The Jersey Wooly is one of the quietest dwarf rabbits.When fully grown, this little bunny will weigh no more than three and a half pounds.The bunny is called the "no-kick" bunny due to its gentle nature.The Angora-like fur coat of the rabbit makes it an ideal pet as well as a popular show rabbit.If you learn how to properly care for your Jersey Wooly bunny, you can lead a happy and healthy life in your home.
Step 1: The bunny cage needs to be set up.
A minimum cage size of 1 foot (30 m) is needed for your Jersey Wooly rabbit.The cage for the Jersey Wooly rabbit needs to be at least three square feet.The cage length should be 3 times the length of the bunny, and the width 1.5 times that.The cage needs to have room for a litter box, food and water dishes, and a box for her to rest in, so aim for at least 6 feet of floor space in the cage.Don't put your rabbit in an aquarium or a cage with solid walls.This can hurt your rabbit.
Step 2: The cage needs to have an appropriate floor.
The wrong floor can cause your Jersey Wooly rabbit to get injured.There is a wire floor where your Jersey Wooly can get stuck.The bunny cage should have a solid floor rather than a wire floor.sores on the bottom of your rabbit's feet may be caused by wire floors.A piece of fleece fabric along the bottom of the cage works well.If the rabbit eats fleece, it will not block the irritative tract.You have to put a layer of bedding on the floor of the cage.
Step 3: The cage has bedding in it.
You need to make sure that your bunny has a place to sleep on the floor of their cage.If you want your rabbit to eat the bedding, make it from a material that is safe.Natural fiber blanket made from natural fibers, meadow or timothy hay, and other safe materials can be used to make bedding.She can burrow in it if there is enough bedding.Do not use harmful materials for bedding, such as straw, cardboard, newspaper, wood shavings, sawdust, cat litter, or cedar or pine products.
Step 4: The litter box is for your rabbit.
There is a place for your rabbit to go to the bathroom.You should put a litter box in your bunny's cage.A small plastic cat litter pan can be used for your small Jersey Wooly rabbit.Fresh hay and rabbit-safe bedding can be placed inside the litter box.There is a kitchen side and a bathroom side to the litter box.The kitchen side will have clean hay away from the bathroom side if your rabbit nibbles the hay in her litter box.She should be confined to this cage until she uses the litter box.
Step 5: Put a hiding place together.
Rabbits like to hide from loud noises and other things that scare them.Your Jersey Wooly rabbit needs hiding places.Any enclosed space can be away from sounds, lights and drafts.If the hiding place has two openings, your rabbit won't use it.cardboard boxes and tunnels are great hiding places.You can buy rabbit hiding places at the pet store.If you are away from high-traffic areas, hiding places can be found in your house.
Step 6: There is a designated room for your rabbit.
Allow your rabbit to roam around freely in one room.The room needs to meet all your rabbit's needs, so it needs a litter box, food dishes, and water bowl.There are cardboard houses, bunny condos, puppy pens, and rabbit cages in the room.
Step 7: The electrical wiring needs to be protected.
A rabbit likes chewing.The bunny room has wires in it.The cords can be tucked inside the plastic tubing.Place cords behind the woodwork or trim to keep them out of sight.
Step 8: Don't let your rabbit chew on furniture.
If you let her, she will chew on trim, door edges, furniture, wallpaper, sheetrock, and carpet.Put boards over places where your bunny can chew.You can keep your rabbit out of the furniture by putting cardboard or 2x4s under it.To keep the rabbit from chewing, cover the wall with plastic panels.If your rabbit tries to chew on something else, give her an acceptable chewing toy.
Step 9: Your rabbit toys should be chewed on.
Make sure your rabbit has lots of toys.You can leave out alfalfa cubes, cardboard tubes stuffed with grass hay, fresh apple, willow, or aspen branches.You can make homemade toys for your rabbit, such as a cardboard box stuffed with hay, cardboard rolls from paper towels, gift wrap, or multiple cardboard boxes lined up to make a rabbit tunnel.Stuff a paper sack with shredded newspaper and a few treats to give your rabbit a digging adventure.
Step 10: Feed your rabbit.
Your rabbit will eat hay the most during the day.Grass hay is needed by the Jersey Wooly rabbit.Grass hay should be fed.Don't feed your rabbit hay as a meal or part of her diet.It should be fed to a rabbit only occasionally.Fresh hay is a must for your rabbit.Don't let it get wet or spoiled.
Step 11: Give your rabbits some food.
All the vitamins and minerals a rabbit needs are contained in the pellets it eats.A Jersey Wooly rabbit can have up to four cups of pellets a day.Every day, give your rabbit fresh food.
Step 12: Greens are in your rabbit's diet.
Green leafy vegetables are a must for your rabbit's diet.You can provide rabbit bok choy, broccoli stems and leaves, carrot tops, dandelion greens, and all kinds of lettuce.Feed your Jersey Wooly 12 to 1 cup a day, spread over three to four cups.
Step 13: Provide your bunny with food.
In limited quantities, you can give your bunnies treats daily.Feed the Jersey Wooly rabbit only a small amount of treats.Fruits and vegetables are included in treats.Corn or other grains should not be fed to your rabbit.
Step 14: A water dish is required.
A water dish is needed in your rabbit's cage.Rabbits can drink from a sipper bottle.The rabbits prefer ceramic dishes.There should be multiple water dishes in the rabbit room.
Step 15: The bedding and litter box should be kept clean.
Bunnies like clean spaces.Make sure your rabbit's bedding is clean.To make sure it doesn't need changing, check it frequently.If your rabbit goes to the bathroom in the bedding, she needs a larger area to move around in.The litter box needs to be cleaned daily.A rabbit avoids a dirty litter box.Throw everything away, wash the box, and replace the bedding.Fleas, flies, and other pests can be harmful to your rabbit.
Step 16: Take your animal for a checkup.
If a proper diet is fed to your Jersey Wooly rabbit, she will live a healthy life.It is a good idea to take your rabbit to the vet once a year.The vet will check your rabbit's teeth to make sure they are in good shape.If your rabbit is unable to use its hind legs, has reddened skin or fur loss anywhere on the body, and does not poop for a day, you should take it to a vet.
Step 17: Spay or neuter your rabbit.
Rabbits should be neutered at four to six months of age.There are many benefits to this, such as eliminating unwanted pregnancies, aggression, urine spraying, and reproductive system cancer and infections.