I mean, will they eat each other if you can’t feed em for a while?
… I realize that is quite a grizzly thing to ask, and I don’t mean to be as flippant as the first comment…
But that would be a useful thing to know if you’re desperate enough to start a rabbit breeding pen for food, and you also have no idea what feed prices/availability will be.
Not really. Rabbits can eat just about anything in small quantities, but thier digestive system is hyper specialized around eating plants, mostly grasses, If they don’t get consistent access to hay (or quality grass alternative) they enter a state called GI stasis and die. Source: I own a few pet rabbits. One almost died because we gave him too many rasins. He gets compressed hay pellets with some added sugar as treats now.
I’ve not been religious for a long time now, but I don’t know how else to phrase this:
I pray that one day I can put that knowledge toward just having a pet bunny.
… That would be nice.
Do… if you keep a bunbun as a pet, do they do better alone, or are they social enough that they need a buddy… or would two buddies in something like an apartment lead to fights?
… Can you potty train a rabbit like a cat, and let it roam around, or will it just relieve itself whereever?
I couldn’t resist sending a picture. This is Ciel, one of our three rabbits. He lives by himself in the main room because he hates other rabbits, but he loves humans.
I recommend reading the wabbitwiki to get all the best information.
Rabbits are social, but they can also be territorial. It’s typically recommend to keep a bonded pair of rabbits. One male and one female.
It’s best to keep rabbits indoors, with at least 4 feet by 4 feet of play area. Typically people use portable dog pens. We used to do this, but once our rabbits got settled in their space, we removed the pens. Now they can go wherever they want, but they choose never to leave thier room.
They are litter box trained. It’s a different kind of litter than cat litter. We use a layer of compressed pine pellets topped with hay.
Rabbits pee and poop in the litter box, but they will always poop a little bit outside the box. The nice thing is, rabbit poops are dry little balls that don’t really smell, so we just vacuum it up.
I really like our rabbits. The hardest thing about them is all the bad information. For example, a pet store will sell you a hutch or cage which is much too small. They also will charge you way too much for hay and sell you unhealthy feed pellets. The wabbitwiki is a valuable resource.
Yep, i had two holland lops growing up. They are relatively easy to litter train and their poop is great garden fertilizer too.
Mainly because their digestive system isn’t particularly efficient, from what I recall.
I mean, will they eat each other if you can’t feed em for a while?
… I realize that is quite a grizzly thing to ask, and I don’t mean to be as flippant as the first comment…
But that would be a useful thing to know if you’re desperate enough to start a rabbit breeding pen for food, and you also have no idea what feed prices/availability will be.
Not really. Rabbits can eat just about anything in small quantities, but thier digestive system is hyper specialized around eating plants, mostly grasses, If they don’t get consistent access to hay (or quality grass alternative) they enter a state called GI stasis and die. Source: I own a few pet rabbits. One almost died because we gave him too many rasins. He gets compressed hay pellets with some added sugar as treats now.
I’ve not been religious for a long time now, but I don’t know how else to phrase this:
I pray that one day I can put that knowledge toward just having a pet bunny.
… That would be nice.
Do… if you keep a bunbun as a pet, do they do better alone, or are they social enough that they need a buddy… or would two buddies in something like an apartment lead to fights?
… Can you potty train a rabbit like a cat, and let it roam around, or will it just relieve itself whereever?
I couldn’t resist sending a picture. This is Ciel, one of our three rabbits. He lives by himself in the main room because he hates other rabbits, but he loves humans.
Adorable! =D
Ciel is a more creative name than Bunnicula, my first thought, lol.
I haven’t thought about The Celery Stalks at Midnight in forever. Thanks for that blast from the past!
I recommend reading the wabbitwiki to get all the best information.
Rabbits are social, but they can also be territorial. It’s typically recommend to keep a bonded pair of rabbits. One male and one female.
It’s best to keep rabbits indoors, with at least 4 feet by 4 feet of play area. Typically people use portable dog pens. We used to do this, but once our rabbits got settled in their space, we removed the pens. Now they can go wherever they want, but they choose never to leave thier room.
They are litter box trained. It’s a different kind of litter than cat litter. We use a layer of compressed pine pellets topped with hay.
Rabbits pee and poop in the litter box, but they will always poop a little bit outside the box. The nice thing is, rabbit poops are dry little balls that don’t really smell, so we just vacuum it up.
I really like our rabbits. The hardest thing about them is all the bad information. For example, a pet store will sell you a hutch or cage which is much too small. They also will charge you way too much for hay and sell you unhealthy feed pellets. The wabbitwiki is a valuable resource.
Damn. I did not know you actually could litterbox train them, that’s amazing.
I’ve had ex partners with guinea pigs and ferrets… but never rabbits.
I’ll have to bookmark the wabbitwiki, thank you!
Yep, i had two holland lops growing up. They are relatively easy to litter train and their poop is great garden fertilizer too. Mainly because their digestive system isn’t particularly efficient, from what I recall.
Guinea pigs will cannibalize if they’re too stressed IIRC, not sure about rabbits tho