A practical plant guide written for Australian rabbit and guinea-pig homes
Plant lists can make feeding feel simple until two sources disagree, a common name refers to several species, or the plant in front of you does not match the part shown online.
The Botanical Wellness & Foraging Handbook was created to make those decisions clearer. It brings food, forage, browse, grasses, hay, herbs, flowers and cultivated greens into one carefully bounded reference for rabbits and guinea pigs.
This is not a list that labels every natural plant as useful. Plants with an Avoid or Insufficient evidence outcome remain in the book with the reason they should not be offered routinely.
What is inside
- 165 fully designed pages
- 102 detailed plant profiles
- Common and botanical names
- Rabbit and guinea-pig guidance shown separately
- Suitable plant parts and forms
- Foundation, Rotation, Limited, Species Note, Insufficient evidence, Vet Review and Avoid boundaries
- Toxic lookalikes and practical identification stop signs
- Consolidated Avoid and evidence-hold registers
- Australian seasons, climate conditions and biosecurity boundaries
- Safe growing, harvesting, washing, drying and storage guidance
- Australian hay-choice guidance
- Quick-reference tables, glossary, source directory and complete plant index
Australia first
The handbook uses Australian terminology, Southern Hemisphere seasons and Australian growing, weed and biosecurity context. It begins from the Mid North Coast of New South Wales while also accounting for tropical wet and dry cycles, temperate regions, inland conditions and local variation.
International readers may still find the plant profiles useful, but must check their own seasons, plant species, collection laws and local advice.
Carefully reviewed
The first edition has completed veterinary, Australian botanical and biosecurity review. The final independent reviews were signed off with no corrections requested.
Every rating still applies only to the exact species, plant part and form described. The book is an educational decision aid, not a field-identification tool and not a replacement for an experienced rabbit or guinea-pig veterinarian.
What you receive
Your purchase includes two complete 165-page PDF editions:
High-quality edition - the full-resolution version for larger screens and personal printing.
Written by Elise Norton
Elise is the founder of Teacup Nethies, a small-pet educator and the maker behind more than 30,000 handmade rabbit and guinea-pig products. The handbook brings together years of hands-on care, continued study, rescue and veterinary collaboration, and certification in Animal Aromatherapy while keeping a firm boundary between suitable whole plants and concentrated remedies.
Please note
- This is a digital PDF product.
- No physical book is included.
- Correct plant identification remains the reader's responsibility.
- If identity, contamination or suitability is uncertain, do not feed the plant.
- Urgent symptoms or suspected poisoning require prompt veterinary or animal-poison advice.
- Purchase includes a personal-use licence for one purchaser or household.
