Any of you own a Bunny Rabbit? Need tips please!

[Jamesl]

Sauce Picante

[bigmike]

Go to american rabbit breeders assn website. Arba
Ton of info there

[Neuse]

We let our rabbit run loose in the house, very easy to potty train.
He had a cage with a litter box in it and that was his home, free to come and go as he pleased.
He would come up to me and thump for a raisin treat.

[Humper]

We have adopted our daughters rabbit and keep it inside. It's a black floppy ear with long hair. i believe is an angora. Looks like yours. The wife babies it. She puts down fresh bedding each week, gives it limited fresh fruit (too much and they get the squirts) and Greek yogurt nightly and monthly trips to the vet. "Dixie" seems very content living the life of Riley.

[fox1]

I raised rabbits for meat and show when I was a kid, no help on keeping them inside. Momma would have beat me for bringing a rabbit in her house. If you keep it outside make sure the wire on the bottom isn't big enough to let their toes hang out. The cats will chew their toes off..
You can also configure a tray and pipe system under the cage to capture the waste in a five gallon bucket to cut down on smell and flies

[DEG]

My dad raised rabbits when he was young. One of my uncles told him to plant some of the rabbit seeds in the garden to get some more. The story my uncles tell about that are hilarious. He pulled up a row in my grandma's garden and planted the rabbit seeds. Watered them when needed. Grandma got the best row of tomato's out of that row than she had ever had. LOL

[Chew]

Just PM me next year before you post your FREE RABBIT TO GOOD HOME thread.

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[Skinny]

Rabbits stink. Ours stay outside in a hutch in full shade year round.

[enewman]

We raise New Zealand whites for meat.

If outside, even in the shade, you will need a fan above 85°; they will die quick form heat stroke. The frozen water bottles works great. Even if you keep them inside, they still need a little outside time; they just seem happier.

Feed good feed and we also supplement with timothy hay and house/garden scraps. Use a feeder (on the side of the cage) or place the hay/scraps on top of the cage; this will let him stretch and move to get to the food and is natural exercise.

Keep plenty of clean water and we use apple cider vinegar about once a week in the water.

Treat for ear mites. A good treatment once a week will keep them away.

You will need some nail clippers; clippers for small dogs work great.

A mitt brush will also help keep the hair manageable.

A small box for sleeping may also help; ours only get nesting boxes when they are ready to kit, so they don't have a box to sleep in all the time. But it wouldn't hurt for a pet to have one, if he likes it. It is something else to clean though.

The cage you have is more than big enough. You didn't say what type of rabbit he is, but that cage is big enough for even the biggest rabbit.

Handle him often while he is young, this will help him be a much better pet. Many times people just expect a rabbit to be like a dog and think they love to be handled; they really don't. You will have to condition him to being handled while he is young. If you do this though, he will have no problem being handled.

Rabbits are pretty fun critters, and mighty tasty!

So. What your saying is you eat your pets. Hm

[J-DAWG]

My kids raise some for show and they're not hard keepers. Also have had one in the house running around . As stated before they're easy to potty train and the one I had was very social. He would jump up on the couch with me and hang out.

[helim83]

MY NEIGHBORS HAVE TWO. THEY ROAM THE BACKYARD 24/7, AND THE FACT THAT THAT A HAWK OR CAT HASN'T GOT THEM BLOWS MY MIND. I TOLD HER THAT IF THEY EVERGET TO BE TOO MUCH TO HOLLER AT ME AND I WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR HER.....

[Codie]

Don't kill it is the only advice I have for you

- we have killed 2 so far - first one got out and roamed away but when we found him he had been bitten by a snake and died the next day

2nd bunny died in it's cage of who knows what

[Rat]

So. What your saying is you eat your pets. Hm

Yes.

[GatorBait]

Haha, I eat my kids pets lol. If it was up to them we would have over a hundred. As it is my wife keeps about 20 or so and when they have babies we have over a hundred