Little Paws Small Animal Boarding

15/03/2025

A lovely sunny lunchtime walk following 3 beautiful wiggling corgi bottoms.... 😆🥰🐶
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14/03/2025

More home visits today to cuddle and spend some quality time with some of my regular feline friends 😻
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12/03/2025

March is usually a quieter month, the calm before the Easter storm... 😆, but I'm kept busy with plenty of local home visits to some fabulous pets 🐶🐈
Elsa loves a morning tummy tickle before her breakfast is served... 🥰
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09/03/2025

Welcome back Rexy 🥰🐦
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08/03/2025

2 Guinea Pig houses have become available over Easter due to a cancellation.... 🐹
Please get in touch to book 😊

06/03/2025

So teeny tiny but oh so perfect, she's literally as light as a feather 🪶 🥰
Pretty little Willow has arrived for a few days holiday.... 🐰
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05/03/2025

There is a new 'highly virulent' strain of RVHD2 and as such rabbit vaccinations are changing....
I would encourage you to talk to your vet, I don't feel I can insist on the new vaccine yet as so many vets don't currently stock the new vaccine so are not offering it, and some vets are struggling to get it. There is still some confusion over the vaccine but please ensure your buns vaccinations don't lapse.
We cannot accept rabbits for boarding without seeing proof of vaccination.
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It’s a new month which means it’s the perfect time for us to give you an update on the RVHD2 vaccination 💉🐰

Here’s what you need to know:

All rabbits should now have TWO vaccinations per year:

Vaccine 1: The ‘Triple’ vaccine covering RVHD1, RVHD2 & Myxomatosis (available for years).

Vaccine 2: A new vaccine covering RVHD1 & RVHD2, including the highly virulent strain (available in the UK since Jan 2025).

These can be given 2 weeks apart, but we advise 6-monthly intervals for added protection and regular vet checks.

Please be aware that some vets may not yet be aware of the new vaccine or the increasing risk of RVHD2. If you’re told an additional vaccine isn’t needed, we encourage you to ask again. We’re working hard to ensure all vets have the right info!

RVHD2 risk is rising, and Myxomatosis increases with warmer weather. Please speak to your vet about stocking both vaccines and book your rabbits in ASAP!

Stay safe & protect your bunnies! 🐇 💙

Find out more here: https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/rvhd2-highly-virulent-update/

04/03/2025

Just a reminder that August is now completely fully booked for both rabbits and guinea pigs 🐰🐹, dates outside of the school holidays remain available.
Enjoy your pancakes today.... 😁🥞😋
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02/03/2025

Neigh..... may I book a holiday please?? Plenty of hay and extra kisses required 😆🐴🥰
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24/02/2025

Feb Half Term is over and the kids are back to school 😊, next stop... Easter! 😁🏖
1 rabbit house remains available 🐰 and 2 Guinea Pigs houses 🐹, please get in touch to discuss dates 🥰
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22/02/2025

We treated ourselves to a little holiday over the Feb Half term so Little Paws has been a little quiet on posts but we're back to it now... 😁 and we started with some lovely home visits to beautiful Elsa 🥰😻
The school hols get booked up quickly but please do get in touch to enquire about available dates, we're looking forward to a super busy year ahead 🐰🐹🥰
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11/02/2025

Good morning Shadow 🥰
She's enjoying a little carrot treat today 🥕, but popular to contrary belief (& no thanks to Bugs Bunny!! 🫣🐰) carrots should only be fed in moderation due to their high sugar content, a coin sized piece once or twice a week as a treat is plenty.... most of a bunny's diet should be hay and grass, with some leafy greens and a very small amount of pellets.
Thank you Shadow, you have been very helpful.... 😆🥰
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09/02/2025

Beautiful Brie & Malla have joined us for a weekend break 🥰🐹
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02/02/2025

I love visiting these 3 beauties 😻, and they have now matured into such lovely cats, they must be such fun to live with... 😆😺
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31/01/2025

Wow.... January was one looooong month!!!! 😧 but now it's finally coming to an end let's look forward to Spring, it's literally just around the corner... honestly!!🤞🥀🌷🌼
Just a reminder that several weeks of the school holidays are already fully booked, particularly August, I do run a cancellation list alongside but please don't rely on spaces becoming available 🐰🐹🐭
I'm looking forward to a fabulous year and caring for all my amazing guests 🥰
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25/01/2025

Beautiful sunshine today, perfect for taking these 3 lovelies out for a lunchtime walk 🥰🐶
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24/01/2025

It’s a well-known narrative that rabbits can live just as contented and fulfilled a life singly as they can with a friend of their own kind.

And unfortunately it’s this narrative that leads to so many rabbits - 42% in the UK - living by themselves without a key welfare need being met.

Rabbits are incredibly social animals who thrive on being able to spend time, talk to (in their own language) and interact with a bonded friend or friends. As crepuscular animals, most active dusk and dawn, we’re often asleep when they’re up and about, and we also have life commitments that prevent us from snuggling up with them every day for hours when it’s nap time.

Rabbits are prey animals, they find being removed from their home environment for vet trips, boarding facilities, health checks and the like stressful and scary - and studies have shown that having a friend to accompany them through experiences like this lowers their cortisol and helps them settle and relax far quicker. From a rescue point of view, we have always seen pairs and groups of rabbits adjust to boarding far faster than single rabbits who are left to navigate a foreign environment on their own, without a support buddy.

One of the five freedoms (which are the animal version of human rights), is to afford rabbits the right to be with their own kind, rather than isolate them. Seeing bonded rabbits together will leave any guardian with no doubt that it is the best thing for their rabbit’s health, welfare and wellbeing.

No amount of human interaction can replace the value and importance of rabbits having a friend or friends of their own kind; studies have shown that rabbits value companionship as much as they do food - and as guardians it is our responsibility to ensure our rabbits live as happy, comfortable, healthy and fulfilled a life as possible.

Find your single rabbit a friend today - and always adopt, don’t shop.