Rabbit Care

Click the link above to go straight to caring for pet rabbits, or, click on any of the links in the Navigation Bar (to the left) under the heading, ‘Pet Rabbits.’

Care of Netherland Dwarf Rabbits
Dwarfed rabbits and small rabbit breeds are very popular with pet owners and breeders. This page pertains specifically to small and dwarf rabbits.

Here's the easy way to build your own rabbit cages, exercise runs and pens, and more

Excellent Rabbit Housing for Excellent Rabbit Care

Get building plans for cages, hutches, and large wheeled rabbit runs -- Go to Rabbit Hutch Building Plans





Rabbit Food - Pellets...Veggies...Both

The way you feed rabbits may change according to the age of your rabbit or the rabbits' intended purposes. Our Feeding Rabbits page explains all the options, linking you to the appropriate information, whether for pet rabbit care or for show rabbit care and conditioning.

BE PREPARED:
If you raise rabbits or plan on a litter now and then, it might be wise to keep on hand a pet nurser 'just in case,' and a tube or two of Benebac. The friendly bacteria in Benebac has saved the lives of many hand-fed bunnies, both domestic and wild. Benebac helps prevent lethal diarrhea and smooths the transition from nursing to solid food.

Benebac can also be fed to 3-6 week-old bunnies if their stools loosen up. (Feed grass hay as well.) It can help older rabbits as well.

Managing Your Breeding Program

Breeding Rabbits is our hub page for everything to do with breeding, from mating to weaning, and everything in-between. Included are lots of pictures and how-to instructions.

Staying Healthy and Preventing Diseases

Rabbit Health - Rabbit care that focuses on management practices that keep rabbits healthy. Learn how to maintain an environment that promotes health, rather than simply medicate disease. You’ll also learn how to handle several non-infectious health challenges, such as heat, sore hocks, or malocclusion (rabbit teeth too long).

Rabbit Diseases - There are a few rabbit diseases that can ruin a rabbit's day in a hurry. Our Rabbit Diseases page is your hub for info on rabbit health challenges related to diseases or parasites.

Rabbit Care in the Barn

Eliminating flies and ammonia odors is essential to rabbit care and health. Both can be dangerous to your rabbit's wellbeing. Learn more:
Get rid of flies with Fly Predators
Reduce or eliminate ammonia levels

Spalding Labs has created amazingly simple, safe and all-natural methods for both fly abatement and odor-killing. Go to Spalding Labs and get prices, or place your order now!

Many Uses for Rabbits

Today humans have lengthened this singular list. Instead of simply hunting rabbits, we also:

• Raise rabbits for meat, for ourselves and for our predator pets (dogs and cats)
  
  
• Use fur for warmth once the animal has been consumed (sparing the acquisition of wild pelts)
  
  
• Carefully breed to improve and preserve nearly 200 rabbit breeds
  
  
• Show rabbits, which is how we measure the improvements in our breeding programs
  
  
• Spin the ultra-light and warm angora wool from 4 wool-bearing breeds of rabbits
  
  
• Lastly, since the latest couple hundred years of human history, we've been keeping pet and house rabbits for our comfort and amusement.

In every case, the conscientious rabbit breeder always has his rabbits' best welfare in mind. Note that this does not imply no-kill. This implies kindness and fulfillment of the rabbits' needs while the rabbit lives, and a humane end on harvest or market day.

It's a win-win in our opinion, both for the rabbits who live devoid of fear and with every need met, and for the rabbit breeder who protects his rabbit livestock from predators, keeps the cages clean, and considers the needs of the rabbits while they live.

As a result of rabbits' famous fertility, there are enough rabbits to serve mankind in all the ways listed without ever exhausting the world's supply of wild or domestic rabbits.

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