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I want a rabbit

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Question
hi,
I wood realy like to have a rabbit but my mom is wondering if we will be able to take care of it. here are the questions:
1-how often do you need to pick-up there "poop"?
2-can we have same sexe to gether or its better to have a female and a male(cause we don't want tons of little babies)
3-can we let them alone for a weekend(if were going camping, but somebody is going to come daily)inside or outside?
4-in summer cand we put there cage outside?
5-how often you have to feed them?
6-wath do they eat(wath can we give them)?

byebye

p.s.:my first language is french so if something dosen't make sense you now why...

Answer
Hello Jess

You need to change the cage at least once weekly but if yuo put a litter pan in the most used corner you can change that daily and the cage will stay clean longer.

For a good pet I reccomend a single male, for the breed I have found the most sweetest rabbits to be holland lop males.

If you go away for the weekend you should leave them indoors and have someone come and feed/water them daily.

You can put there cage outside in the summer if its not too hot also they cant be in the sun for too long or they'll get heatstroke the same thing will happen if they are too hot or if there near a window in the house, be sure never to leave the cage in deriect sunlight or near drafts, also be sure mice/rats/dogs/cat/raccons/badgers/foxes cant get into the cage if its left outside for awhile.

You give them a dish full of rabbit pellets daily and refill there water bottle every day or second day, you can give them carrot, apple, water melon, straw berry, grapes bran, oats and bannana as a treat.