How to care for your rabbit?

Pet Rabbits are very easy to care for, some are easier than others. Some pet rabbits are friendly and some are a little uppity. This depends a lot on how you care for them and the time you spend with them. One of the first things you have to decide is; do I want to keep my pet rabbit outside or inside? If you want to keep it inside then you have to make sure you can protect it from the hazards in your house! What? Hazards in my house? What could possibly hurt my house rabbit in the house! A lot of things can harm a rabbit in your house, just as a child can find things to get into so can a rabbit. Probably the most dangerous things in your house for your hopper are the electrical cords running all over the place. Many rabbits have chewed into electric cords and been killed or severely burned causing them to be crippled or to have to be put down. To prevent this go to your local hardware store and purchase flexible conduit covers to fit over your cords. They come split down the middle and slip right over the cords. Your rabbit may still chew on them but at least he wouldn't get burned.
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Most people who want to have a house rabbit designate one room for the rabbit. This allows them to control the movements of the rabbit and helps to keep the rabbit safe. This also keeps down the damage a rabbit can do to the furniture. Rabbits love to chew, this is how a rabbit spends a lot of his day. He just loves to munch on anything he can sample. Why don't we provide our pet with a little something to keep him happy?

University studies show that rabbits confined to cages will have many more emotional and physical problems if they do not have hay to munch on while they are confined. This makes a lot of sense to me as I have observed this behavior both in the wild and by my rabbits that I hold in cages. This is why all my rabbits always have hay in their pens. The study also showed that rabbits with hay were calmer than rabbits without. If you have a fuzzy rabbit the hay will help to prevent hair blocks. I strongly suggest you do feed hay as well. Some hays are better then others but most are better then none.

Be very careful about feeding your rabbit watery green vegetables such as Ice burg lettuce. This can and will cause diarrhea and is always fatal in rabbits. You can feed him dark vegetables such as collards. This is even better for them than their pellets as it is a healthy diet. Feed at a rate of about a cup a day for an average size rabbit (about 4 to 5lbs.). Most green vegetables are fine just stay away from the real watery ones. And of course you can feed him carrots. Be careful feeding them fruits as they will make them fat. Feed these as a treat and your rabbit will love you.

Feed your rabbit oats because this is also a great food source.
Be sure to consult a veterinarian if you have any questions about caring for your rabbit or if they become ill.
If you decide to keep your rabbit outside be sure to keep him out of the sun. Rabbits are very susceptible to heat stroke. If the temperature is above 90 degrees F. you should mist the cage or maybe freeze a plastic bottle and put it in his cage.

Don't put your rabbit's cage where dogs or other animals can get to it and endanger your pet. Always keep your rabbits cage clean and disinfected just don't do it with your pet in the cage. Well this is just a few pointers so keep on learning and enjoy your pet.

Never put a boy rabbit in a girl rabbit's pen she will fight him. If you want them to visit put her in with him. Visit this page to learn about what your rabbit thinks; it's great fun!

How to house break your rabbit?

It's really easy to house break your pet rabbit. Here's what you do when you get him home. Just watch him in his new cage, when your bunny decides he needs to go it will pick one corner to go in. Now you have all the info you need. Just put a little of that litter(urine and pellets) into your new litter pan. That should be all the help your bunnie needs to learn where to go.

You'll have to leave your pet in the pen for a few hours so that the bunny will get used to it's new litter pan and then you should be done. Now you can take the pan out (not to far away) of it's home and he will still use it on the floor near his home!