does anyone know any thin about house rabbits ?

Answer 1

Rabbits can be house trained just like a cat. Rabbits like to pee and poop in corners. After a week or so, the rabbit will pick a corner that it likes to pee and poop in and you can place a cat litter box in that corner. Whenever the rabbit pees or poops where it is not supposed to, spray it with a water bottle sprayer to teach it not to use the restroom there. To keep the rabbit from chewing on electric chords or furniture legs, take tobasco or hot sauce and place it on them. Rabbits don't like the taste of hot stuff and won't chew on it. Also, there are wire cages with wire floor bottoms that have a tray that you can insert right under the floor. Makes it very easy to keep them clean and clean the pen out. I recommend to keep the rabbit in its cage whenever you are not in the house. The rabbit doesnt' have to be let out of its cage to run, but many people like doing that. Be careful about giving rabbits greens, vegetables or fruits. They can give the rabbit diahrrea if given too much or make the rabbit go off of its food. Below are some good websites to buy rabbit cages at:

www.bassequipment.com
www.kwcages.com
www.damars.com
www.klubertanz.com

The American Rabbit Breeders Association puts out a flyer on how to raise house rabbits. They can be contacted at the address below:

www.arba.net

Oh, and I wanted to reply to one thing that pighed said. That rabbit didn't have a seizure. Rabbits will run around their pen when they get scared. You don't want to make sudden movements or sudden sounds around them. When they run around the pen, they run the risk of running into the cage wall and breaking their neck or back. Playing a radio around them will help keep them calm. That rabbit's death happened because of the owner's ignorence and treatment.

Answer 2

I have a house rabbit, they require a lot of time, and way more money than a cat. They need a large cage, like a dog pen kind of cage. Food, hay, and greens every day. When they are out of the cage they need to be in a safe environment, so all electrical cords have to be covered or hidden. Having litter boxes around the house are also good. You want to make sure that the rabbit is fixed because both girl and boy rabbits have issues. Each rabbit has its own personality so you need to find the right one for you. I love my rabbit very much but I know they are not for everyone. There is a lot of information out there from the house rabbit society please get as much information as possible before getting one.

Answer 3

Couple years ago, I bought my kids two guinea pigs and now they also have a rabbit. We have had rabbit one year now. I will say, the rabbit is much easier to keep clean than the pigs.

We built a hutch for in the house (you can buy them in petshop, too). It has hidden area and well as open pen area and there is a pan underneath that slides out. Now, in that pan I put cat litter, scoopable but it does not have to be. No smell. We scoop it like a cat litterbox. Yup.

The pigs, oh gosh. Major project to clean their cage because they, of course, can't be on wire. They need solid bottom. Very stinky as the kids don't like to change the cage. It's not as fun or easy as scooping litter.

My kids had more "fun" with the guinea pigs. They would sit with them while watching TV, put the pigs on their backs and rub their bellies, which pigs like. They make funny faces, have skinny legs on big fat bodies, whistle. They start squealing from the other room when you are in kitchen peeling something. They know the sound of the peeler. And fun to feed. They are pigs, love food, just love it.

The rabbit, well, she's sweet.

I know people let them have run of the house and litterbox train them. I just wouldn't trust wires, as they chew. One woman I knew had one but it had to stay in kitchen where there weren't any wires. Sorry, but I am not living with gates all my life, or at least the rabbit's life :)

Answer 4

We have a rabbit that lives loose in the apartment. We have a cage at one end and the litter box at the other end although he seems to prefer using only the litter box. It took a bit of patience to get him using the litter box - we had to put one in every room originally (with bedding form his cage). I had a small squirt gun to train him not to chew.

Answer 5

I don't know anything personally, but google.com is at my fingertips and I can learn anything! I just did! Here's your info, and I think I might want a house bunny too! This was fun to learn about~~

http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/rabbits/a/rabbitcare.htm

http://www.binkybunny.com/site/FORUM/tabid/54/Default.aspx

http://www.rabbit.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Rabbit_Society

http://www.allearssac.org/

http://www.tampabayhrs.org/

http://www.tagyerit.com/hopline/

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0940920123/104-8498359-1537506?v=glance&n=283155

http://www.rabbitsinthehouse.org/

Answer 6

they're not easy to take care of unless you can give them a large space to run around in, but not recommended in the house cuz the pee smells very high and they leave little round poop pebbles everywhere. you also need to give them a lot of attention and keep their cages clean often.

Answer 7

thin ones, no not really, my experience is that house rabbits tend to be rather lardy!

Answer 8

Yes. DONT GET ONE!!! My cousin had one and his house stunk like piss so bad, I refused to come over finally. And then it had a seizure in its cage and broke its own back.

Answer 9

yes i do if it is a male and you did not get him spade he may refuse to eat if it is a female she may be scared of the scent and may not eat so make sure the scent of their enviorment is comfortable for the animal.

love,
Alana

Answer 10

They don't tast as good as wild ones, unless you mix it with squrell to make squabit. It's good.