General Tips About Pet Rabbit Care

Man has had a unique relationship with a certain long-eared animal on this planet. The rabbit, order Lagomorpha, has often been considered to be lucky, perhaps because of its place in African folklore and magic; and some carry a rabbit’s foot around as a talisman. Christians still celebrate Easter, the occasion of Christ’s resurrection, with a hunt for eggs left by a bunny rabbit. Nevertheless, we’ve raised rabbits as food and cooked them into gourmet dishes. We’ve chased them out of our crops and gardens as pests to be exterminated. So, perhaps as a recent development from this complex history, we have begun to bring rabbits into our homes, to domesticate and care for them, and to call them friends.

The rabbit can be a great pet to keep if you know a few things about what it needs to stay healthy. Rabbits are known to live beyond ten years old in a well-maintained indoor environment. They can be energetic animals if allowed to roam outside their cage to play and interact with humans and other animals. If you do decide to cage them, it’s very important to have proper ventilation; rabbit urine creates an ammonia buildup that is harmful to your pet rabbit. A well balanced diet helps regulate the rabbit’s weight and maintain its overall well-being.

In this free instructional video series on raising pet rabbits and keeping them healthy, learn some specific, important steps to creating an ideal environment for your pet. Our expert will guide you in how to set up a rabbit cage, what toys to buy, how to clip a rabbit’s nails, and what to feed your rabbit. Two of the video clips even explain what signs to look for to tell if your rabbit is healthy or sick. Keep your pet rabbit alive and healthy for years to come.

"Hi my name is Sarah and this is Halibut, and I am one of the exotic technicians here at Extra Care Animal Hospital, and on behalf of Expert Village.com, I am going to provide you with some helpful information on owning a rabbit. Rabbits should be fed a good quality diet. They should be kept indoors. They should be spayed or neutered once they are old enough, and they should receive annual exams by a qualified rabbit veterinarian. A list of experienced rabbit veterinarian’s can be found at the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarian’s website, which is aemv.org. When you go there, you can find a good rabbit veterinarian for your bunny. If you would like more information about our animal hospital, you can visit our website at www.extracareanimalhospital.net."