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HOW TO CARE FOR A BABY RABBIT
Please remember if you buy a baby rabbit
it has just left its mother,litter mates and
the only home it has ever known. Rabbits
totally rely on knowing where feels safe,
and secure ,warm ,clean and smells familier
More kits die from humans thinking they are
being kind than neglect so for the sake of
your new kit please stick to these 4 simple rules:
(1) HOME: When getting home put your new baby
in its home with some hay, that it has laid on
during the journey home,(so it smell right)
then let it settle in Do not let small children
or friends/family etc keep picking it up.
For the first week feed it, talk to it, stroke it
then leave it to settle.
(2) EXERCISE: You may think you are being kind
by giving your kit as much space as possible,but
remember it is a big scary world for a tiny rabbit
and although you may think its running around,
its probably frantically looking for a safe place to
hide.When it has settled in let it wander in its own
time and make sure if it gets scared it can always
get back to its home and safety .We never let our
kits out until they are 4-5 months old(if a young
kit freaks you will never catch it)
(3) FEEDING: All your new baby will need daily
is fresh hay,a good dried food,water and NOTHING
ELSE until it is about 3 months old then introduce
new foods slowly .Rabbits are unable to be
sick so if a food disagrees with them, it can
ferment in the stomache and this can be fatal.
(4) HEALTH: Always check your rabbits eyes
are nice and wide and bright,closed eyes are the
first signs of a poorly rabbit,and its bottom
should be clean and its waste never runny
Just a few simple rules and you will have a very
happy healthy rabbit that i hope it will give you
as much pleasure as ours have to us.
