How to Care for Lionhead Rabbits

Housing your Lionhead:

You can purchase rabbit hutches or make your own. If you want to buy one you can find them at any pet store or farms store. The size you need will depend on how much exercise you plan on giving your bunny. Bunnies should be able to easily move around in their cage. You can house more then one bunny to a hutch if they get along. Lionheads appreciate company, so if you decide on two hutches, set the hutches next to each other. Your bunnies will enjoy the company. If you keep you hutches outside make sure they have protection from the rain, wind, and predators. In the summer I use a fan and freeze two liter pop bottles with ice to keep the bunnies cool. Straw around the outside of the cages and plenty of hay inside helps when winter comes.

Food and Water:
I use water bottles with my bunnies. If you choose a water dish make sure your bunny is drinking all right. When first bringing your bunny home they can get diarrhea. If this happens you can feed them a small amounts of oatmeal. This also works if they are under stress. Their main diet should be a quality rabbit food and Timothy hay. It is very important that you give Lionheads hay to help prevent wool block and keep them from getting over weight. Pet stores sell hay bins for the side of your hutch. Do not put it on the floor. It may become tangled in their fur. DO NOT FEED BUNNIES UNDER 4 MONTHS ANYTHING BUT PELLET FOOD AND HAY. Bunnies over 4 months of age enjoy dandelions, yarrow, lettuce, and grass in small amounts. For desserts you can give them 1/2" slices of banana, a piece of apple, or raisons. Remember Lionhead rabbits are not very big. If you over feed desserts you will have a fat bunny with cavities.

Mane Care:
Some Lionheads will require more attention then others. If you are not fond of brushing I recommend you stick with a single mane Lionhead. You will need a wig brush, a slicker brush, and a comb for mats. The slicker brush can pull off their under coat so if you have an outside rabbit and it is winter you want to be careful. If you brush the bunnies mane to hard you can pull it out, so be careful. Your patience will be rewarded. When your bunny is two to four months of age you will need brush more often. This is when they shed their baby fur. if they ingest to much of it they canget wool block. Brush frequently and give plenty of hay to help prevent wool block. After four month it will depend on your rabbit and how much wool it has.

Litterbox Training:

Your bunny will pick an area of the cage to eliminate. Once they do that put a litter box with kitty litter , Aspen wood shavings,or paper based bedding in that area. If the bunny changes places just move they litter box. They will get the idea. Note: never use cedar bedding for small animals it can cause respitory and liver problems in small animals.

Play Time:
Lionheads are very curious and like to play. You can buy play yards at Petsmart, build your own, or just have an area in the house for them. They need to get out once to twice a day. You do not need to spend a lot of money on toys. Some simple things they like are tiolet paper rollers, paper towel rollers, and boxes. If your bunny likes to dig try a shallow box with shredded paper.

Always rember that you can be the best source of entertainment for your lionhead!
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