Care Sheet

Caring for your new bunny

Food: Included with your bunny is a little bag with the food pellets we currently use. This is to help you gently ease your bunny into the brand you’d rather use without a sudden and possibly damaging switch

We feed our rabbits 1/3 cup of food every day in the morning. With each feeding replace the old pellets with the new one a little bit at a time until it’s 100% your preferred pellets  

Your rabbit will have been raised eating Timothy hay. It’s important that your rabbit always has hay to munch on.

The rabbit will always need water, especially fresh water when it’s hot. Most rabbits use bowls or rodent water bottles. Our rabbits are used to drinking out of water bottles, so if you give a bowl keep an eye on the water to see if the rabbit is drinking. It might be a good idea to have a backup water bottle handy in case your bunny starts showing signs of dehydration.

We give our rabbits treats as well! Rabbits love treats and it can help them bond with you. Just make sure you don’t feed them too many because some treats are too rich for them, and having a lot can make them sick. We give our rabbits kale, carrots, apples, and bananas as an extra special breakfast. You can look up different foods that are good for your rabbit and see if you can find their favorite.

Health: You’ll have to make sure your rabbit has a block of untreated wood to chew on, or something hard that is safe for rabbits. Rabbits’ teeth are always growing, and they need things to chew on to keep their teeth from getting overgrown.

Shedding rabbits need to be brushed to keep their fur clean and their cage from getting overflowed with bunny fluff

Long nails can get snagged on things and hurt your rabbit, so we cut our rabbits’ nails when we start getting painfully scratched. Rabbits with white nails are easier to trim because you can see the quick (it will be dark or red) and know not to go to far down. Rabbits with darker nails are a little harder to cut, but you just have to be careful and make sure you don’t hit the quick. There are many helpful sources online you can find to help you work through that

For outdoor rabbits there’s a risk from natural heat and cold. During the summer keep them stocked with fresh water as well as frozen water bottles they can lie on. During the winter there might be a risk of drinking bottles freezing

When you bring your bunny home:

Since your bunny is in a new environment it might be a bit nervous and skittish at first. They will quickly settle in though! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us and we will do our best to help.