History of the Easter Bunny!

Ever wondered why Easter is associated with bunnies? It’s thought that the hunt for eggs came first, with no association to the rabbit at all! As excited children eagerly searched for the eggs, they flushed out rabbits and thus began the stories of the rabbits leaving the eggs behind. Eggs were also traditionally given out [...]

National Rabbit Week pics – finalists

We’ve had a fantastic response to our call for rabbit pictures. Below are the 7 finalists chosen from rabbit pictures uploaded to ThePet.net. The winner, to be judged by rabbit-loving writer and journalist Carol Muskoron, will win a bag of Burgess Excel Adult Rabbit; as well as all six runners-up collecting a packet of Nature [...]

Prizes up for grabs for best rabbit pics

UPDATE: This competition is now closed. We will announce the winner shortly. To celebrate National Rabbit Week, we’ll be uploading a different picture of a ThePet.net member’s rabbit to our Pet of the Day slot every day, and the winner of Rabbit of the Week, judged by rabbit-loving writer and journalist Carol Muskoron will win [...]

Happy National Rabbit Week to You All!

Are you the proud owner of one (or more) of Britain’s third most popular pets? If so you’ll know only too well that rabbits make wonderful companions and give so much back in love and their personalities. But there’s a lot more to rabbits than you may think… Rabbits have always been thought of as [...]