Rabbits have a rough deal. As vets, we treat them as pets to the best of our ability, while our next patient may well be a cat (that the owner feeds rabbit flavoured food at home). I have to admit that I had no intentions in my youthful career plans to become involved with what I saw to be a children's pet (although I too had one as a pet as a child). However, with time I have come to appreciate pet rabbits for their strong individual personalities and charisma, and respect the often extremely strong relationships they may form with their owners. It was partly out of initial pity, and part out of frustration with my own and other veterinarians poor knowledge and inadequate treatment of these patients, that the idea for work on specialised surgery of pet rabbits was born.