Customer Reviews

My Dwarf Rabbit (My Pet Series)

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There is so much information that you will find yourself reading the book over and over again, finding new things. I would recommend no other book on rabbits. When I picked up my new bunny, I picked up a few books and magazines on house rabbits. Read them, went on the web, read some more, but I was not satisfied. My mother picked up another book on rabbits and I thought it was going to be more wasted money. I started to read "MY DWARF RABBIT" and I realized within a few pages that this was no ordinary book. This IS THE BOOK, the one I had been looking for. I built a condo for my little rabbit, like Monika's, and he got excited and started running up and down the levels. When I went to kiss him good night, he started giving me kisses! I made a play area, like Monika's, including the sand box and my little rabbit is so happy that he'd rather play in the sand than be anywhere else. This is truly a useful book with GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS. The format is logical and well thought out. If you want a pet that is happy and well behaved, then this WONDERFUL book will guide you to that path.

I have looked through several other books on rabbits, and for the most part the information that you find is very technical, impersonal, and "informative." This is not a bad thing...in fact, the other rabbit book that I own has a lot of very good information about rabbit health, diet, and breeding. But "My Dwarf Rabbit" by Monika Wegler is an amazing and unique resource on keeping rabbits as loving, beloved pets. She talks about her own experiences with rabbits and gives wonderful advice. She provides lists of toys to create or purchase for your bunnies...including a sandbox, which I had never heard of before this and my bunny absolutely adores! She talks about understanding and correcting behavior, from very shy rabbits to aggressive little tricksters. I have never owned a rabbit before, and I was extremely nervous about it...but now I have a rabbit that follows me from room to room and hops up on my lap the minute I sit down, ready to be cuddled and eat treats out of my hand. I plan on using this book as a resource for toy and play ideas for years to come. By all means, purchase other books and look at other resources for the technical aspects of owning a rabbit...but if you plan on having a little fuzzy companion or two who will love you and play with you, look into getting this book!

This is a very good book that everyone planning to get a dwarf rabbit should get. When other books say things like rabbits need [amount of something], the dwarf rabbit person has to remember that this means the amount that a standard-sized rabbit needs. That's not a problem with this book. And there are pictures of most of the dwarf breeds that are helpful in finding the breed you like. Another nice feature for the new owner is a list of fresh foods by whether they are highly recommended, recommended, OK, no-no's [including spinach], or poisonous.

However, the author is a bit opinionated on things, such as that you should always own more than one rabbit. Some people don't have the room & I don't think first-time owners should have to deal with 2 right away. And because she deals only with numerous rabbits at a time, she recommends very elaborate setups. Especially problematic is that the book says rabbits need several vaccinations, but this isn't true in the US the way it is in Europe. The publisher is in the US, so they should have had an American rabbit expert read the translation from German & make appropriate modifications.

I found that some of the information was useful but some of it was just opinion and a lot of it was bias information from the authors personal rabbits, I do like some stories of experience but I thought a lot of it was "I did this, so it's true". The information on rabbit health and disease was far from helpful, I did read it all, but when I came to having actual health problems there wasn't much in there that helped!