Lobelia Locoweed Lords and ladies Lupine Machineel Madagascar dragon tree Majesty Mandrake Marble queen Marijuana March marigold Mayapple Medicine plant Mescal - cactus tops Mescal bean Mesquite Mexican breadfruit Mexicantes Milkvetch Milkweed Milo Miniature croton Mistletoe Moccasin flower Mock orange Monkshood Moonseed Morning glory - seed Mother-in-law Mountain laurel - young leaves and shoots Mushroom Mustard - root Narcissus Nephthytis Needlepoint ivy Nicotiana Nightshade(s) Oaks - foliage and acorns Oleander Orange milkweed Orange sneezeweed Ornamental tobacco Oxalis Palma Christi - seeds and leaves Panda Paper flowers Paradise plant Parlor ivy Parsnip Partridge breast Peach - pith contains cyanide Pear - seeds contains cyanide Pear, balsam - seed and outer rind of fruit Pencilbush Pencil cactus Pennyroyal mint Peony Peregrina - seeds and oil Perill mint Periwinkle - whole plant Peyote - cactus tops Philodendron Pigweed Pingue Pinks Plum - pits Plumose fern Poinciana - green seeds and pods Poinsettia - leaves, sap, flowers Poison hemlock Poison ivy Poison nut Poison oak Poison parsnip Poison sumac Pokeberry - root Pokeroot - root Poke salad - root Pokeweed - root Poppy (except California) Pot marigold Pot mum Potato - green, leaves/eye Pathos Precatory bean - seeds Prickly copperweed Prickly poppy Primrose Primula Privet - berries Purge nut - seed and oil Purple sesbane Psychic nut - seeds and oil Pyracantha Queen Annes lace Ranunculus Rattlebox Rattleweed Rayless goldenrod Red clover Red emerald Red margined dracaena Red princess Red sage - green berries are fatal Rhododendron Rhubarb Ribbon plant Ripple ivy Rosary bean - seeds Rosary pea Rum cherry - withered leaves Sacahuista Saddle leaf philodendron Sage - leaves of some are poisonous Sago palm Sand begonia Satin pothos Schefflera Scotch broom - seeds Senecio Senna bean Sesbane(s) Shamrock plant Sheep laurel - leaves Silverleaf Silverling Silver pothos Skunk cabbage Slinkweed Snapdragon Snapweed Snowdrop Snow on the mountain Solanum - berries Solomons seal Sorghum Snake palm Snakeroot, white Snakeweed Spathe flower Spider mum Split leaf philodendron Spotted dumb cane Sprengeri fern Spurge - leaves and flowers Squill Squirrel corn Staggergrass Star of Bethlehem Stinkweed St johnswort Stranomium String of beads/pearls Striped dracaena Sudan grass Swamp laurel Sweet pea - seeds Sweet potato Sweet William Sweet heart ivy Swiss cheese plant Skunk cabbage Tansy Taro Taro vine Thorn apply Tiger lily Toadstools Tobacco Touch me not Toyon - leaves Tree philodendron Tropic snow True aloe Trumpet plant Trumpet vine Tullidora - berries Tulip Turpentine weed Umbrella plant Variegated philodendron Venus flytrap Victoria regia Violet - seeds Virginia creeper - berries Warneckei dracaena Water hemlock White snakeroot Wild black berry - withered leaves Wild carrot, cucumber, jasmine, parsnip, pea Windflower Wisteria - seeds and pods Wolfsbane Woodbine - sap Woodrose Woody nightshade - berries Yam bean - roots and immature pods Yaupon holly - berries Yellow knapweed Yellow jasmine Yellow oleander Yellow star thistle Yerba depasmo Yew berries