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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Welcoming Harlow ~ My first bun

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    • Auburnie
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        Unfortunately I lost my 7 year old guinea pig due to old age and brought a baby bunny into my home to help cope with his loss. I brought my baby Lionhead home two nights ago and he seems to be doing well. He currently has hay, bunny food, and a huge carrot i broke into a few pieces. He’s eating his food fine but hasn’t seemed to touch the carrots. I also got him some fruit flavored yogurt bites and he really likes those so i’m wondering if he may be more of a fruit fan??

        I’ve wanted a baby bun for so long, so i’ve read up about them. i’m in the process of making a little house for him right now as he was too big for my pigloo

        Do you have any first time advice? Anything that you learned throughout the years? Any habits i should get into while caring for my new bunny? 
        i’m hoping to eventually potty train him. Maybe if im lucky he’ll pick up a few tricks along the way. But regardless he’s here to be my new companion hopefully for a long time.


      • LittlePuffyTail
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          Hi and welcome to Binky Bunny. Congrats on your new bunny.

          How old is your bunny?

          I suggest reading the Bunny Info section here on Binky Bunny. There is great info, everything you need to know to start out. Start with the Diet info. Carrots are high in sugar so should only be given as a treat. And yogourt drops are not recommended for bunnies as they shouldn’t have anything containing dairy. A lot of foods and treats sold at pet stores, unfortunately, are not good for bunnies. I didn’t know this with my first bunny either. But the info here on BB will help you be the best bunny caretaker you can be.


        • Bam
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            Hi and welcome!

            As LPT says, the yogurt drops are terrible. Bunnies do tend to love stuff that’s sugary and bad for them though. What you want him to eat is good quality pellets and hay. To a baby bun you can also give alfalfa hay, that’s good for young buns because it has extra protein and calcium, but it’s not good for full grown buns.

            It’s not recommended to start introducibng greens until he’s 12 weeks old, but it depends on what he’s been fed by his breeder of course, you don’t want to do any rapid changes to a bunny’s diet. If he’s had greens at the breeder’s, you can keep giving him the same type greens, because he’ll already be used to them.


          • Auburnie
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              The only things the breeders gave them were their pellets. No sign of hay. He’s eating really well though! i’ve had to restock the hay pile twice which is new to me because only owning guinea pigs for 6 years it’s a bit of a change having a bigger fur baby.

              i had no idea about the yogurt. So thank god i posted about it on here lol! The lady who sold me Harlow gave no information about him, but i’m just as much at fault because the only questions I asked were whether or not he was a boy and how big would he get. He’s settling into the cage well, loves to dig at the carefresh bedding. i layed down newspaper hoping the bedding was thick enough to cover it but didn’t realize how much they dig and he tore it right up lol. So i don’t think i’ll be laying any of that down for him next time because i know how bad it is for them. 


            • Bam
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                Newspaper isn’t bad for them, the ink is soy-based nowadays. Bunnies like to dig, so it’s good if he has sth to dig in, but it can of course be bothersome if he digs in his litterbox and scatters poop and peed-on litter everywhere. You can provide an additional dig box just as enrichment for him.

                You should start him on hay as soon as you can. Grass hay is the most important food for a bun, it helps build up a healthy gastro-intestinal microbiota. There are many kinds of grass hays that are suitable. The kind most widely recommended is timothy hay.

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