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To read about the terrible adverse reactions that several of my rabbits experienced in 2008 after being injected with the Cylap VHD vaccination,

please see the separate page called Cylap reaction.

 

I have also heard the sad news that a rabbit has now died following awful complications after receiving the Cylap VHD vaccine.

 

Please see the Cylap reaction page. Please note that this vaccine is no longer available in the UK, having been superseded by the combined myxomatosis/VHD vaccine (Nobivac) and more recently the VHD2/RHD2 vaccine (Filavac).

 

I am pleased that there is now a combined VHD/myxomatosis vaccine, my rabbits have all been receiving it since 2012 with no side effects whatsoever and in addition have had the Filavac vaccine since 2016 as well as the triple vaccine which came out in 2020.

Exhibition rabbits are required to wear a metal ring on one of their hind legs for the purposes of registration and identification. These rings come in different sizes according to the breed of rabbit and are purchased from the British Rabbit Council.

 

For many decades the size for English rabbits was a D size.

From the beginning of 2016 this size was increased to an E size, despite members of the National English Rabbit Club voting against this change in a ballot some years earlier.

 

The change was brought in anyway and unfortunately resulted in a broken leg in Hickory, one of my rabbits, due to the fact it was able to slide down onto the lower part of the leg and get stuck there. Hickory is now fine, but had to undergo surgery and many weeks of restricted space. The same has also happened to other English rabbits belonging to other breeders.

 

If you show English rabbits please be aware of the fact that this could occur. Please contact me if you require any further

information about what happened.

Please contact me if you are interested in owning any of my rabbits!
 

All of my baby rabbits are now vaccinated with Nobivac Myxo-RHD Plus by my vet at the age of seven weeks, this costs £52 with a basic health check or £67 with a full health check per rabbit, and protects them against myxomatosis and both strains of RHD/VHD for a year. These are the 2024 prices, I will get the price for 2025 in due course. With the advent of the triple vaccine in 2020 I decided to only sell fully vaccinated rabbits from that point forward, and I hope that this will be a bonus in the eyes of their new owners.

Before accepting your reservation on any of my rabbits I will ask you lots of questions and request to see photos of your set up to ensure that my rabbits are going to forever homes and that you have done your research. I am also very happy to be asked lots of questions in return!

I do not take early reservations, this is due to baby rabbits being very vulnerable, you will be able to reserve from around the age of 6 or 7 weeks, however you are welcome to express interest before this age.
 

I require a deposit to reserve any rabbit, I will hold for up to 72 hours but if a deposit has not been received by that time then the rabbit will become available again. This is due to many time wasters in the past.

 

Please contact me if you feel you can offer any of my available
rabbits an amazing new home!

 

Please visit the For sale page for

more information about the

types of homes I am looking for when rehoming any of my rabbits, as well as seeing what animals may be available..........

We have babies from Teal and Bonnie!  Please head over to the New litters page, as well as my Facebook and Instagram pages for the latest updates!

“We are aware that there is, sadly, yet another strain of Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic disease out there: “virulent” or “highly virulent” RVHD2. It’s been detected in Hungary, France, Northern Italy and the Netherlands, where it makes up approximately 50% of the cases seen (the other 50% being "classical" RVHD2). As yet, we can’t be sure of its presence in the UK, as no work has been done to look for it. We are in the process of finding out if it is possible to do any surveillance for it, but we know from past experience with previous strains, that it is only a matter of time before it gets here, if it’s not here already.

 

The good news is that there is a new vaccine which covers both it and the "classical" RVHD2 strain, but not RVHD1, nor myxomatosis. The bad news is that we don't expect this to be available in the UK until early next year. Because of the restriction placed on us by the Veterinary Medicine Directorate we are not able to provide the names of any vaccinations to rabbit guardians and care givers, only to clinicians such as vets. However, we are communicating this to them also so you should contact your vet for advice.

 

We hope to be able to give more news nearer the time of its release, including suggested vaccine regimes, for vets and for owners. Until then, please do not stop vaccinating with the currently available vaccine, as this offers the fullest possible protection available right now, , and please continue to take sensible precautions to avoid bringing it into your rabbit's environment (eg by changing outdoor footwear at the door, and being careful to forage in places with, ideally, no wild rabbits present).

 

If you are adding any new rabbits to your household (or if you run a rescue) then we advise quarantining any new additions for 2 weeks.”

 

 

Richard Saunders (he/him) BSc (Hons) BVSc FRSB CBiol DZooMed (Mammalian) DipECZM (ZHM) FHEA FRCVS

 

Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund Veterinary Advisor

New “highly virulent” variant of RHD2 - below is a statement from October 2024 from the RWAF’s Chief Veterinary Advisor:

The above news is obviously very concerning, I have heard of sudden deaths in fully vaccinated rabbits on the various groups I am in from all over the UK over the last year or two. I have also received the very sad news from owners of rabbits bred by me who also lost them suddenly in recent months, so I was keen to find out how soon I could arrange for my own rabbits to be vaccinated with this new vaccine, which is called Yurvac RHD.

 

 

A veterinary practice local to me managed to source a 40 dose vial from their wholesaler, so all of my own as well as my boarding clients’ rabbits were vaccinated on Monday 10th February 2025. As the smaller vials and single doses become more readily available I hope that this vaccine will become more readily available for all rabbit owners to get hold of, and I am currently deciding what vaccine protocol to follow with any babies that will be born here in the future.

 

I pride myself on being one of the very few breeders in the UK to have vaccinated every baby born here with Nobivac Myxo -RHD Plus since its inception in 2020 and to also provide a vaccination card with each rabbit that leaves here, and will be deciding on what I will do going forward over the coming months as my new litters arrive.......