Let the hocks choose the arrangement
A Mini Rex is a compact rabbit with the Rex breed's defining vulnerability: short plush fur and poorly protected hocks that sore under pressure, friction and damp. Travel arrangements should therefore be judged first on surfaces. Home sitting usually wins for a Mini Rex, because the deep bedding, padded exercise rugs and low tray at home are already Rex-proof, and the rabbit avoids transport stress entirely. A sitter visiting once or twice daily can maintain that setup exactly as you left it.
Boarding is a reasonable second choice only after you have seen the pen: solid floor, deep soft bedding maintained daily, no wire base, and a boarder who understands why a Rex cannot spend a week on thin bedding over boards. If you cannot verify the flooring, do not board there, however good the general reputation.
The written handover for a Mini Rex
Give the carer the routine in visit order: hay topped up freely at every visit, measured pellets and known greens at set times, water refreshed, litter spot-cleaned, bedding kept deep and dry. Exercise instructions should name the soft area explicitly — the usual rugs and fleeces — and rule out bare floors for play. Add the daily hock glance: part the fur, look for pinkness or thinning, report change to you, and treat broken skin or limping as a same-day vet call made with you.
Include handling guidance — calm, ground-level, hindquarters supported — your contact details, your vet's details including emergency cover, and written wishes for treatment if you are unreachable. Walk the carer through the setup in person before a home sit, and for boarding, pack the usual hay, a home-scent fleece and your own low tray if the boarder allows it.
While you are away
Agree a short daily update confirming eating, droppings, water and hock state, with immediate contact for the red flags: food refused, droppings stopped or scant, limping, hock wounds, teeth grinding or a hunched, disinterested rabbit. A Mini Rex's small size means gut slowdown and skin problems both progress quickly, so the update rhythm is a safety device, not a courtesy.
Name a backup person who has the routine and keys or the boarder's address, so a sitter emergency does not become a rabbit emergency mid-trip.
One record for rabbit, carer and vet
If anything does go wrong during the trip, the treating vet will ask about diet, hock history and normal weight — information that should not depend on your phone signal from a beach. KinsLe Pet Passport keeps your Mini Rex rabbit's health record, hock notes and vet details in one portable packet that travels with the arrangement.