Author: Priya Natarajan

Priya Natarajan covers small pets for The Faunalist: guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, bearded dragons and leopard geckos. Most of her work is the question owners search at the moment it matters, which is whether a particular food is safe and in what quantity. She writes those answers against veterinary sources rather than forum consensus, primarily the RSPCA and PDSA care standards, the House Rabbit Society, university veterinary school material and published nutrition research on each species, with attention to the things that quietly cause harm over time, such as calcium to phosphorus ratios in reptile diets and vitamin C in guinea pigs. Anything that could become a medical decision ends with a clear pointer to an exotics vet. Priya Natarajan is a pen name used by a member of the Faunalist editorial team. She is not a veterinarian and never presents her guides as a substitute for one.