A wide variety of FRESH fruits and veggies can be offered - apples, bananas, peaches, plums, grapes, pears, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard greens, spinach leaves, beets, romaine lettuce, melons, pineapple, fresh green beans, and squash can all be given in small amounts. Fresh fruit and veggies should be offered on a daily basis. Fresh alfalfa or timothy hay should also be available at all times and should be the staple of the diet. Rabbit pellets should be fresh and stored in a dry, clean container to prevent mold from growing. A combination rabbit/guinea pig pellet diet should NEVER be used! Rabbits and guinea pigs have very different vitamin requirements and no combination food could have everything for botl1 species in one food. Rabbits should be fed a high quality rabbit pellet in combination with a good quality hay. Rabbits can also leave nasty scratches from hind feet if they are frightened and trying to get away, so proper handling and supervision is highly recommended. Children should always be supervised when handling rabbits because if a rabbit struggles it can easily break a leg or even its back due to a weak skeletal system. Rabbits should never be left unattended outside of a secure cage for any length of time. They will chew on anything, including carpets, furniture, and electrical cords. If you keep your pet rabbit indoors and let them out of the cage into the house remember to thoroughly rabbit-proof any room your pet has access to. Shelter from direct sunlight is VERY important when housing rabbits outside. Rabbits DO NOT increase their water intake when the temperature becomes high. They cannot sweat, they pant ineffectively, and they stop panting when they become dehydrated. Rabbits are unusually sensitive to heal and have little protection against temperatures above 85 degrees F. Shivering works well on a short term basis and rabbits are able to tolerate cold weather very well if properly acclimatized and sheltered. They shiver when exposed to cold because they do not possess brown fat. So if you are worried about leaving your rabbit out side during moderately cold weather, it is better to give the rabbit a nice hay filled hutch than to bring him inside then outside every day. Rabbits can tolerate cold better than heat. Outdoor rabbits need to be protected from rapid temperature changes (moving between indoors and outdoors), excessive drafts, predators, and insect and rodent vermin.
Should never be exposed to direct sunlight without any means of getting out of it for ANY length of time. Even a milk jug filled with water, frozen, ten placed in the cage can give the rabbit something cool to lay against and keep them from getting heat stress. In hot weather (85 degrees F or higher) cages should be cooled by ventilation, shade or some other cooling devise. Rabbits can be housed outdoors if protected from cold (40 degrees F or below) by an enclosed hutch within the cage. Solid bottom cages should be spot cleaned daily and thoroughly cleaned weekly also. Dropping pans should be changed or emptied daily to prevent ammonia build up or insects from gathering. Wire bottom cages remain relatively clean for weeks but hair and matted feces do accumulate and should be thoroughly scrubbed and disinfected on a weekly basis. If a solid bottom cage is used make sure the litter is a non-toxic wood or fiber, hay, or straw. If a wire bottom is used make sure your rabbit has some sort of solid bottom "house" or platform where it can rest its feet from the wire. If the bottom of the cage is wire make sure the mesh openings are large enough to allow fecal material to fall through easily but small enough to keep the rabbit from catching feet or legs in. Rabbits should be housed in "hutches" or cages with wire bottom floors for easy cleaning or a solid bottom cage with plenty of absorbent bedding.
Today’s pet rabbits come in several sizes, shape, and color variations derived from centuries of selective breeding. Wild rabbits are gregarious, burrowing, herbivorous, nocturnal animals with distant kinship to the ungulates (cows). It is a Lagomorphof the family Leporidae. The domestic rabbit is a descendant of the European and African rabbit.
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