Settling In
When you bring your rabbit home, it may be frightened. It will take a few days to settle in and get to know you. Rabbits can share a hutch with another rabbit or a guinea pig. Get them at the same time, so that neither one makes the hutch their home before the other one moves in.
Making Friends
Before you start playing with your rabbit, it will need to get used to you. Start by giving it some food, such as a small piece of carrot, from you hand.
When your rabbit is used to you feeding it, then start to stroke it gently. When it is happy with you stroking it, then you can lift it out of its hutch.
Bedding
1) Put a layer of paper on the floor of the hutch. Cover it with wood shaving. In the sleping area, you can also put down hay for your rabbit to make its bed from.
2) Rabbit are tidy animals and tend to leave their dropping in one corner of their hutch. Watch where that is and put some ectra wood shaving in that corner.
Hutches
Most pet rabbits live in hutches. Hutches are divided to in two- a living area, where the rabbit eats, and a warm safe area where it can hide away and sleep. You can leave a hutch outside all year, as long as it is in a sheltered spot, away from strong sunlight and winds.
A hutch should be at least 90cm (3ft) long and high enough for your rabbit to stand upright. Its a good idea to get a hutch with legs to keep it off damp ground. Make sure the hutch is waterproof too.
The solid door keeps the rabbit warm while it sleeps. The wire door lets fresh air into the living area.
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