Have You Considered Buying A Rabbit Hutch And A Rabbit For The Children?
If you're looking for a great pet for children consider a rabbit. They are nice and small and a child can comfortably sit them on their lap, they are cheap to buy, they are cheap to feed, they don't bark at the neighbours and they won't live as long as a dog or a cat so you're not committing to looking after the rabbit once the children have left the house.
Not only that but they can be an indoors pet as well as an outdoors pet.
A rabbit is kept in a cage that is properly referred to as a rabbit hutch. A rabbit hutch has two main areas, an enclosed sleeping area where he can sleep warm and out of the weather and an outdoors run where he can do what rabbits do, namely run around.
As a general rule the rabbit hutches available in pet shops are too small for one rabbit, let alone more than one. They are very active creatures and need plenty of exercise and unless you're rabbit hutch is quite large most are unable to exercise adequately in them.
If you wish to keep his hutch outdoors you can exercise him using a dedicated rabbit run, which is an area of the garden fenced off to protect your rabbit from predators and which is accessible from the rabbit hutch.
But you can also keep a rabbit indoors. For example you can keep rabbit cages in the laundry where he will be warm and dry and happy.
And whether you decide to keep his rabbit hutch indoors or outdoors it still needs cleaning.
But be aware that you should avoid putting wire on the floor of his rabbit hutch as rabbits do not like walking on wire.
Just the same as for outdoors rabbits, indoors rabbits need plenty of exercise and time out of his hutch each day.
This of course is part of the fun for the rabbit owner. If you have a room specifically dedicated to rabbit play, where you have provided your rabbit with a safe environment and plenty of toys to play with, this is ideal for exercising him each day.
And rabbits can also be house trained as well.
But there is some work to do before allowing your rabbit to play indoors. Rabbits love to disappear into small holes, and can be hard or impossible to get out, just so you need to do a thorough inspection of the room to see that there are no dangerous holes where you can lose your rabbit.
Then populate it with fun things such as plastic pipes to play in and you and your rabbit can play, and exercise, to your, and his, heart's content.
Buy A Rabbit And A Rabbit Hutch To Keep Your Kids Happy
Kids love pets and there's so many pets to choose from. Big and small, feathered or furry there's so many choices for parents of children who are clamouring for a pet. But in my view one of the best pets or children is a rabbit. Lets see why a rabbit is a great pet and how you go about housing their rabbit in a great rabbit hutch.
Rabbits make wonderful pets for kids. They are very social, fun to be with and love spending time with people. They can be house trained so you don't need to worry about mess, and kids love a rabbit as a pet. A pet rabbit generally lives around 10 years so you need to understand that once you have a pet rabbit you will have one for quite some time.
A rabbit has a relatively simple diet. You can buy bags of rabbit food at the pet shop and they are also happy to eat hay and vegetables. In particular they like to ask green vegetables like broccoli leaves and spinach as well as carrots and some fruits. Rabbits are quite cheap to feed.
If you're thinking of getting a rabbit for a pet for your children there are some things to consider before you rush in and buy your first rabbit. The main consideration is housing the rabbit. You will need a rabbit cage, or what is often known as a rabbit hutch. A rabbit hutch is a simple construction that allows your rabbit to browse outdoors on grass whilst also having shelter from the elements in a part of the hutch.
Most rabbit hutches are made from timber and wire. Rabbits are generally housed outside and most rabbit hutch are portable enough to be moved around. There is a compartment that is protected from the weather so the rabbit can be comfortable and dry while sleeping and there is also an area to allow your rabbit to hop around for exercise and nibble on the grass.
You need to be careful using wire on the floor of your hutch. Rabbits don't like walking on wire and if the hutch is to be lifted off the ground, which can be useful in very cold or damp weather, the wire will need to be covered in some sort of material to protect the rabbit's feet, for example hay.
If you've decided to use wire then it works well allowing the droppings to fall through the wire, making cleaning easier. But again if the hutch is off the ground use a material like slats that allow the rabbit droppings to fall through but which doesn't hurt the rabbits feet.
You can use a solid material like wood or metal. Metal doesn't soak up urine like wood so doesn't smell as wood can do, and so is easier to clean, but neither metal or wood allows the rabbit to eat grass off the ground.
How big should the rabbit hutch be? Generally most hutches sold in pet shops are too small. Suggestions I have seen are that the cage should be 3 or 4 times the size of the rabbit, but I think that is way too small. Bigger is much better, but if you buy a small rabbit hutch you must take your rabbit out daily to exercise.
And build a hutch with a good door as you need to clean the hutch and replace the hay each day.
A rabbit is an excellent pet for kids. Do your research on rabbit breeds, and give yourself plenty of time before you buy one to sort out a solid, effective and well built rabbit hutch.
It's not hard to build your own rabbit hutch, that's part of the fun.
Buy A Rabbit And A Rabbit Hutch To Keep Your Kids Happy
Kids love pets and there's so many pets to choose from. Big and small, feathered or furry there's so many choices for parents of children who are clamouring for a pet. But in my view one of the best pets or children is a rabbit. Lets see why a rabbit is a great pet and how you go about housing their rabbit in a great rabbit hutch.
Rabbits make wonderful pets for kids. They are very social, fun to be with and love spending time with people. They can be house trained so you don't need to worry about mess, and kids love a rabbit as a pet. A pet rabbit generally lives around 10 years so you need to understand that once you have a pet rabbit you will have one for quite some time.
A rabbit has a relatively simple diet. You can buy bags of rabbit food at the pet shop and they are also happy to eat hay and vegetables. In particular they like to ask green vegetables like broccoli leaves and spinach as well as carrots and some fruits. Rabbits are quite cheap to feed.
If you're thinking of getting a rabbit for a pet for your children there are some things to consider before you rush in and buy your first rabbit. The main consideration is housing the rabbit. You will need a rabbit cage, or what is often known as a rabbit hutch. A rabbit hutch is a simple construction that allows your rabbit to browse outdoors on grass whilst also having shelter from the elements in a part of the hutch.
Most rabbit hutches are made from timber and wire. Rabbits are generally housed outside and most rabbit hutch are portable enough to be moved around. There is a compartment that is protected from the weather so the rabbit can be comfortable and dry while sleeping and there is also an area to allow your rabbit to hop around for exercise and nibble on the grass.
You need to be careful using wire on the floor of your hutch. Rabbits don't like walking on wire and if the hutch is to be lifted off the ground, which can be useful in very cold or damp weather, the wire will need to be covered in some sort of material to protect the rabbit's feet, for example hay.
If you've decided to use wire then it works well allowing the droppings to fall through the wire, making cleaning easier. But again if the hutch is off the ground use a material like slats that allow the rabbit droppings to fall through but which doesn't hurt the rabbits feet.
You can use a solid material like wood or metal. Metal doesn't soak up urine like wood so doesn't smell as wood can do, and so is easier to clean, but neither metal or wood allows the rabbit to eat grass off the ground.
How big should the rabbit hutch be? Generally most hutches sold in pet shops are too small. Suggestions I have seen are that the cage should be 3 or 4 times the size of the rabbit, but I think that is way too small. Bigger is much better, but if you buy a small rabbit hutch you must take your rabbit out daily to exercise.
And build a hutch with a good door as you need to clean the hutch and replace the hay each day.
A rabbit is an excellent pet for kids. Do your research on rabbit breeds, and give yourself plenty of time before you buy one to sort out a solid, effective and well built rabbit hutch.
It's not hard to build your own rabbit hutch, that's part of the fun.
