Rabbits may eat fragments of their own teeth when they chomp on food — meaning each mouthful could contain a healthy dose of calcium, scientists say. Rabbits require large amounts of calcium, because ...

Like other animals and humans, rabbits can suffer from a variety of health issues. Among the most common are respiratory ...

so humans may be giving rabbits too much calcium. Healthy rabbits can excrete excess calcium in their urine, but if they have kidney problems, excess calcium can cause illness. The researchers ...

In fact, rabbits eating their own poop is vital to their health. Rabbits produce two types of poop: one is hard, dry waste pellets, and the other soft, moist droppings. This second type is full of ...

Inspectors do follow-up calls with imports seven days after arrival to ensure the rabbits remain healthy. This strict process also provides DOA with records on 100 percent of the rabbits that come ...

“But rabbits are actually quite difficult to manage. They are typically inbred, so they have lots of genetically inherited health conditions, of which dental problems are the most challenging.

Until now, researchers assumed that wild rabbits selected foods high in calcium, such as dandelion plants, to sustain their tooth growth. (Image credit: Lelia Valduga/Getty Images) Healthy rabbits ...