How to have a happy bunny... on Easter!

Learn all the important factors to help ensure your rabbit is happy!

Step 1 Give your rabbit a nice place to live.

Give your rabbit a large living space with enough room to hop around during the day while you are gone. Rabbits require a hutch, or cage, with an adequate food and water supply. If kept outside they require shelter from extreme weather conditions.

Comments

[Featherfinder66]

So adorable! Your rabbit could be my rabbit's sibling! Though mine would never sit in that basket long enough for a photo. ;-)

[xZCodmaNZx]

im thinkin of gettin 1 but how much work r they

[geodez]

they are easy if you know how to take care of them, ours eat weeds and live in an outdoor enclosure except in winter when they live in the basement, food is free, and cages are not much money, if you want, you can get a wire-bottom cage and set them on your lawn in a weedy spot to munch the weeds, but if you bring them inside, use a plastic-bottomed cage with cedar shavings, you can also feed them weeds (they will not eat what is not good for them) in the spring, summer, and fall, in the winter however, they eat pellets and alfalfa because there are no weeds left. you can pick up a nice rabbit outfit (toys, cage, cedar, and water bottle) for about 20-30$. some enjoy cuddling (lops, netherland dwarfs, rex's.) some do not, (lionheads, some mixes.)

[domestic_engineer]

don't use cedar shavings. they are poisonous. but pine shavings are fine.

[geodez]

"They will not eat what is not good for them." We have used both cedar and pine shavings and the rabbits have shown no ill effects from either.

[ntockey]

They are a lot of work! Please research before getting a rabbit. So many rabbits are discarded because people don't realize how much they require. They are wonderful pets, but can be very expensive. I would never discourage anyone from getting rabbits, but know what you are getting yourself into first.

[xZCodmaNZx]

thanks

[javajunkie1976]

You shouldn't let your bun walk around on the mesh floors of the cage. It will hurt their feet cause they don't have very much padding there. It's better to give them an old comforter blanket that they can "fluff up" on their own. Also don't use water bottles cause their teeth can chip or break on the metal spouts. Give them plenty of hay (preferably an oat blend because 75% of their diet is hay. Never give them a whole carrot as a treat because of the sugar content, only give them an amount the size of your fingernail.

[Felicity the Ghost]

Rabbits prefer to be in bonded pairs however that doesn't mean they'll automatically like any rabbit just set down next to them. If your rabbit does not happen to like his new "friend" they will attack each other. There is a good guide on bonding rabbits here: http://www.saveabunny.org/bonding_guide

[TigerNod]

Good job on making this Instructable. There are a lot of people that don't know or seem to realize rabbits don't poo in litter trays and that rabbits do not enjoy being put into tiny baskets. (A good example is this guy.)

For all the effort you put on this instructable, I decided to give you a reward. A bunny!

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[bassclarinet23]

So cute. I love rabbits (and guinea pigs), and they're so fun to play with. I can't have a rabbit because I have a dog...let's just say it's not in the best interest of the rabbit.

[rlawrence]

how cute!, i will sure to take note of it =) what colour is your rabbit coz mine is grey, they are so cute =)

[marc92]

Very good tips for caring for your rabbit, especially step 7... ...Haha.