by Ayeen Jafery.
First and foremost, in my opinion, rabbits are the
cutest creatures alive. It is quite peaceful to have them as they are very quiet and gentle. Having a rabbit can be a handful but once you
know the basic way to care for them, it can be a whole lot of fun.
Rabbits have a list of breeds and they can be found in
different parts of the world. Breeds such as the Alaska from Germany, American
White from the United States, Blanc de Hotot from France, we’ve got Britannia
Petite from England and lots more! Having owned a rabbit myself for almost four
years, I know the experience firsthand.
Based on that experience, let me explain the do’s and don’t’s on how to
take care of a rabbit.
The do’s :
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Pat them every single day. Rabbits love to be patted on the head and their
whole body. However, at certain times,
they do not like to be patted. When this happen, we should just let them wander
on their own.
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Rabbits love vegetables, especially carrots! When giving them vegetables,
carrots, for instance, you should not cut them, leave it as it as and if you put
your rabbit in a cage, just hang the carrot on the cage bars. The same goes for other vegetables,
preferably broccoli or any other local veggies from the super market. You should give different varieties of
veggies to see what they like.
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Preferably, give vegetables during the night and during day time, you should
give them pellets available at the local pet store.
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Give them lots of hays. Hays could be found at most local pet stores
so its easy to find. These hays are one
of the important diet of rabbits. Rabbits need to chew all the time for the health of their digestive systems. Fresh hay will pick up their interest on munching as well!
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Give rabbits lots of water because
rabbits need to hydrate themselves all the time.
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Let the rabbits out of their cage a few hours a day. Rabbits love to exercise and stretch. So for
those who put their rabbit in a cage, always make time to let them out for a
couple of hours at least.
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Cut their nails once in a while, although you might need an advice from the vet
first on how to cut them. Rabbits’ nails are prone to bleeding if you cut
through their veins so you should always avoid the red lines and cut the white
part only. If this occur, the best way to stop the bleeding is to put their hand in a lump of
flour.
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Give rabbits things to chew. They love
to munch on hard things, this is to exercise their teeth. If they don’t have
anything to munch on, their teeth will be itchy and it is uncomfortabl to them. Having a pellet will definitely help
them but you should also give them hay ( also available at the local store ).
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Clean their cage everyday, discard the
poos and make the cage clean and tidy.
The don’t's :
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Don’t pull the rabbit by the ear! ( It hurts them and they seriously do not
like it ) . If they need to be carried
around, hold them close to your body and lift them from their bottom and their
front feet.
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Don’t give rabbits a bath. They don’t
bath and they don’t need to, they can clean their body all by themselves. Also, having a bath is uncomfortable to them and they don’t like cold water.
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Don’t leave them in their cage for too long, they will become fat and
inactive. Their lack of activities will
lower down their physical being and leads to all different sorts of ailments.
à Don’t carry rabbits too high. Rabbits are afraid of heights and sometimes
don’t like to be carried around.
As mentioned above, having a rabbit/rabbits can be quite
handful but they are a quiet and vulnerable creatures. Although they don’t make any sound they do
have feelings and very well aware of their surroundings. They are also so cute and cuddly and its been
so joyful to have rabbits around the house.
6 comments:
thnx!! that's been realy helpful.
cannot bath ? how about hygienic care for toddler to.play with rabbit?
Heya,
Rabbits clean themselves :) they're actually sooo clean! :)
they're almost like cats and love grooming themselves.
Thanks for the post. People who are really concerned about the health of their pets may take help from the Pet Grooming Tips to maintain good health of your lovely pets for longer hours.
Good afternoon , thank you for the read. I just adopted a bunny (Rex) first time bunny owner so it was very nice to read things about them from experiences. It was very helpful. We are having so much fun :)
my rabbit died this morning, last night he still ate the cabbage I gave him. But also yesterday I don't know if my siblings even made him drink and also they said it didn't ate the whole day except that night.. What might be the cause of his death?
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