Rabbit in kennel?

Ganga

We are due to go on holiday shortly and our son would come round twice a day and feed our rabbit ( grandaughter wanted a pet- we have had it for years )this year he has to go away for a few days for work.
We can ask a friend to sort out these days but i said jokingly to my wife - we should put the rabbit in the kennels like cat and dog owners do.
Now the question,do the people who run these sort of places take small animals for holiday periods?

spadoosh

Yeh there is.

A place near me does all sorts from reptiles to chickens.

heres a good place to start

http://www.findpetboarding.com/rabbitboarding/

Ganga

spadoosh wrote: »

Yeh there is.

A place near me does all sorts from reptiles to chickens.

heres a good place to start

http://www.findpetboarding.com/rabbitboarding/

Thanks for the info,worth thinking about.

ripplyuk

There are lots of places that do it. Look up 'bunny boarding'. Some catteries also take them, and even pet shops too. The other option is having a petsitter to come in each day which is what I choose because I didn't think my rabbit would like going to a strange place.

jenny-wren

Ours takes cats, rabbits and guinea pigs!

sheramber

A few year ago I phoned the local dog kennels and asked of they took in rabbits. She replied that if I brought the hutch and food she would look after it. She kept it in the kennels shop.

There are some people who advertise small animal boarding . They should be licensed by the local council so you could ask them if they had any licensed with them.

Pewmouse

I have a friend who offers licensed small animal boarding, she looks after rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters etc. Mainly small caged animals, I think if it's that type of pet you have you want someone with knowledge and also I would be wary of leaving a small pet in a dog or cat place. The smells will be scary for them and small furries can catch bordatella from dogs which is deadly to them. (I know all good kennels ask for vaccination records but it would still worry me.)


I will only trust someone experienced with my pet rats as they can become poorly quickly so I like them to be with someone knowledgeable that will take them to a vet on my behalf of needed.

Ganga

Thanks everybody for the help/info - food for thought.

bugslet

When I had chinchillas, our local pet shop looked after them - I was a regular customer at the time.

elsien

Depending on the knowledge of the person calling in on your rabbit, small pet boarding may be preferable.
Parent feeds next door's rabbit when they are away. Her knowledge of and interest in rabbits is zilch, so it's literally go in, feed, get back out without rabbit escaping, twice a day.
If the rabbit is obviously unwell she would take it to the vet, but it would have to be very obvious as there is no quality time involved in these interactions. Always seems to me to be very unfair on the rabbit because they're sociable animals so a week with the only company being very fleeting visits must be lonely for him.

gazapc

We have used a local small animal kennels for any longer holidays. They can host upto 40 rabbits and a,ways seem to be popular! All have separate daytime grass runs outside and then get moved in to a hutch in an outbuilding overnight. Get fresh veggies etc...

We also contacted a local dog sitter for shorter holidays who was advertising on gumtree, turned out she ran her own mini rabbit rescue centre and had upto 15 at any time! We give her the keys and she pops around every evening to feed them. She thought one of them wasn't eating once so without even asking went to the shop and bought a load of favourite veg to try and tempt them to eat.

We use the sitter for anything upto 3-4 days and kennels for anything longer. One of the rabbits is terrified of the car so it's not fair to have to drive him to the kennels for just a weekend. Both options are broadly similar price.