Rabbit care: 7 myths and real needs
Rabbits don’t live on carrots and need more than a small cage. Learn their real needs.
The truth
Hay should be 80% of the diet; carrots are treats. Rabbits need room to hop and daily free roam, prefer a bonded partner, rarely need baths and live 8–12 years. Not eating for 12 hours is an emergency. Rabbit-proof your cables!
Related breeds
Holland Lop Rabbit
A floppy-eared favourite; rabbits need free-roam space and company, not a small cage.
Lionhead Rabbit
A small rabbit with a fluffy lion-like mane.
Guinea Pig
Highly social—keep in pairs; communicates with charming “wheeks”.
Chinchilla
Has the world’s densest fur and bathes in dust, not water; long-lived for a rodent.
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