You need to spend some daily time with your rabbit
It’s important to understand as a rabbit owner that there are certain responsibilities that attach to having your own rabbit. One of those responsibilities is cleaning the rabbit hutch. This should be done as frequently as possible and in any case when droppings build up.
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How often the rabbit hutch is cleaned depends of course on how big it as as well as other factors, however frequent cleaning is essential.
A rabbit is an active animal and so should be given daily exercise. The ideal way to give your rabbit daily exercise is to have a run that surrounds the rabbit hutch so that you can open the door of the hutch to allow your rabbit out into the rabbit run each day.
Your rabbit will thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to stretch, run, hop and play, all those things that he cannot do inside his rabbit hutch, particularly if it is small.
But your responsibilities as a rabbit owner did not stop there. You also need to groom your rabbit daily. Groom him with a firm brush to help remove dead hair and anything else that has become caught in his hair such as burrs.
Rabbits can also get tangles in their hair, this is more of a problem in long haired than short haired rabbits.
Whilst grooming you should give your rabbit a good look over looking for discharge from the eyes, the nose for the ears and also check these for grass seeds which can become lodged in them.
And you also need to be aware of the length of your rabbit’s toenails as they grow and will need to be cut just like yours do.
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