4 Tips to Keep Your Rabbit Happy & Healthy

Preparing the Space

• You should have a cage/hutch that is at least 4 feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet deep so your rabbit has plenty of room to move around. If you get a pair of rabbits, you'll need more room. 
• If the cage is made of wire, make sure there are plenty of areas where your pet can rest it's feet.
• If the rabbit will be outside, you may have to make weather provisions depending on your climate, or have a place you can bring the rabbit inside when the conditions are not favorable.

Rabbit Diets

• Make sure your rabbit has food and water. The diet should consist of timothy hay, your rabbit will consume a lot of hay daily.
• Dark, leafy green vegetables, including collards, dandelion greens and some lettuce are best. Steer clear of iceberg lettuce and make diet changes gradually. Don't feed those young bunnies their vegetables until they are more than 3 months old and start with small doses.
• Rabbits also enjoy apples, berries, and melons as occasional treats. 
• If you feed pellets, they should be made primarily from timothy hay, other types of pellets contain to many calories.
• Pellets should never be given in place of hay or vegetables.

Rabbit Proof Your Home

• Rabbits like many other animals love to chew, you need to make sure that any areas of access are free from electrical cords, cleaning products and any other chemicals that your bunny could have access to by chewing through the container.
• Put chewable items in the cage and other areas accessed so that the rabbit can chew. 
• Chewing is essential for reducing the length of your rabbit's teeth.

Play and Exercise

• I know when you think about a bunny you think, it will sit in it's cage and look pretty. Not the case at all, rabbits are quite social, and it will be up to you to provide play and entertainment.
• Letting your bunny out of the cage to roam around and interact with you is important, you will find your bunny has favorite spots to be scratched or petted. 
• Petting your rabbit also helps to remove loose hair that can form hairballs when your rabbit is self-grooming.