Preparing Things for a Bunnysitter

A while back I talked about finding a bunnysitter, and decided it would be a good idea to wait until you would decide who your bunnysitter will be. Now that you have (hopefully) decided, I will be talking about preparing your rabbit’s belongings for your bunnysitter.

What Should I Prepare?

1. Schedule
2. Food (Pellets)
3. Litter & Litter boxes
4. Cleaning supplies
5. Directions

How Should I Set These Things Up?

• Schedule/Directions- I would recommend writing your schedule and directions down on the same piece of paper. This way, it is simple to get access to all of the things you would need to follow if you were to be a bunnysitter. When creating a schedule with directions, you want to make it as simple as possible, which will be explained in a bit.
• Food– When it comes to preparing food, you will want to make sure that you put the pellets in small plastic bags for each day. Many rabbit owners will prepare their veggies. I don’t recommend doing this because the longer the veggie is detached from the heart of the food, the more and more it will wilt and loose nutrition, which could cause your rabbit to get a little sick, easily fixed by giving better nutrition.
• Litter and litter boxes– I personally use the same two litter boxes every week, but some may not. On the directions, I would recommend writing down what you do to clean the boxes up and how much litter you would like them to use. Along with what days to clean them and empty them.
• Cleaning Supplies– On the directions, feel free to write down how to use some of the cleaning supplies if needed, if not, set them out in an easy to reach area for their use. Make sure that you have the cleaning supplies labeled and organized to keep things straight.

How to Set Up a Schedule that is Simple For Others

When setting up a schedule, you want to remember to add every little detail that will be needed within this time span that your bunnysitter will be taking care of your rabbit. Below are 3 steps to setting up you schedule.

1. Plan out and write down everything that they will need to do in the morning and in the afternoon. In my case, I would write down for morning that they should fill the hay, give veggies, refill/clean water, and let them out until they come back later, remembering to tidy up as needed. In the afternoon, I would write down to feed the pellets as measured in the bags, hay, water, and to let the bunnies in. Within a couple of days, you will want to note when the should bring out the litter boxes.
2. Add in any medications or grooming that may need to be done throughout this time. Before you ask them to do the medication, make sure that you have shown them how to do it, and still leave the directions in doing so.
3. Write the directions to any unknown, unfamiliar, or complicated things you may want your bunnysitter to know and follow as directed.

Why is it Important to Prepare?

It is so important to prepare as much as you can for your bunnysitter because they are coming to take care of something that is valuable to you and your family. You would want to make sure that everything would go as hoped while you’re away, which isn’t easy to achieve or less you set everything out, write a plan, and explain.

A Couple Fun Things to do for Your Bunnysitter

When you are preparing things for your bunnysitter, to make them appreciate what they are also doing for you, feel free to set out an extra tip, give them a snack, or some candy that they can choose from. It may seem a little odd to set out candy or food for a person you know to come to your house, but that way they know what they are allowed to access besides your rabbit(s). If you would like to go above and beyond, ask them if they would like to do a photo shoot with your rabbit(s). By doing this, they will be able to have memories of your rabbits, and you will have a memory of them.

Other Things to Remind Them

• If your rabbit is shy or cranky. Some rabbits will be very shy, which needs to be taken for precaution in case someone they may not trust is near them. They may feel threatened and will become anxious. Same goes for cranky bunnies.
• To check up on insitions. If your rabbit had a recent surgery, always make sure that they are getting their insitions checked on so that you can be positive that they aren’t causing any trouble with that.
• Ask them to give updates. If you are very overprotective like me, you will want to have updates on how your rabbit(s) is/are doing. I recommend asking them in advance to give updates if wanted.

Thank you for coming back for yet another post. If you would be willing to come back everyday for the next three days, that would be great because I will be posting everyday for those days to make up for the posts I missed. As always, I will talk to you again next time, bye.