Rabbit what makes you so happy

A rabbit ex-pen is usually the best option for a rabbit home base, since most cages sold for rabbits are too small. This keeps rabbits occupied and prevents boredom while also encouraging your rabbit to move around and exercise more. The greater variety of toys you can give your rabbit the better. They can choose their favorites and also play with different toys depending on their mood. Chew toys allow rabbits to use their natural chewing instincts and wear down their ever-growing teeth.

These can be wooden chew toys for your rabbit to pull on and dig their teeth into, and they can also include some natural toys. Apple or willow sticks, dried pinecones, loofahs, and woven hay-based toys can be a lot of fun for rabbits. You can also make your own DIY toys with cardboard toilet paper tubes. You can also give your rabbit some fun puzzle toys. These help to give another level of mental enrichment for your rabbit and keeps them active. With these toys, you can hide a treat inside the toy for your rabbit to find.

Having a good variety of these toys will help to keep your rabbit interested in their environment. You can even try to rotate the toys in and out every week so that your rabbit always has something new to play with.

A balanced diet for your rabbit helps to keep them happy and healthy in the long run. While your rabbit may protest eating healthy at first, you can avoid painful digestive problems by sticking to the healthy meal plan. This means keeping your rabbit on a hay-based diet. You also want to give your rabbit some yummy leafy greens daily depending on their weight.

A 5 pound rabbit should get up to 2. Rabbits should only be given a little bit of pellets per day, much less than most people think. Give them multiple types of hay so they can have different flavors every day oat or orchard hay are good to add in with timothy. You can also give your rabbits a wide variety of leafy greens. In fact, giving them types per day is ideal because they get a wider variety of nutrients too. While most new caretakers tend to expect rabbits to be cuddly pets, the reality is usually very different.

In fact, most rabbits absolutely hate being held. Being held often makes rabbits feel trapped and scared. Even better, we can wait until our rabbits initiate the interaction.

The happiest rabbits feel confident and in-control of their life. This means that they are not constantly being forced into situations that make them scared and uncomfortable. As caretakers, we need to keep an eye on our rabbits body language and listen to what they are telling us, so that we can respect their boundaries.

Getting your rabbit spayed or neutered can help get rid of extra frustration that comes from raging hormones. As young rabbits grow to maturity, they will often become grumpy and aggressive.

However, after your rabbit has been altered, their hormones will calm down. Your rabbit will start to be calm and content with life again. Aggressive biting and territorial spraying will often disappear completely in the weeks after surgery. In addition female rabbits have an incredibly high chance of developing uterine cancer if they are left unspayed. Domestic rabbits are descendants of a very social species of rabbits. In the wild they would have lived with a family group living together in underground tunnels.

Because of this, rabbits actually have social needs that need to be met to be happy bunnies. This means rabbits should not be treated as cage animals, but instead as companion animals that spend the day interacting with you and your family.

They can hang out with you as you work or watch TV in the living room. The well known saying "safety in numbers" can certainly apply to your bunnies!

Living by yourself can be lonely, especially if 'Mum' or 'Dad' is out at work or school all day. Bunnies can even fall in love - aww! Two companion rabbits will keep each other company, groom each other and have fun together.

While most bunnies like having a friend, they can be very picky about who they get. To expand your chances of finding the right match, see if your rescue centre or breeder will allow you to bring your existing rabbit in to help you find a pair to match them with.

When you see your bunny flopped on the floor next to their new friend, you know you've found the one! Instincts and impulses can be very strong meaning most rabbits desire to mate and pass on their genes. However, this intuition can be frustrating for both you and your bunny. They may develop undesired behaviours such as spraying and leaving oodles of droppings outside their litter box. More importantly, there is also a much higher risk of uterine cancer in females and testicular cancer in males if they are not de-sexed.

Bunnies that got along fine when young may fight when reaching sexual maturity. Frustrated bunnies may even hump things you would rather they did not - which can sometimes be a tad awkward!

And, you may get an unwanted litter of baby bunnies! Head along to your vet and make an appointment for spaying or neutering once your bunny is sexually mature, usually around months.

Sooner rather than later is safer if you have more than one bunny living together as bunnies that develop a fighting habit prior to desexing have a harder time getting back together. How does your bunny show that they're happy? Let us know on our Facebook page - we love hearing about happy bunnies! One of my former rabbits loved to play with cardboard boxes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Pros…. Can Guinea Pigs Live Alone?

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