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Any tips for first-time rabbit owners?

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Blu · 22/02/2007 14:11

Oh why, oh why have I agreed to this?

Anyway, too late for the hand-wringing, DS's 2 7 week-old Netherland Dwarf rabbits arrive on Saturday.

I am planning to convert the shed for them so that they have a good lot of space to run around in until they are older and the weather is better and then they can have a good big outdoor hutch with a run.

Will they be ok in the shed? it does have a window, they won't be in the dark.
Will newspaper be ok on the floor, with straw in their sleeping box?

Do they need a sleeping box each or will they snuggle in together? (two females - they are living together at the moment, but not full sisters)

If I put them in the garden in a run, how will I make sure they can't dig out? Should I put chicken wire down under the run? (they won't just be abandoned in a run, they will be agle to get into their proper hutch).

Is there anything we should know that I might not have thought about? I will feed them the same food as they are having now...and gradually introduce a little veg when they are older.
We haven't had a good track record with a Tamogotchi - we need to do better with the bunnies.

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tatt · 20/04/2007 07:52

Yes they like to hop on and off things. We used to have a toilet training step they jumped up on. They also enjoy solid flowerpots to push around. The screen door sounds great.

Another tip from a book - a plastic bottle not quite full of water put into the freezer will give them their own cooler when its very hot. We did try that one day last year when even in a shaded run it seemed very hot. They didn't seem all that interested though. They may like a bowl of water as well as a bottle in very hot weather, although they tip bowls over so often they don't get to drink much of it.

We haven't had a problem with flystrike yet but they do get rather loose poo when the spring grass comes in. Vet wasn't concerned when we asked about that.

We gave them a piece of wholemeal toast now and then, they loved it. Its better than most treats. And they adored apple leaves and pea plants.

snowwonder · 21/04/2007 10:11

glad you are enjoying your bunnies,

we got 2 mini lops this week,

left them in hutch for a few days to setlle, this morning got thma out and i got so scratched , they settled on our laps, but then strugled again when we put them back in hutch

any tips on handling, or am i better to get a bigger run that the girls can sit in with them,

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