A boarding service that asks questions first is showing its working. For a rabbit, expect questions about vaccination proof where vaccines are used locally, details of your own vet, and emergency contacts who can actually decide and collect. Expect to be asked plenty besides: what she eats each day, who she lives with, how she likes to be handled, and her medical background, including any care your vet has already agreed. Take the paperwork request as a good sign; a service that boards rabbits without asking about vaccination status or gut health is telling you something. Bring printed copies, leave the originals at home, and confirm how staff will check appetite and droppings daily and which vet they would use in an emergency.
What a Rabbit's Boarding File Shows
A rabbit's file earns its place differently from a dog's kennel card. The boarder needs to know what this rabbit eats in a normal day — hay type, pellet amount, greens that agree with her — because a rabbit who stops eating is a rabbit in trouble, and staff can only spot a missed meal against a written baseline. Companion arrangements matter just as much: a bonded rabbit boards with her partner, and the file should say so plainly, along with handling needs for a rabbit who tolerates lifting badly or not at all.
The Records to Assemble Before You Book
Put the rabbit-specific papers together while there is no holiday deadline pressing:
- Vaccination certificates, where vaccines are used in your region, with dates visible
- Your vet's name, address, and phone number, plus the surgery the boarder would use in an emergency
- Diet written out — hay, pellet amount, familiar greens, and foods to avoid
- Health history and any current vet-agreed care, with amounts and times as your vet set them
- Emergency contacts who can authorise treatment and collect early if needed
Health Notes for the Stay
Everything in this section is general information, not a diagnosis for your rabbit. Tell the boarder which changes should trigger a call to a vet the same day: a rabbit who stops eating or produces far fewer droppings, sits hunched and grinding her teeth, struggles to breathe, or cannot be roused as usual. A service that welcomes that list — and can tell you how droppings and appetite are checked each day — is answering the question this article started with.
Handing Over a Packet, Not a Pile
Assemble the file once and refresh it whenever a vaccine date, diet, or contact changes, rather than rebuilding it the night before every trip. Hand the boarder a packet, not a pile: inside KinsLe, your rabbit's own Pet Passport gathers those certificates and feeding notes, so the stay starts from written records instead of memory.