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Welcome to our
'ROSS RABBITS'
website
Hobbyist breeder of companion pet rabbits since 1972
Our
main objective with our website is to share our hobby which began in 1972 with
like-minded bunny-owners and promote general bunny-care and welfare.
This site gives information and advice about adopting and caring for pet rabbits, as companion rabbits, with information about what to look for when adopting your new furry friend, choosing your new pet bunny, housing, handling, feeding, grooming, house/litter-training and an introduction to general rabbit healthcare.
We sometimes have some of our bunnies' families available for adoption by loving pet homes only - and these can be seen on our Rabbit-Sales page.
We hope you enjoy your visit!
ROSS
RABBITS is the name of our personal hobby website - and is not a
business or trading name. We're just bunny-enthusiasts following our
long-term hobby which began in 1972 with our pampered family pets
living in our home and garden.
However,
in recognition of the growing demand for toys and treats for bunnies, on 1 April
2006, we opened a small online shop stocking a wide range of toys, treats,
gifts and novelties along with a full range of bunny supplies. In order to
keep it completely separate from our pets, the shop is located at a different
site and can be visited by clicking
HERE.
Back to our bunnies..... We are not a large commercial or impersonal 'stud' but very small-scale, registered, hobbyists breeding to maintain our lines of over-fussed and pampered pet bunnies whom we've bred and raised ourselves over 35 years. These produce equally pampered babies, some of whom are adopted as companion pets who move into loving homes across the UK.
We breed only to maintain our lines. We do not breed for income or profit, nor do we breed specifically to sell - indeed several of our bunnies are now elderly and retired 'geriatrics' who remain our pets.
Following taking early retirement in 1995, our lives are now totally dedicated to our furry family and we can provide them with constant care and attention - all day, every day and overnight, too!
We aim to produce quality, pedigree French Lop companion pets - with personality!
From each litter, we
retain some girls, plus the occasional boy. We
do not in-breed so we also use a few, very carefully-selected handsome boys in
order to introduce 'new blood' into our long-established furry family.
We're not actually a large 'stud' and have only 20 bunnies which includes our rehoming buns, a few rescue bunnies who needed a lot of TLC when they arrived, and our much-loved retired 'bunny-geriatrics' who spend their leisurely days relaxing in the garden enjoying their pension of broccoli and carrot tops.
We're very proud of our bunnies and their friendly characters, loving personalities and superb temperaments. All are noticeably cuddly, tame and friendly, and it's on this that we've built and developed our national reputation for our companion pets over the years.
We
keep three breeds: Mini-Lops where we're aiming for
both solid blue and harlequin pattern, Dwarf
Lops where we're aiming for blue
plus
a few harlequin during 2007-8 then, leaping up to the other end of the
size
spectrum, we have some of the wonderful 'gentle giants' of the rabbit world
- our much-loved, irresistible, French Lops - who are undoubtedly my personal
favourite breed. When
space permits, we'd love to start a line of Continental Giants but this won't be
until at least 2008-9 or later.
Although we have a range of colours, we specialise in blue and blue-butterfly French Lops and during 2004 worked on introducing fawn into our bunny-family for 2005 and added orange in 2006. We hope to extend this to fawn and orange butterfly-pattern from 2008-10.
We
have some very 'high-quality' pedigree bunnies in our family, whom we're very
proud of. We are members of several clubs and do a (very!) little showing when
time permits. We are also members of the Rabbit Welfare
Association which aims to improve the quality of life of pet rabbits in
the UK - objectives which we endorse entirely.
Most of our bunnies live outdoors but we always have at least one house-bunny to share our lives with - currently this is our French Lop, Giles who takes charge of our lounge and has the free run of the entire house! He's an especially licky bunny and a definite 'mummy's boy' with a passion for licking his mum's hands and feet!
All of our bunnies (yes, they are 'bunnies' to us, not rabbits!) are kept as pets who enjoy a life filled with cuddles and snuggles.
Please use these links to read more
about
us, our bunnies and breeding philosophy, general rabbit care (including
rabbit
healthcare) or to adopt
one of our cuddly baby bunnies. We've also included a link
to Feedback
from some previous adopters of our bunnies along with links to their online
photos.
If you already have bunnies and would like to treat them to some toys, chews, stock up on healthcare supplies for any bunny emergencies, treat them to a heat pad for the winter and possibly a cosy bed, or a lead and harness to take them for a leisurely stroll, then we have a wide range of bunny supplies available in our non-profit making online shop. This also has a range of basic essentials available to help you care for your furry family members.
More links are shown on the
bunny-themed buttons and the SITE INDEX page lists
the entire contents of our comprehensive - and growing companion pet rabbit
site.
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Meet our bunny family - our bunny lines since the early 1970's
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NEWS! - the latest bunny (and human) events here...
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Online Journal - the latest goings-on here as reported by the buns themselves.
This site includes just a few of our bunny photos - but there are many more in our online albums at: http://photos.freeserve.com/rossrabbits@ukonline.co.uk
and: http://community.webshots.com/user/rossrabbits
View our bunnies' video clips on YouTube
Please visit our French Lop website: http://continue.to/frenchlops
We live in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire in the beautiful Wye Valley. Our home overlooks the River Wye with panoramic views stretching into South Wales.
Please recommend our website to your friends and fellow bunny-fans....
We are members of the Rabbit Welfare Association.
Click here to read the Bunnies' own online journal to share their outlook on life and latest news
