Exercising your rabbits

A good morning routine for you rabbit

This is my old summer morning routine see video (above)
A good morning routine is efficient, clean and useful.
You need to decide what is to be fed at each time.
I  now start by putting the bunnies in the run. They then have 10 minutes to eat grass while I clean the litter trays out. Then I give greens and veggies. Usually a treat fruit of vegetable such as half a small carrot per bunny. As well as that, they get a main vegetable, mostly leaves. This can be anything from sprouts and broccoli to cauliflower leaves and cabbage.

When they have finished eating, they get time to eat grass until about 10 o'clock.
You need to have a routine that is convenient for you as well as the bunnies, so time is important. When I have put the bunnies in the run, another family member has to return them to the hutch after I have set off for school. Many other rabbit owners are be in the same situation because of school or work, so it is up to them to find a way for the rabbit(s) to eat and exercise. Rabbits are active at dawn and dusk, so putting them in the run for a few hours during the day might be convenient for you, but it is not natural for a rabbit. A permanently attached run might be a solution to this problem. My current hutch has an under-run for exercise, but I still give the bunnies grazing time early in the morning and in the evening.

This is only a guideline for a possible morning routine and it is not the only one that will work. I know many rabbit owners who follow this routine, or one similar but it is up to you to design a morning routine for your bunnies. Morning routines can vary a lot, especially for houserabbits, because they can be free range in a room as to allow permanent exercise.

Rabbit eats food!!!

My rabbit doing the thing rabbits love best-EATING


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Rabbit Food Indepth

This is the indepth of my previous video 'rabbit bedding ad food'.

Bedding and food oveview

This is a rough guide to feeding and bedding.

Treating ear mites

At times, your rabbit may get mites or some other kind of parasite, if this happens you should visit your vet, and he or she will give you some special medicine to kill the parasite.

In the video, My Mum and I apply medicine to Dudley's ears.

Housing your rabbit

When you are thinking of getting a rabbit the first thing you must think of is: can you provide it with a safe dry home, where it can live for the whole of it's life? if not, then until you can, a rabbit is not for you.

       Rabbits are small and have many predators, so when thinking

of getting a rabbit, you will need to think of the risks of

predators in you area.

If there are a lot of foxes,cats or raccoons in your area,

you should keep your rabbit inside,giving it supervised access to the outside world

in a custom built pet run.

If there are few or no predators where you live, and the weather is mild, then you are probably in the position to choose if you want your rabbit inside or outside.

If you want your rabbit outside, then you will need to spend time and money, on ensuring that you have a strong and weatherproof hutch.

Another thing you will need to consider if you rabbit has full-time access to grass particularly if it is female, is digging. In the wild, rabbits live in underground warrens. These are a series of tunnels, consisting of living areas, connecting tunnels, and nesting rooms. The females have to dig these nesting rooms to give them a safe place to give birth to their young. This means that females have a natural instinct to dig, therefore you may have to take precautions against digging.
A large hutch to provide space for your rabbit is essential. This means it is able to: stretch to full height without its ears touching the ceiling, take 4 hops and lie down fully stretched out in any direction. This will mean at least 6ft x 2ft x 2ft.
Large hutches can be exensive. Up to about 300 pounds for a good one. Can you afford that?
If not, a rabbit is not for you.