SBBRabbitry

How to hold your bunny. 
Never pick the bunny up by its scruff, under arms, or by its ears (this causes permanent damage). 
When picking a bunny up place your hand under its tummy, and a hand under its bottom. Always hold the bunny securely as if they fall it can hurt them and even break their bones. Bunnies' bones are very fragile. 
 
Grooming your bunny. 
You need to clip the nails of your bunny like any other animal, they can be clipped with cat nail clippers. (Dollar tree sells some) 
You also need to brush/comb your bunny out regularly. You can use a cat brush for this or a normal small tooth comb. 
Be sure to have your bunny’s teeth checked at the vet when you get routine checkups.  
 
Feeding your bunny 
When feeding your bunny you want to supply *unlimited* alfalfa hay until six months of age. At six months old you want to transition to another hay that is mixed with the alfalfa. Timothy hay or orchard grass hay. Be sure to mix these with alfalfa for 14 days –20 days. 
Your bunny will also need Rabbit pellets, you can get these at tractor supply, rural king, and almost any pet store. You want to feed 1 cup a day until six months. At/after six months you want to up it to 1-½ cup or even 2 cups. If you switch to a new pellet you must transition like you would the hay. Mix the old pellets with the new pellets for 14-20 days. After that you can feed the new pellets.  

 
Feeding your bunny (continued). 
Rabbits must always have hay going through their system or they can get G.I. stasis which is fatal. If your bunny goes off feed you can try enticing them with more pellets, an apple slice, blueberries, banana, romaine lettuce, or even a baby carrot. If your rabbit still doesn’t eat try some oats. If this doesn’t work take your bunny into the vet. They will likely check your bunny’s teeth for issues and do an overall checkup. They will likely give you “Oxbow Animal Health Critical Care, Herbivore”. (see photo) 
 
Foods you can feed your bunny 
Strawberry, blueberry, carrot, romaine lettuce, apple, bell pepper, banana (even the peel), roses (petals, and stems –remove the thorns!) 
These items should be in small portions, they should be only a treat every now and then. Do not feed them this regularly. 

What NOT to feed your bunny 
Never feed your bunny Iceberg lettuce, seeds of any kind, honey, coffee, chocolate, sweets, dairy, wheat, grapes, raisins, avocados, onions, chives and many more. I will include a site to look at “ What Can Rabbits NOT Eat? (65 Foods You Shouldn't Feed Your Bunny) - The Bunny Lowdown “  

Litter training your bunny 
Did you know bunnies can be litter trained like cats? They can! you can even train them tricks like stand up, sit, high-five. 
Use shredded paper as a litter, even getting free newspapers and shedding them will work. If you want an easy way out buy “carefresh small animal bedding” (see photo) 
 
Never ever use cat litter! This can harm and even kill your bunny! 
 
When trying to train your bunny hang their hay in a bag over their litter tray (where they can still reach it and eat) and their pellets hung in a feeder over or near the litter tray. Bunnies potty as they eat (most of the time). There may still be incidents out of the litter box, but remember it takes time and patience!  I will include a photo of the feeders.  

How much room should my bunny have?  
Your bunny can be free-roam of the house, just be sure to bunny-proof! They love to chew Spicy Hay (Wires)… Bad bunny! 
They also will chew wood furniture... If you don’t want them to free-roam you can get a pen set up that is 4ft wide x 6ft long or even give them a special room of their own like the spare bedroom!  
 
What temperature should it be? 
Bunnies are very sensitive to temperatures, they like it around 60-70 degrees. They can stand cold temperatures better than hot ones. If it is 70 degrees or higher be sure to have your bunny in the AC/ a fan on them, and give them frozen water bottles to lay on, a tile (granite is good, or even a stone tile) The tile will stay cool and they can lay on it, and provide plenty of cool drinking water. Be sure to keep your bunny out of direct sunlight! 
 
If you have any questions please contact me anytime at  Contact.SBBRabbitry@gmail.com