Features of good cages include litter boards, and enough height for rabbits to stand up. 2 pages long Pet stores are good places to find crossbreed rabbits, though good quality pedigree rabbits are easier to find from breeders, who advertise in specialist journals and local newspapers. Rabbits should be at least six weeks old, and French Lops and other larger breed should be sold at over eight weeks, since they are weaned later. They should be alert, curious, with no discharges from ears or noses, and no sign of diarrhoea round the tail. They should have soft, dense fur, with no parasites, clean feet, and firm, well-nourished bodies.
Long claws mean that rabbits are probably older.
Rabbits are not easy to sex when young. Juvenile males have small, circular openings, and juvenile females have slit-like openings. Adult males have testicles, and adult females have V-shaped vaginal openings. Rabbits need peace once they arrive home. When they become curious, they can be offered titbits and talked to gently, until they start to nuzzle.