How to Create the Perfect Environment For a Rabbit

     Do you have pet rabbits at home? Having trouble caring for them and establishing a suitable place for them? If so, read on and follow the tips mentioned below.

Rabbits are suitable pets for adults and children because they are cuddly, adorable and easy to train. However, keeping rabbits as pets entail lots of responsibilities from you as pet owner. Ensuring their welfare is not only limited in providing them the right food, care and shelter, buy it also means creating a perfect environment for them.

Because of the numerous environmental hazards and predators around, it is important for you to provide them a secured place to stay. It can be achieved by choosing the right rabbit hutch or rabbit cage, a place where they can freely roam around, run, relax, sleep and rejuvenate. However, keeping them inside rabbit hutch is not enough because you need to consider other factors to ensure they have a perfect environment to say, such as:

1. Feeding and care ?You have to feed them with fiber-rich and nutritious foods. Always remember to give them unlimited amount of hay everyday because it is the most important element in their diet and it provides them fiber to keep their digestive tract in proper order, but you should avoid giving them alfalfa hay due to its high calcium content. Give them two to three cups of fresh leafy vegetables, like escarole, chicory, dandelion, oregano and parsley. Avoid giving them too much fruits because it can lead to gastrointestinal problems. Do not give them more than ?cup per five pounds of rabbit's weight because it can led to obesity. Give them adequate amount of fresh water to drink daily and avoid giving them processed foods, like chocolate, bread, crackers and cereals.

2. Litter box training ?Provide your rabbits their own litter box. Give them the standard cat litter pan. In a few days time, they can learn to use them. Place shredded newspaper or fresh hay inside the litter box and make sure to change them daily to avoid the growth of bacteria and microorganisms.

3. Social behaviors ?As their pet owner, you have to understand their behaviors. Be observant on how they expressed their feelings and emotions. Always remember that rabbits expressed different behaviors in different situations. Most often, when they asked for attention, they placed their chin on the ground, while they scream when they are frightened on something. Happy rabbits love to jump, roam around and leap. Understanding their feelings can help you enjoy each other's company.

4. Exercise ?You have to get them out of their cage for two hours or more to exercise. Because of the significance of exercise to their health, you should ensure to keep them away from telephone wires, electric wires or PVC pipe that can harm them.

5. Training ?Rabbits are intelligent animals and you can train them few tricks.

Be supportive of your pets, some of them are possessive of their properties, like their cage and their toys, thus you make sure they come out of their hutch on their own. To improve cage or hutch aggression, you can spay and neuter them, provide them stimulating toys or let them have adequate exercise.