Rabbits As Pets

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Rabbits can be housed indoors or outdoors. A roomy wire cage with at least one-half of the floor covered with Plexiglas or towels provide relief from constant and continual contact with the wired floor, helping to prevent hutch sores on the feet. A water bottle or ceramic crock, food dish and a litter box should be provided for the rabbit inside the enclosure. Under no circumstance should rabbits be allowed total freedom with in the home. Further more they can be seriously injured by biting into telephone and electrical wires. Like cats , rabbits can be easily trained to use a litter box in the home.  Some of the rabbit's fecal pellets should be in the litter box to encourage them to use it.

 

Pet Rabbit Qualities:

  • Rabbits are social with gentle handling are generally quite tame.

  • They are playful and entertaining to watch.

  • Being social, they need a great deal of interaction with their owners and/or other rabbits to be happy. Daily playtime and exercise outside of their case is necessary.

  • They are not low maintenance - it takes a good deal of work to properly care for a rabbit.

  • They can be litter trained.

  • They do need to chew, so lots of chewable toys should be provided, and any spaces where the rabbit is allowed to run must be carefully rabbit-proofed.

  • They need a relatively large cage.

  • While they are generally quiet pets, rabbits are not a good match for active young children who may not be careful enough when picking them up or playing around them.

  • Rabbits like to be near their people, but they often would rather not be held.

  • They will likely require some veterinary care, which can be expensive. They should be spayed or neutered (by a vet experienced with surgery on rabbits) and they may require vaccinations depending on where you live.

  • Rabbit urine can have a strong odor so expect to change their litter box frequently