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Hello rabbit friends
today I will explain you the most important day of a rabbit's life
the first day that the rabbit is with his owner, the arrival of the rabbit at home
you will normally receive the pets in different type of boxes which these will
generally be of wood or
maybe a carton box
the most important is that they must be very calm
the best way to transport them is like their mother keeps them in the
nest, with a bit of hay
and this also helps them to hide themselves.
We have to have everything ready at home, it is very important
even more important to have the cage before the rabbit or at
least at the same time. The cage is already assembled so what we must do in first
place
is to fill in the base, fill the base of the cage
and pick up the rabbits very carefully and place them slowly one by one
into their new cage
we will let them get familiar with their new home
they will smell it all
and they will find their own space
then, we will make them a nest, we will place a large bunch of hay
everything done with slow movements
so as not to stress or scare them
we will be very generous because they dont only use hay
as feed but also they use it
as their favorite hiding place
they are quite scared the first days
and you will see that they immediately hide underneath the hay
we will fill in half of the cage with a lot of hay
it is a good idea to show them how to hide, to make them calm down
don't worry, they are like Little babies that always hide in
their nests, and we have given them a hand made nest, you see, its seems as there is no
rabbits
once you have done this
the next thing to do... we will give them some
fresh and clean water for drinking.
Normally, specially when its summer, they arrive very thirsty.
and afterwards give them
baby feed, if this is the case that they arrive at home still being
babies, we will fill in the food plate
not too much, we will use
a small quantity that they can easily reach
and finally
we will place the lid on
you see that this cage has two levels
we will clip the lid on to its place
make sure its well closed, to avoid them running away.
now all we have to do is leave them alone, the first days
what we mean is that the first couple of days, try not to stress them, it is better
to pick them up for a short period of time, and leave them most part of the time
in their new cage, so they can get used to it
and to their hiding places so they can relax, because normally
they have just arrived from the shop to our home and they have to get used to it
and this adaption period is normally a couple of days.
The best thing to do would be to keep them away from dogs
or cats or any other pet that could stress them, with a dim light
making sure that they eat and drink normally
but always trying not to pick them up
and with this Cuni-Advise, we hope you
greatly enjoy your new PET