How to Care for a Indoor Rabbit

Step 1: Set up your housing
There are many options to house your bunny in. Free ranging your bunny, a bunny condo, a large rabbit cage, and a dog x-pen are just a few options.

Step 2: Bunny proof
Whether your bunny is free range or not, your bunny is going to have to be able to run around for at LEAST 3 hours a day. So it is very important to rabbit proof. This will include covering all cords with plastic sleeves or flex tubing, or making sure cords are at least 3-4 feet out of reach from your bunny, or hiding them behind furniture that your rabbit can't get behind. There are TONS of things to keep your bunny from...items on bookshelves, house plants, and possibly baseboards are just a few. You are going to have to figure out what your rabbit's mischief level is, to see what you are going to have to restrict or not.

Step 3:
Provide Fresh Hay
Hay should be taking 80-90% of your rabbits diet. It should be available at all times! Suggested hays: Timothy hay, oat hay, orchard grass hay, etc. For adult bunnies stay away from alfalfa hay. Although bunnies 6 months and under can have alfalfa.

Step 4: Provide fiber-rich pellets, fresh greens, and fresh water.
Pellets and fresh greens should be given in limited quantities.
1/4 cup of pellets for every six pounds or 1/8 cup for every three pounds, are the general rules in feeding pellets.
2 cups for every 6 pounds of chopped veggies is recommended.



Step 5: Provide a Litter Box
Rabbits can be trained, like cats, to use the litter box, with a little work and time. There are many options for litter: paper based bedding, non-clay/clumping cat litter, aspen shavings are just a few. It's best not to get a litter box made for rabbits, because usually they make them to small. The most popular and probably most useful are cat litter boxes, or storage bins (under the bed kind). One of the main aspects in litter training is putting your rabbits hay above, beside it in it's litter box.

Step 6: Provide Toys
Your rabbit will need some sort of enrichment. You can buy store bought toys, or make your own to save some money. A plain cardboard box will be fun for some rabbits. You'll have to figure out what kind of toys your rabbit likes, otherwise if they don't care about the toy, it won't enrich them!