Today will be a brief intro to what destructive rabbits really are, what they will tend to do, and how to help them break the habit.

What a Destructive Rabbit Is

A destructive rabbit is a bunny that will go around and destroy pretty much anything in it’s area to pass time while they are bored. Many rabbits will end up getting hurt due to this problem, so the importance of their safety comes in with this as well.

How Many Destructive Rabbits Will Act

• Crazy- Even though this seems like an exaggeration, many destructive rabbits will be young, overly energetic bunnies.
• Aggressive (towards object)- Because the rabbits are destroying an object, they will most likely become fierce towards that object and others that are destructed.
• Picky- Destructive rabbits tend to be a little picky, as in touchy. They may be a little temperamental due to being bored.

What Do Most Do?

• Tear
• Shred
• Rip
• Nibble
• Bite
• Destroy

(The Object)

How to Break the Habit

1. Provide more attention.
2. Give more chew toys.
3. Use an anti-chew spray (next post).
4. Use safe materials to protect valuable material.

This will all help break the habit by giving the bunny something to do instead of destroying something when they are bored. If they aren’t bored, they won’t destroy as much because they have a distraction.

 

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Today will be all about any reason a rabbit would seem anxious or scared. If you haven’t already, check out my other posts to catch up on all of the information.

The Rabbit Isn’t Used To Something

Some examples include…

• Territory
• New person
• New Bunny
• New bedding, litter box, etc.

This is very common if you were to bring someone new to meet your bunny. Make sure that your rabbit doesn’t seem threatened.

Some signs that your rabbit seems threatened…

• Aggressiveness
• Shy
• High Temper
• Avoiding you or the new thing at all costs.

If this is all happening due to a new type of bedding, litter box, etc., make sure to take out that object and switch it in for something your rabbit likes.

The Surroundings Are Dangerous

Signs of this being a problem include….

• Hunching down
• Hiding excessively
• Acting strange around anything new or potentially harmful in a major or minor way

If this were to happen, find a way to cover, remove, or disguise to object concerning your rabbit. If you aren’t able to, look into…

• Continuously calming and soothing your rabbit
• Focusing on other things besides the object
• Slowly introducing the object to reduce the stress

If This Isn’t The Case…

• Look closely into anything that could potentially hurt your rabbit that may be causing your rabbit the stress.
• If you don’t know what is causing this distress, start a trial and error with your rabbit. Clean the entire area where your rabbit lives, try removing a different human, pet, object, etc. to figure out what is causing this distress.

Your Rabbit’s Space Is Being Invaded

Due to rabbits being prey animals, part of that instinct can cause some rabbits to become distressed due to territorial problems with you, another animal, a different person, another bunny, etc.

Something or Someone Terrified Your Rabbit

Some popular signs include…

• Avoiding contact physically
• Becoming aggressive towards others, animals or humans
• Being terrified of certain actions, such as clipping claws

This is all caused due to past problems. If your rabbit had a bunch of incidents with getting their claws clipped, odds are, they or going to hate getting their claws clipped. It’s all general knowledge, common sense, and instinct that will trigger this.

What You Could/Should Do In These Situations

In all of these situations, you should/could do these things…

• Comfort your rabbit in some way, such as petting them, giving a treat or just sitting with them
• If your rabbit has become antisocial due to distress, you will have to bond again with your rabbit. This is through processes of trial and error with finding ways to comfort your rabbit.
• Find multiple ways to comfort your rabbit. If your rabbit does well with other bunnies, look into another rabbit because this could get rid of any distress your rabbit may still have.

*Not all rabbits will work with these ways to help them out. If you can’t seem to get your rabbit back to a normal phase, contact your vet to see if your rabbit is sick because many sicknesses can cause these same symptoms, or similar.

 

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Today will be a brief overview of my rabbits’ playtime routine. Please check out any other posts that you may have missed.

6:25 A.M: I bring down the rabbits’ veggies and let them out. At this time, I would refill hay, clean bowls, refill bowls, tidy up, and give them their veggies.

6:30 A.M to 5:25 P.M: The bunnies are out for this section of the day without any human interaction (most of the time). This is their time to have some time with each other. Some days I will go down and play with them during this time, usually for half an hour at least.

5:30 P.M to 6:00 P.M: The bunnies are given their pellets, hay and water is refilled, and this is our usual fun time. This time span include the bunnies eating their pellets, any nail clipping, grooming, tidying is done during this time. If not any of that, we will do tricks, usually done with the bunnies either way.

6:05 P.M to 10:25 P.M: The bunnies are out once again at this point. This is the usual time spent with them eating hay and running around. In the morning hours, the usually just sleep.

10:30 P.M: We let the bunnies in, refill hay, give water, and say goodnight.

*Just a note: The schedule that I just showed you is a rough draft of what our rabbits’ routine usually is. On days that I’m not busy, I will usually spend an hour or two in the morning, and an hour or two in the afternoon with them. It’s hard to make a general schedule without making it too complex, so this is what I will stick with for the small idea.

 

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Today will be a small section on what you should (dos) and what you shouldn’t do (don’ts) when you get a rabbit. I have finally gotten back on schedule so I’m sorry if the post timing seemed weird.

 

Dos:

• Give your rabbit space and don’t stress socializing with your rabbit until they are completely situated and content in their home. This could take anywhere from a day to months or years. Even if they don’t like socializing, make sure there is some sort of socializing going on, even if they aren’t entirely ready.
• Give them plenty of hay, water, and treats. A great way to bond with new rabbits is by hand feeding veggies, hay, treats, and pellets. This allows your rabbit to get used to your scent. Don’t overfeed them though!
• Keep your rabbit’s space tidy. Many rabbits will be litter trained, but confused of the new scents. When your rabbit has an accident, wipe it up with a paper towel and place that towel in the litter box. This will help with territories and scent marks. Do the same with their stools.

 

Don’ts

• Do not pick up your rabbit until they have settled in, trust you, are used to their routine, have a strong bond with you, and are fine with you touching their paws, etc.
• Do not try clipping your rabbits claws right away, this can cause a lot of stress and may allow bonding problems.
• Don’t ignore when your rabbit has an accident. If your rabbit has one on their fleece, switch out the fleece and wash the dirty laundry.
• Do not become physical with your rabbit. For whatever reason, some people will punish their rabbits by physically hurting them, but they don’t know what they did. Rabbits are extremely fragile, but their foot flicks are enough to majorly injure a cat, keep that in mind.

 

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Today I will be listing off my top 10 favorite products so far. The next time I post will be all about the reasons behind why I like these products so much.

 

1. Large cat litter boxes
2. Horse stall pellets
3. Willow balls
4. Compost bucket
5. Hand-held dustpan and broom
6. Cardboard (toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, boxes, etc.)
7. Joann fabric scraps
8. DIY Brush
9. Oxbow treats
10. Homemade treats

 

Thank you for coming back once again. I realize that this was very short, but the next post should be more interesting.

Today will be a list of 5 different hacks for rabbit owners. Please share this blog with all of your friends and spread the proper rabbit care.

1. If your sink is far away from your rabbit’s pen like mine, fill up a normal water bottle with the water and pour that water into the water dishes when needed. I like using metal water bottles to keep the water fresh and cool.
2. If you are like me, you will most likely keep a plastic garbage bag in the bunny room, but what if you run out? What I like to do is take an old pellet bag and use that as a garbage bag, it also can seal up.
3. If your hay might run out before you can refill it, fill up toilet paper tubes with hay for the bunnies to snack on.
4. When shedding season comes around, grooming a rabbit can be annoying. You can avoid these problems by feeding your rabbit and grooming their coat during their feeding time since they will distracted.
5. If you don’t want to spend a bunch on a nice rabbit brush, just DIY one by taking a new dog double side flea comb, one side wider, the other thinner. Take half a rubber band and weave it in between the larger side to make a comb.

These are just a few different hacks, but I will come back to this topic later. Anyway, I’ll talk to you next time, bye.

As you may have been able to tell, I haven’t been posting due to a busy schedule, so I will make it up to you. But today will be all about finding the right spot for your rabbit’s home/area. Make sure to check out my past posts if you haven’t already.

Searching For A Home

• Are there any wires/outlets that would cause a problem that you wouldn’t be able to move?
• Is is in a place that other animals wouldn’t be in contact with?
• How easy is the access to your fridge sink, and outdoors for any situation?
• Is it big enough?
• Will it keep your rabbit warm and cool?
• How easy is your access to that area?
• Why do you think this is a good place?

These are all main questions you should ask yourself if you are looking for a place to put your rabbit.

Looking For Playtime Areas

• Will your pen around be big enough?
• Will you be using a pen or free roaming?
• How much will be spent if I would free roam?
• Will others including other pets be fine with this playtime area?
• Have there been other animals in this area?

Acknowledging Other’s Privacy

You will have to take to note other people’s opinions, privacy, thoughts, and reasons if they disagree with any preparations. Make a small promise to yourself if needed to remind yourself that other’s opinions are in this as well and if they don’t agree, they will not be happy.

Finding a Place Outside To Make Safe

• Is it in sight of a window?
• Will you be able to find a place to sit next to the pen?
• Do you have the pen to allow outdoor playtime?
• Has the grass been in any contact with any form of gasoline?
• Will any stray animals have access to your rabbits?
• Will your rabbit have a border to prohibit digging?
• Will your rabbit, wild animals, and everyone around you be safe?

I will be talking about bringing your rabbit outside soon, so stick around for that. I am so sorry that I haven’t been posting lately, I had too many events messing with my schedule. Please come back every other day for a new post, bye.

Today will be a small section about the carrot myth with rabbits. Please scroll and read through my other posts if you haven’t already.

What is the Carrot Myth?

The carrot myth is all about how many people will think that all rabbits eat are carrots, literally the opposite of the reality. There are many ways that this has started. But overall, the carrot myth has caused many problems due to the sugar amounts in carrots, and being overfed.

What Started It?

Bugs Bunny, the great cartoon that everyone loved. Yeah, not really after what it has done to people. Many don’t realize it, but anyone who doesn’t know proper rabbit care and watches Bugs Bunny probably thinks that rabbits only eat carrots, which is not true.

What to do About It

When people ask if rabbits only eat carrots, tell them no and explain. Many will be confused why not, but once you explain that carrots are treats, they will understand.

 

I realize that this was a very short post, but come back every other day for a new post or else said otherwise, until then, catch up on my other posts, bye.

Hey, today I will be going over a concept that can be deceiving at times and would like to go over why you could be putting your rabbit’s life to an end by giving them corn.

Why Would People Feed Rabbits Corn?

There will be many times in your life that if you go to a farm, you may find out that a rabbit there is being fed corn. Many times, farmers will not take precaution to look into why rabbits should not be fed corn, which is very easy access to them. Don’t get me wrong, not all farmers feed rabbits corn, which is great, but farmers tend to be the rabbit owners feeding corn.

Why Is Corn So Bad?

Corn can clog up your rabbits GI track, also known as their gastrointestinal track, which is what will lead to GI stasis, and possibly to death if the GI stasis isn’t treated by a professional exotic veterinarian within 24-48 hours. This happens by a three step process:

1. The rabbit ingests the corn.
2. The GI track will try to digest the corn.
3. The corn isn’t able to be properly digested, clogging your rabbit’s GI track, and very easily leading to GI stasis.

What To Look Out For

Now that you know why corn is so bad for rabbits, here are some precautions to take part in while looking for food for your rabbit so that you don’t have to worry about corn problems.

• Look to make sure your rabbit’s food doesn’t contain any form of corn.
• Try to avoid giving farm rabbit food, because as I explained earlier, many farms will feed a rabbit food mix with corn, but not all.
• If there is ever an iffy ingredient that you don’t know about, contact your vet and get the professional answer, or less you only have the time to look it up then go and ask a vet. You can always go to a site ran by a vet and look for the same question to see if it has been answered yet.

Thanks as always for coming back. I will be going by my normal schedule as usual, so make sure to come back every other day for a new post, but look back on others if you haven’t already.

1. Forgetting to put them in
2. Remembering if you fed them pellets or not
3. Whether you were supposed to clip their nails last month or not
4. Remembering to give super specific instructions to people who don’t know much about rabbits
5.  Remembering that not everyone knows the facts that you do
6.  Underestimating how much they eat
7. Underestimating the amount of fur they shed
8. Wearing black when you rabbits are shedding
9. Walking around by your rabbits with socks that attract hay and fur
10. Picking up your rabbit so much that they don’t like you anymore

 

Once again, thank you for coming back. I would encourage you to go back through my other posts if you haven’t already and I will talk to you next time, bye.