rabbit care guide
Cage
Your rabbit should have a large enough enclosure so they can stand on their back legs, and stretch out fully, it should be at least 4 feet tall if you don’t have a roof on it, and if you are going to put a roof on it it can be shorter than 4 feet but 18 or more inches tall.
Cage Recommendations:
Hutch (preferably not wire flooring)
KW Cages 2 Story Bunny Villa (pick vinyl flooring)
Litter Boxes
If you want your rabbit's cage to be cleaner we suggest a litter box.
Litter Box Recommendations:
Rabbit Litter
There are lots of kinds of litter out there. You can not use pine wood shavings or dusty cat litter because all of these things are too dusty for your rabbit's respiratory system.
Litter Recommendations:
Water Bowls & Water Bottles
A water bowl is a natural way for your rabbit to drink. A water bottle is a not as natural way for your rabbit to drink. Some rabbits prefer one over the other. We suggest that you have a water bowl and a water bottle in your rabbits cage. You should scrub out your rabbits bowl and bottle at least once a week. Your rabbit should have fresh water at all times.
Water Bottle & Bowl Recommendations:
Food Dish
You will want a heavy dish that your rabbit can not flip over or a bowl that clips to the side of their cage so they cannot flip it over.
Food Dish Recommendations:
Rabbit Food
You can choose what you want to feed your rabbit. It might be a baby or an adult so keep that in mind. Once your rabbit reaches 6 months old you will have to start transitioning them very slowly to adult rabbit food. Don’t choose rabbit feed with little pieces of color. Just because it is colorful does not mean that it is healthy for your rabbit because it is not.
Food Recommendations:
Sprout Rabbit Food- For all ages of rabbits.
Manna Pro Food- For all ages of rabbits.
Sherwood Rabbit Food- Baby Rabbit and Adult Rabbit.
Oxbow Rabbit Food- Young Rabbit and Adult Rabbit.
Kennel
You are going to want a kennel for your rabbit to bring them outside into an exercise pen, for transporting your rabbit, and bringing them to the vet for check ups and in case of an emergency.
Kennel Recommendations:
Exercise Pen
It is always good to have an extra exercise pen or play pen to put your rabbit in while you are cleaning their cage. Because they will get in your way and if you choose to vacuum their cage they will be very scared of it.
Exercise Pen Recommendations:
Portable Foldable Pet Playpen (keep rabbit supervised)
Grooming Supplies
You will have to groom your rabbit. You will have to cut their nails and brush your rabbit about every month or when needed.
Grooming Supplies Recommendations:
Hay
The most important thing for your rabbit's diet is hay. Hay is 80% of your rabbit's diet. Like with rabbit food when your rabbit is 6 months old you have to start transitioning them from alfalfa hay to timothy hay. Once your rabbit is fully transitioned to timothy hay you can give them treat hay like orchard grass hay.
Hay Recommendations:
Sticks
In order to keep your rabbits teeth filed down you have to give them sticks. But don’t just go take random sticks off of a tree because some trees are poisonous. If you take a stick of a tree that is sprayed with pesticides your rabbit could get very sick. So just don’t go take sticks off a tree unless you're positive that the tree was not sprayed with pesticides and it is not poisonous. Rabbits can have apple sticks, and willow sticks.
Stick Recommendations:
Toys
Your rabbit will get bored if it does not have many toys. If they have nothing to keep them entertained they will chew on anything.
Toy Recommendations: