Is that true that bunny cant take a shower?....How to reduce the smell then?...?

Question

Why they cant take a shower?...how to reduce the smell?...how to make it keep clean?....what type of food do u suggest?

Answer 1

bahte them... put him a a sink with hot water and rabbit shampoo... dont use human shampoo. scrub him gently without getting water in his ears. clean his cage/hutch more often in order to reduce the smell. i sugest feeding him alfalfa hay pellets with mabye some clover greens, lettuce, and carrots and special treats

Answer 2

No bunnies shouldn't take a shower unless they get into mud or something. You can reduce the smell several ways. One: Is your rabbit fixed? This will help the smell from the hormones and there are several health benefits. Two: Clean the litter box and cage with equal parts water to white vinegar. Three: Change the litter box material. Carefresh bedding and wood stove pellets are great.

It also seems to me that you need a rabbit education. Go to these website and read The House Rabbit Handbook.

Answer 3

You can bathe your bunny, there are shampoos on the market designed for rabbits. Don't change his diet to 'natural' foods, fresh vegetables are good for your bunny, but given too much of certain veggies can promote diarrhea. Pellets provide the right amount of nutrients that your rabbit needs, don't withhold that from his diet. Buy a brush for your rabbit, keep his cage clean, groom his coat daily and bathe him with rabbit shampoo once a month and you will notice a difference in his 'smell'. But rabbits do have their own odor so you're not going to get rid of the smell all together.

Answer 4

I guess you could try bathing it instead of showering it. It would freak it out less. As for the smell, if it's a male, having it neutered helps a lot. Also, change the bedding you use. I found that the stuff that looks like paper maché works really well. Some of the brand names of this type of bedding is called Yesterdays News,

As for food, you should give your bunny leafy greens. Like whole carrots that include the stalks, broccoli, spinach. Avoid watery veggies like lettuce, it gives them diarhea. Also rabbits don't do well with sweet things like fruits, they're not made to digest them and it can harm them. Always make sure your bunny has access to hay. It's essential to their health.

Good luck! Bunnies are a lot of work, but they're adorable!

Answer 5

I doubt a rabbit would enjoy a shower, but there is no reason that they could not be bathed if they really needed it... rabbits groom themselves just like cats do- they do not normally need more grooming help than an occasional brush-through and a monthly toenail clipping. Rabbits themselves do not have a strong odor, although their litterbox might if you do not clean it frequently. (And yes, rabbits CAN be litter-trained quite easily. Don't just let the poor dear poo through the cage's wire floor- those wires hurt his feet! He'd be much happier hopping through the house with you than locked in a cage all the time.)

As for feeding, rabbits should be given a variety of foods. Commercially-available pellets (as long as they do not contain seeds or any junkfood like that) are a good foundation for his diet, but feeding too much of this can lead to obesity. Rabbits should have unlimited amounts of Timothy hay available at all times, and supplemented with green vegetables. The occasional fruit slice or raisin is a good treat, but bunnies have a real sweet tooth, so not too much of these. NEVER feed a rabbit avocado, cabbage, potatoes, processed sugars, or carbohydrates (cereal, bread, crackers, etc). Check the website below for a list of recommended veggies, forbidden foods, and a comparison of the pros and cons of several common brands of pellets.

My rabbit personally (he is a very small bun, so yours may need larger amounts) gets unlimited Timothy hay, 1/4 cup of pellets, and 1 cup of vegetables every day, in addition to 2 raisins or a slice of banana as a treat. Feline Pine is a good choice for litter; is is biodegradable, can be used as garden compost, and does not harm rabbits. Some brands of kitty litter have been known to cause seizures, intestinal blockages, and DEATH in rabbits. Definitely avoid ones that are self-clumping or dusty. If you have questions on litters beyond that, check the website below.

Sounds like you have a lot of questions. Do you already have a rabbit, or just thinking of getting one? Check out the website below- it has everything you could ever want to know about rabbit care, feeding, behavior, housing, etc.

Answer 6

Yeah, it can make your bunny freak out, start thrashing around, and snap it's own back!

To clean a rabbit just use a wet wash cloth. If you hold them on your lap belly up, and then slowly lower their head so their slightly upside-down they get hypnotized and then it's easy to do any grooming you need to.

BTW the most smelly thing about a rabbit is their urine. Be sure to clean the litter area frequently (vinegar works really well to clean with because it gets rid of the smell, and is safe for your rabbit). We use a white flame brand pellets for a pellet stove in our rabbit's litter. It absorbs the oder very well.

For food, I suggest lots of timothy hay, and your basic rabbit pellets.

Best wishes

Answer 7

Most experts recommend that you not bathe your rabbit.

"... most rabbits are not used to this routine and would find even an occasional bath quite stressful."
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/groom.html

The only time that I ever bathed a rabbit was when I had to care for my paralysed rabbit scrappy. Even then, when I had him in the shower, I always tucked him underneath a towel when I wasn't washing a certain part of him, and he seemed more relaxed. He however, could only move in circles, and went to the bathroom on himself all the time. So I felt it was rather necessary for him to be clean, and he was always happier afterwards.

In your case, I really don't recommend it. If your rabbit stinks, try some of the deodorizing wipes from super pet. They would be much less stressful for your bun. You can even try some of the waterless shampoos.

Answer 8

NO, rabbits can't get soaked, but you can squirt them with a spray bottle if they are being bad. I have no problem with odor because my two are spayed and neutered and use the litterbox with the cats. I use a pine litter, or yeasterday's news litter. They need alfalfa (1/2 of thier diet) and a good pellet (Nutriphase is in a huge bag for $12 at petsmart) until they are a year old then swithch them to timmothy hay instead of the alfalfa (they can get fat). When they are about a year you can start giving them collard greens, carrots, mustard greens but no friut (they can get the runs). I would highly recommend getting him fixed, mine pooed everywhere until they had their surgery then like magic they use the litterbox religiously. They are much cleaner and social once they have been spayed or neutered.

Answer 9

Bunnies do NOT like to be wet. If you try to bathe it, it will scratch you a lot. Rabbits wash themselves with their tongues. If it smells, its probably because you are not cleaning its cage enough. If its an indoor bunny, you need to be cleaning its cage every day. If its outdoors you can get it a cage where the droppings will fall through the cage, but you still need to clean it every few days. Bunnies need to eat rabbit pellets, timothy hay and green leafies like collards, turnip greens, kale, romaine lettuce and the such. They should have hay available at all times and it should be about half their diet.

Answer 10

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