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as an impulsive, enthusiatic ADHD HOT MESS, I JUMPED INTO HAVING RABBITS WITHOUT DOING ALL <\/em>THE RESEARCH. <\/h3>\n

I don\u2019t recommend it. It\u2019s very irresponsible. Like, all\u2019s well that end\u2019s well, but honestly, a touch of caution and research would have served me well. <\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t fully <\/em>uninformed. Obviously, I was willing to learn and would absolutely provide my rabbits with the best of everything. You all know I have a track record for spoiling the HECK out of my pets. I had been a volunteer at a shelter serving our wild and overgrown feral, domestic rabbit population for years. Small animal nutrition is my jam. I had fostered and had several absolutely lovely bunny beans in my home to experience first hand. I was extremely well versed on the space requirements for rabbits. (Which let me tell you are WAY more space than anyone assumes. We recommend a space 4 ft. long x 4 ft wide minimum<\/em> with enough space to hop 3-4 times uninterrupted. My spoiled little guys have free reign of an entire room.)<\/p>\n

So I didn\u2019t go into it blind. <\/strong><\/p>\n

but I definitely didn\u2019t go into it knowing exactly every single thing my rabbits would need to thrive. <\/p>\n

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There are so many way to provide enrichment for your from toys to tricks and everything in between. Did you know you can teach rabbits to do tricks?! <\/em>Yeah, it\u2019s super cool and Puffin is very impressive. The key to great, species appropriate enrichment is to identify the natural skills your pet would display if they were self sufficient. Then provide opportunities to use those skills. Think about things like: <\/p>\n

\u2013 how to encourage them to use all their senses
\u2013 engage their brains
\u2013 get active
\u2013 fulfill social needs
\u2013 make feeding more interactive.<\/p>\n

Enrichment through feeding is one of the best ways to keep your rabbit healthy and engaged. And while those of us who had rabbits growing up might think that all rabbits need are pellets and hay, this is wildly inaccurate! Rabbits do need unlimited access to hay and there\u2019s no harm in providing a small amount of species-appropriate pellets, but they only thrive<\/em> when they\u2019re served a diverse diet full of leafy greens, safe vegetables, edible flowers and when they can use foraging behaviours. <\/p>\n

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What is foraging behaviour? <\/h4>\n

For domestic pets, foraging is giving them a change to display natural behaviours by creating ways to let them find their own food sources. In the wild rabbits spend a huge portion of their days looking for food and they\u2019re considered to be \u201cgourmet\u201d foragers meaning they don\u2019t just look foir plants that are edible, they look for the tastiest, most nutritious parts of those plants choosing the perfect leaves, digging for the roots, or chewing bark depending on what plants they\u2019ve found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I am so lucky to be living in a spot where we don\u2019t just have the space for ample bunny gardens, but also a climate that means our growing season is long. And there are tons of ways to preserve your summer harvest, so it will serve your bunnies all winter long. And when my favourite bunny treats are climbing to $10 a box (worth it but wow)<\/a><\/em>, being able to lean into making more rabbit treats at home is a huge win. <\/p>\n

Rabbits need fresh produce to have a nutritionally complete, well rounded diet. <\/h2>\n

Did you know that the stereotypical rabbit with a carrot is not actually very good for them? <\/em>Fresh carrots contain a lot of natural sugars and while they\u2019re a healthy part of human diets, they should be treated like a treat<\/em> in rabbit diets. <\/p>\n

What bunnies really needs is 1-2 cups of fresh, dark, leafy greens per every four lbs of body weight every darn day. That\u2019s a lot of produce \u2013 and in this grocery market \u2013 I am so lucky to be able to grow a lot of it at home.<\/p>\n

How to create the perfect forage garden for your rabbitS<\/h2>\n

Decide what kind of garden space you want<\/h3>\n