Dynamitez
New Kit
Male Mini-Lop Cross - (His mam is a Mini Lop crossed with a Lop, and his dad is a Mini Lop). - Born April 23rd 2012. Named Flopsy (One of daughters birthday pressies) but yet another family pet! Which we also have a male Cat and 2 sub-tropical (coldwater) fish tank setups.
We got him the night before daughters birthday, so she woke up to find a rabbit outside in his hutch ready to be greeted. She knew she was getting a rabbit but was so happy to have her own pet. When we got him, he was on a muesli mix, which the breeder gave me a decent bags worth in which i used whilst weening him off it onto Pellets, which i did for 10days or possibly 14, around 2 weeks anyway.
We let our Rabbit in the house aswell as outside to play around which he spends half his day at times. For the first few days the rabbit wouldn't take himself away from the rug in the front room, after about 2-3 days he eventually started binking/running about in the livingroom joined dining room, so good space to zoom about and roam. After 24hours of having him, we introduced him to our Male Cat who is the most loving cat you could ever dream to have. The Cat (name Zippy) wasn't even bothered or interested in the Rabbit and just jumped on the Sofa layed down watching the Rabbit for a bit then just left him to it, most of the time the Rabbit approaches the Cat and he does one! Lol. The Rabbit is often outside in the garden with our male cat who are so loving together although more often than not, the cat runs away from him lol.
Our Hutch: We currently only have a small hutch, will likely get a larger one when he is over 6 months. He is mostly a outdoor rabbit and only in the house an hour or so, he prefers to be outside.The hutch is placed in a shaded area where it wont get hampered scoiling hot by the Sun, to prevent him sweating or getting dehydrated.
Hutch Bedding: Would never use sawdust or wood shavings, horrible, sometimes dusty and messy! We use proper hardened+soft bedding straw, a nice amount to be in the hidden area of the hutch where he likely rests. I don't cover the other area as he ends up moving the straw himself at times to meet his approval i guess.
Garden: Rabbits has a very shaded place to lay and rest, behind the garden walls, under the hutch, underneather the massive Lavender plants and under my evergreen trees, our rabbit LOVES hiding underneath our Lavender plants. He also eats the lavender strands as they are nice and hard similar to hard hay but more stronger which is great for their teeth. He also loves to rub himself and lay on top and underneath the Lavender plants as it's supposedly believed they use the fragrance as a way of making them smell nice and to help attract a female. Our male is a lone rabbit yet he most definitely does do this, so it's true. I do not use weed killer or treat anything in my garden other than water/rain. Iv'e checked and nothing in my garden is toxic to the rabbit and he eats mostly every plant in it.
The garden is escape safe so he cannot try leaving us!
Food: The rabbit has have constant access to various Hay, He has become a "hay snob" and will only pick out and eat certain bits of the hay unless he has no form of other food on offer for a good while, so we sometimes restrict him from going in the garden or giving him pellets so he has no choice but to gobble it all up.
Since we've had him, we give him a good amount of pellets or (3/4 of a cup or so, after 6 months i'll reduce the amount by a third or half or so.
Water: Has Clean tap water available at all times too, He has a bottle in the hutch as-well as a Cat water dispenser (which is tightly locked into the corner opposite his rabbit litter pan) in-case the ball on the bottle gets stuck which sometimes happens. I Change the water every 48hours, many people say every 24hours, but I tend not too.
Cleaning:
I Clean the rabbits dirt every day, the rabbit chose his certain corner where he prefers to do his urine/pooh, so he basicly litter trained himself in the first day i put his pan into his hutch, we use a long john litter pan, i just put his droppings and soaked urine onto the newspaper. And he was away with using it, we aren't having that much look in the house, he tends to pooh and urine in another long john litter pan we have aswell as mostly just dropping his poops and urine near it on the laminate floor, grr.
I Give the hutch a disinfecting every week. If the bedding straw is clean still, then I re-use some of it, but replace it every 2 weeks.
Teeth: I check his teeth every week or so to make sure they are the same length and aligned alright. I do this by placing my thumb and the finger next to it on both the rabbits mouth (whisker area) and lightly lift up, cant sometimes see the bottom teeth so i have to use my other hands finger to push his lip down, he doesn't like that and shakes his head so i let go lol
I know that rabbits teeth can be misaligned via the genes of the rabbit or have been misaligned via biting the wire on the hutch. He doesn't do that so it's ok.
Gnawing/(Wearing teeth down) I know Rabbits teeth can grow upto 2mm every week. This is an important subject to get right, so he gnaws his teeth via a few means, mostly by eating Hay and grass. Grass when examined under a microscope looks like a Saw with pure jagged edges which work wonders on the teeth providing your rabbits teeth are aligned correctly (in which thankfully, his are!).
He has a sweet gnawing block available to bite in his hutch as-well as wooden blocks and Willow balls/rolls of willow wood rapped together.
Attention & Affection: We try and give him attention every day, he doesn't like being picked up much and prefers to stay firmly on the ground and interact with us that way. This is obvious considering in the wild they are afraid of heights and are always threatened with the danger of predators.
Binking: After the first 2 days of having him, he started binking, i didn't even know what that was or meant so i searched it up haha. He jumps about twisting his body and suddenly runs and stops fast etc. This is called binking and is a sign that the rabbit feels comfortable in the surroundings and is excited and enjoying life, he does this in the house and in the garden so it's a good sign for us and it's enjoyable to see.
Handling: To pick up our rabbit, we approach him slowly and stroke him slowly/softly (from top of his head, through shoulders downwards to (back hind legs), never over his eyes so he cannot see). Then put a right hand or few fingers behind his front legs/shoulders and left hand underneath his bottom, this is the safest way to hold the bunny so i read and honestly it feels most comfortable to us too. If we intend to try and cuddle him we make sure to press him safely and supported over our chest so he isn't feeling too scared as being picked up is unpleasant enough as it is.
I know about Rabbits kicking out and that they can easily break their spine, usually caused by mishandling, or being scared and they may well run into a wall or something.
Nails: Our male rabbits gets good exercise on the grass and pavement, so his nails are i good shape and not too sharp.
People think a Rabbit is a easy pet to have, boy how wrong thoughts of that can be! We use too. :|
Anyway, Here are a couple of shots of our Male Mini-Lop called Flopsy.
Enjoy!
First few days of having him, looking thin.
After about 2-3 weeks, filling out, growing allot bigger in stature and more thicker fur coat.
We got him the night before daughters birthday, so she woke up to find a rabbit outside in his hutch ready to be greeted. She knew she was getting a rabbit but was so happy to have her own pet. When we got him, he was on a muesli mix, which the breeder gave me a decent bags worth in which i used whilst weening him off it onto Pellets, which i did for 10days or possibly 14, around 2 weeks anyway.
We let our Rabbit in the house aswell as outside to play around which he spends half his day at times. For the first few days the rabbit wouldn't take himself away from the rug in the front room, after about 2-3 days he eventually started binking/running about in the livingroom joined dining room, so good space to zoom about and roam. After 24hours of having him, we introduced him to our Male Cat who is the most loving cat you could ever dream to have. The Cat (name Zippy) wasn't even bothered or interested in the Rabbit and just jumped on the Sofa layed down watching the Rabbit for a bit then just left him to it, most of the time the Rabbit approaches the Cat and he does one! Lol. The Rabbit is often outside in the garden with our male cat who are so loving together although more often than not, the cat runs away from him lol.
Our Hutch: We currently only have a small hutch, will likely get a larger one when he is over 6 months. He is mostly a outdoor rabbit and only in the house an hour or so, he prefers to be outside.The hutch is placed in a shaded area where it wont get hampered scoiling hot by the Sun, to prevent him sweating or getting dehydrated.
Hutch Bedding: Would never use sawdust or wood shavings, horrible, sometimes dusty and messy! We use proper hardened+soft bedding straw, a nice amount to be in the hidden area of the hutch where he likely rests. I don't cover the other area as he ends up moving the straw himself at times to meet his approval i guess.
Garden: Rabbits has a very shaded place to lay and rest, behind the garden walls, under the hutch, underneather the massive Lavender plants and under my evergreen trees, our rabbit LOVES hiding underneath our Lavender plants. He also eats the lavender strands as they are nice and hard similar to hard hay but more stronger which is great for their teeth. He also loves to rub himself and lay on top and underneath the Lavender plants as it's supposedly believed they use the fragrance as a way of making them smell nice and to help attract a female. Our male is a lone rabbit yet he most definitely does do this, so it's true. I do not use weed killer or treat anything in my garden other than water/rain. Iv'e checked and nothing in my garden is toxic to the rabbit and he eats mostly every plant in it.
The garden is escape safe so he cannot try leaving us!
Food: The rabbit has have constant access to various Hay, He has become a "hay snob" and will only pick out and eat certain bits of the hay unless he has no form of other food on offer for a good while, so we sometimes restrict him from going in the garden or giving him pellets so he has no choice but to gobble it all up.
Since we've had him, we give him a good amount of pellets or (3/4 of a cup or so, after 6 months i'll reduce the amount by a third or half or so.
Water: Has Clean tap water available at all times too, He has a bottle in the hutch as-well as a Cat water dispenser (which is tightly locked into the corner opposite his rabbit litter pan) in-case the ball on the bottle gets stuck which sometimes happens. I Change the water every 48hours, many people say every 24hours, but I tend not too.
Cleaning:
I Clean the rabbits dirt every day, the rabbit chose his certain corner where he prefers to do his urine/pooh, so he basicly litter trained himself in the first day i put his pan into his hutch, we use a long john litter pan, i just put his droppings and soaked urine onto the newspaper. And he was away with using it, we aren't having that much look in the house, he tends to pooh and urine in another long john litter pan we have aswell as mostly just dropping his poops and urine near it on the laminate floor, grr.
I Give the hutch a disinfecting every week. If the bedding straw is clean still, then I re-use some of it, but replace it every 2 weeks.
Teeth: I check his teeth every week or so to make sure they are the same length and aligned alright. I do this by placing my thumb and the finger next to it on both the rabbits mouth (whisker area) and lightly lift up, cant sometimes see the bottom teeth so i have to use my other hands finger to push his lip down, he doesn't like that and shakes his head so i let go lol
I know that rabbits teeth can be misaligned via the genes of the rabbit or have been misaligned via biting the wire on the hutch. He doesn't do that so it's ok.
Gnawing/(Wearing teeth down) I know Rabbits teeth can grow upto 2mm every week. This is an important subject to get right, so he gnaws his teeth via a few means, mostly by eating Hay and grass. Grass when examined under a microscope looks like a Saw with pure jagged edges which work wonders on the teeth providing your rabbits teeth are aligned correctly (in which thankfully, his are!).
He has a sweet gnawing block available to bite in his hutch as-well as wooden blocks and Willow balls/rolls of willow wood rapped together.
Attention & Affection: We try and give him attention every day, he doesn't like being picked up much and prefers to stay firmly on the ground and interact with us that way. This is obvious considering in the wild they are afraid of heights and are always threatened with the danger of predators.
Binking: After the first 2 days of having him, he started binking, i didn't even know what that was or meant so i searched it up haha. He jumps about twisting his body and suddenly runs and stops fast etc. This is called binking and is a sign that the rabbit feels comfortable in the surroundings and is excited and enjoying life, he does this in the house and in the garden so it's a good sign for us and it's enjoyable to see.
Handling: To pick up our rabbit, we approach him slowly and stroke him slowly/softly (from top of his head, through shoulders downwards to (back hind legs), never over his eyes so he cannot see). Then put a right hand or few fingers behind his front legs/shoulders and left hand underneath his bottom, this is the safest way to hold the bunny so i read and honestly it feels most comfortable to us too. If we intend to try and cuddle him we make sure to press him safely and supported over our chest so he isn't feeling too scared as being picked up is unpleasant enough as it is.
I know about Rabbits kicking out and that they can easily break their spine, usually caused by mishandling, or being scared and they may well run into a wall or something.
Nails: Our male rabbits gets good exercise on the grass and pavement, so his nails are i good shape and not too sharp.
People think a Rabbit is a easy pet to have, boy how wrong thoughts of that can be! We use too. :|
Anyway, Here are a couple of shots of our Male Mini-Lop called Flopsy.
Enjoy!
First few days of having him, looking thin.
After about 2-3 weeks, filling out, growing allot bigger in stature and more thicker fur coat.
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