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Round Up of Rabbit Care – Flexi CPD

£195.00 Ex VAT

Type:  Flexi CPD (converted from a tutored course)
Start:  On-demand / Unlimited Lifetime Access
CPD:    12 hours (UK), 12 points (approved in AUS, NZ and ZA)
Level:  Intermediate / Advanced

 

Description

SAVC and AVNAT Approved Course
This flexi CPD course is aimed at vet nurses and vet technicians in general / referral practice, and is available on-demand with unlimited lifetime access.  Each module consists of a tutorial, quiz and further reading articles

 

Module 1

Nutrition and Husbandry at Home
  • Dietary requirements
  • Environmental needs
  • Incorrect feeding problems
  • Obesity
  • Tempting rabbits to eat hay

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Discuss the nutritional requirements of rabbits and why these are important
  • Recognise problems related to incorrect or poor diet and the implications these have on health and welfare
  • Appreciate that rabbits need large enclosures, which allow them to exhibit normal behavioural patterns.  These are important from a health and welfare perspective. We will examine what rabbits need to be happy
  • Understand obesity and how to implement a weight loss programme for rabbits
  • List various methods to encourage picky rabbits to eat hay!

Module 2

Preventative Healthcare
  • Neutering – when and why
  • Vaccination – myxomatosis, RVHD1 and RVHD2
  • Endo and ectoparasites
  • Flea treatment
  • Worming treatment

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Understand the best time to neuter rabbits
  • Appreciate why we should be neutering all rabbits – health, welfare and behavioural benefits
  • Know all the latest vaccination information and background on these fatal viruses
  • Know which endo and ectoparasites can affect rabbits and the clinical signs
  • Discuss if rabbits require prophylactic flea and worm treatment, and if so, when?

Module 3

Implementing Rabbit Clinics and Client Evenings in Practice
  • Setting up rabbit clinics
  • Running client evenings
  • What to discuss
  • Health checking
  • Benefits to the practice

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Understand that client education is imperative but there is more than one way to deliver this
  • Discover the benefits of both rabbit clinics and client evenings
  • Know what should be discussed and the clinical examination to help detect problems
  • Appreciate why being a rabbit friendly practice is of benefit to you!

Module 4

Common Medical Diseases
  • Gastrointestinal stasis and blockages
  • Dental disease
  • Urinary tract disease
  • E. cuniculi
  • Myxomatosis and RVHD

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Describe the common conditions that rabbits present to veterinary practices and require hospitalisation
  • Ascertain if a rabbit has gastrointestinal stasis or a blockage – differences and treatments
  • Identify clinical signs and causes
  • List the treatment options
  • Describe preventative measures to help ensure rabbits remain healthy

Module 5

Rabbits in the Practice
  • Reducing stress
  • Hospitalisation
  • Gold standard rabbit nursing
  • Medicating
  • Fluid therapy and blood sampling
  • Supportive feeding

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Understand that everything that we do to rabbits whilst they are hospitalised induces some degree of stress.  Learn ways to reduce this, which are easily achieved in practice
  • Appreciate that hospitalised rabbits can require in-depth care which can be daunting. Learn how to effectively nurse rabbits to ensure optimum care
  • Learn how to medicate rabbits in an effective and safe manner is imperative, as well as how to syringe feed, deliver fluid therapy and acquire successful blood samples with minimal stress to the rabbit or nurse!

Module 6

Rabbit Anaesthesia and Analgesia
  • Signs of pain
  • Analgesia options
  • Making rabbit anaesthesia safer
  • Monitoring under general anaesthesia

Learning objectives
After completion of this module, participants should be able to:

 

  • Review rabbit anaesthesia and learn how to build up your confidence, including pre op, intra op and post op care. Anaesthetising rabbits can be overwhelming but doesn’t need to be!
  • Know the clinical signs rabbits show when they are in pain, and learn how to use the Rabbit Grimace Scale
  • Review the analgesics available for rabbit medicine
  • Understand the parameters monitored during anaesthesia – including CO2, SPO2,reflexes, HR, RR and BP readings

 

The course will be available immediately following purchase, with unlimited lifetime access and will provide a total of:
12 hours of CPD (UK)
12 points (Australia – AVNAT approved)
12 points (New Zealand – AVNAT / NZVNA approved)
12 points (South Africa – SAVC Accreditation Number AC/2528/25)

Release date: June 2025

23 reviews for Round Up of Rabbit Care – Flexi CPD

  1. Rhiannon M –

    really good course, I learnt a lot.

    Rated: Introduction level

  2. Madison G –

    This course was amazing! Rabbits are a really brushed over subject within veterinary, and it gave me a lot of information about them in every aspect of their care, that has helped me understand them better, and share what I have learnt with the rest of my team.

    Rated: Introduction / Intermediate level

  3. Matthew B –

    Informative and provided a lot of useful knowledge that can be used within practice

    Rated: Introduction level

  4. Peter G –

    Great course, Really informative, lots of useful hints and tips to make rabbit care even better

    Rated: Intermediate level

  5. Liz C –

    This course has been brilliant. A mixture of basic information I already knew along with new ideas i can take back into practice. The course was well put together and all information has been given at appropriate times. The written assignments have been really useful in making me think and remember the information I have been given.

    Rated: Intermediate level

  6. Debbie M –

    I really enjoyed the course and I have learnt loads, I hope to be able to make some changes in my practice with my new found knowledge.

  7. Emma C –

    Excellent. Assignments took time to complete

  8. Cadi M –

    I thoroughly enjoyed the 6 week course, the content was in-depth and I learnt a lot! Will definitely be taking what I learnt back to practice to improve our rabbit patients experience by sharing my new knowledge with colleagues.

  9. Melissa P –

    Very informative and well explained topics. Interesting and thought provoking tasks, that will be useful in practice.

  10. Emma T –

    Amazing course covered all aspects of rabbit care, tutorials were very informative and the assignments were all useful!

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Speaker

Claire Speight A1 Clinical Coach, C&G Cert Nursing Exotic Species, RVN
Kettering Vets4Pets

 

Qualifying as a veterinary nurse in 2007, Claire has always had an interest in rabbit nursing. She gained the City and Guilds veterinary nursing of exotic species certificate in 2009, and has worked as an A1 assessor and now a clinical coach within her practice.  Claire currently works in Kettering as a Senior Nurse in a practice with a high rabbit caseload, and also frequently lectures on rabbits to both veterinary professionals and owners. Claire has and continues to be a regular contributor to several publications including; LAPIS, Pet Gazette, Veterinary Nursing Journal, and Veterinary Nursing Times, and is also the editor of ‘Rabbiting On’ – the Rabbit Welfare Association’s quarterly magazine.

CPD Hours

This online course is worth 12 hours of CPD.

 

A certificate will be available from the ‘My Courses’ section, for you to download and print, once you have completed the course.  A permanent record of your total CPD hours will also be recorded in your account section.

AVNAT

Australia and New Zealand 

The Australian Veterinary Nurse and Technician (AVNAT) Regulatory Council has allocated 12 AVNAT CPD points to this continuing education activity.

 

This course is also recognised by the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association (NZVNA) as providing 12 CPD points.

 

SAVC

South Africa

The South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) has allocated 12 CPD points to this continuing education activity. Accreditation Number AC/2528/25)

Information

Upon purchase you will be immediately registered to attend the course, with unlimited lifetime access.  The course will consist of six modules, where each module provides 2 hours of CPD, in the form of a tutorial, a quiz and also a selection of further reading journals, articles or book chapters.

 

The course is completely flexible, where all the learning resources are provided immediately – it is designed for you to complete one module per week, but it is completely up to you, how and when you decide to complete the course. You have unlimited lifetime access to all the supportive learning materials, and once you have completed the whole course, a certificate will be automatically generated.

 

Looking for some further information? – please have a look at our Flexi Online CPD Courses – PDF Guide

Levels

This course has been listed as ‘Introduction / Intermediate’ level

 

All of our courses are aimed at veterinary nurses in general practice, but everyone who works in the veterinary profession is very welcome to attend, whether you are a clinical receptionist, veterinary surgeon, student nurse or have been a qualified nurse for over 20 years!

 

The courses are not formally assessed for skill level, so the following CPD levels are just a rough guide to help you decide if a course may be more or less suitable:

 

Introduction
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice approaching a new topic or looking for a refresher course

Intermediate
– maybe most suitable for qualified nurses in general practice along with referral / specialist nurses looking for a refresher course

Advanced
– maybe most suitable for referral / specialist nurses and highly experienced qualified nurses in general practice

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Invoice

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Please ask your practice manager or accounts department to visit the website, register an account in their own name, and during checkout, complete the ‘delegate name’ and ‘delegate email’ sections with your personal details.  We will then register you a personal account on your behalf, and transfer the course booking over to your new personal account.  We will of course email you all the information you need to access this new account and your CPD course.

 

If you need an invoice and no other payment method is available to you, then please email [email protected] with all the following information:

  • Full name of delegate
  • Email address for delegate
  • Course(s) booking
  • Any discounts / promotions being redeemed
  • Practice name and address
  • Invoice name and address (if different)
  • Corporate group name (Linnaeus, IVC, Medivet, VetPartners etc) (if applicable)
  • Practice code (eg Vet4Pets practices)
  • Booking / invoice reference (if required)
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Please note the following:

  • Invoices must be requested a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to a course starting, to allow time for the payment to be received
  • Delegates will not be allowed access to any course without prior payment
  • An invoice will be emailed to the contact provided and the course booking will be reserved for 7 days, whilst payment via debit / credit card or BACS is arranged
  • There will be an administration fee of £2.50 +VAT per invoice generated. You may book multiple delegates / multiple courses on a single invoice to the same practice

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