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Rabbit information: care, nutrition, housing, and behavior
If you want to take good care of your rabbits, everything starts with the basics: sufficient space, a suitable rabbit companion, daily hay, clean drinking water, a safe living space, hiding places, a litter box, exercise, and enrichment. Rabbits are social animals and have clear needs. They want to be able to eat, rest, move, hide, gnaw, dig, explore, and live together with a suitable companion.
On this Rabbit Information page, you will find all the important help pages from DRD Knaagdierwinkel® conveniently grouped together. You can start with the basic checklist, learn more about nutrition and hay, choose an enclosure, house indoors or outdoors, learn to recognize signals such as droppings and appetite, and provide your rabbits with more enrichment.
✓ In short: rabbits need hay, water, space, shelter, a safe living environment, and a suitable companion on a daily basis.
✓ A good enclosure consists not only of a pen, but of a spacious living area with a toilet, hay, hiding places, grip, and enrichment.
✓ Pay attention to your rabbits' appetite, droppings, behavior, coat, drinking water, and general demeanor every day.
Quick links:
Where do you start? · Feeding & hay · Shelter & space · Indoors, outdoors & season · Care & health · Behavior & enrichment · Handy shopping routes · FAQ
Laying a solid foundation
Start with space, companions, hay, water, a litter box, and daily checks. That is the foundation upon which all further choices rest.
Choose wisely
Use the selection aids for enclosure, space, hay, food, and run to choose products that suit your rabbits and your situation.
Every day understand
Appetite, droppings, behavior, coat, and activity tell a lot. By checking daily, you notice changes more quickly.
Where do you start with caring for rabbits?
Start with the basics. Rabbits need a suitable companion, sufficient permanent living space, daily hay, clean drinking water, a good litter box, safe hiding places, and something to do. After that, you can look further into food selection, bedding, enrichment, seasonal care, and health checks.
Are you new to rabbits or do you want to check if you have everything complete? Then start with the checklist. It helps you go through the most important parts step by step.
Start here
✓ Rabbit checklist – all basic necessities clearly listed.
✓ How much space do rabbits need? – understanding space, movement, and layout.
✓ Rabbit enclosure selection guide – choose indoor, outdoor, run, hutch, or rabbit room.
Food, hay and droppings
Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of rabbit care. Hay should be the daily staple. In addition, rabbits receive an appropriate portion of rabbit food, clean drinking water, and optionally safe extras such as herbs or vegetables. By closely observing appetite and droppings, you can often quickly see if the routine is still correct.
Understanding nutrition
Read what rabbits eat daily and how hay, pellets, water, and supplements relate to each other.
Hay as a base
Hay helps with prolonged chewing and should be readily available daily.
Checking droppings
Droppings reveal a lot about diet, intestines, fluids, stress, and daily care.
Accommodation, space and furnishings
A good rabbit enclosure consists of more than just a hutch. Your rabbits need permanent living space to move, rest, shelter, eat, drink, defecate, and avoid each other. Therefore, think in terms of functions: free roaming space, a hay and toilet area, hiding places, water, grip, and enrichment.
Important residence pages
✓ How much space do rabbits need? – the basis for every choice of enclosure.
✓ Rabbit enclosure selection guide – which enclosure suits your situation?
✓ Choose a rabbit run – indoor run, outdoor run, permanent run, or panel run.
✓ Furnishing a rabbit room – safe indoor space with zones, grip, and enrichment.
Caring for rabbits indoors, outdoors, and by season
Rabbits can live indoors or outdoors, but the setup and points of attention differ. Indoors, you pay particular attention to grip, cables, floor protection, litter training, and the temperature in the house. Outdoors, you pay extra attention to predators, escapes, shade, rain, wind, frost, flies, and drinking water.
Keep indoors
For indoor rabbits, grip, cable protection, a litter box, a hay corner, and enrichment are important.
Keep out
For outdoor rabbits, a safe run, a dry night shelter, shelter, and seasonal checks are important.
Summer & winter
Heat, flies, frost, water, and temperature fluctuations require extra attention each season.
Care and health signals
Rabbits do not always clearly show discomfort. Therefore, daily checks are important. Check if your rabbits are eating well, producing normal droppings, are alert, move smoothly, and have a clean, dry coat around their hindquarters. Is there a change in appetite, defecation behavior, posture, or behavior? Take this seriously.
Service routes
✓ Rabbit care – daily check, coat, nails, hindquarters and transport.
✓ A rabbit's teeth – teeth, molars, hay, chewing, and eating behavior.
✓ Rabbit isn't eating – what should you check and when should you call the vet?
✓ Rabbit droppings – recognizing normal and abnormal droppings.
Important to know
Is one of your rabbits not eating or barely eating, is one of your rabbits not dropping, is one of your rabbits puffed up or lethargic, or do you see maggots, wounds, shortness of breath, or clear signs of pain? Then contact a rabbit-specialist veterinarian immediately.
Behavior, pairing, and enrichment
Rabbits are social animals and benefit greatly from a suitable companion. In addition, they need daily activity. Think of foraging, gnawing, digging, tunnels, hiding places, and safe foraging activities. Enrichment not only helps combat boredom but also makes the living space more natural and interesting.
Living together
Bonding rabbits requires preparation, a neutral space, supervision, and a gradual build-up.
Toilet training
A clear toilet area with hay nearby makes grooming indoors and outdoors more organized.
Enrichment
Foraging, digging, and gnawing give your rabbits something to do in a way that suits their behavior.
Foraging for rabbits
Rabbit digging box
Chewing material for rabbits
Handy shopping routes for rabbits
Do you want to go directly from the information to suitable products? Below you will find the most important rabbit categories. This way, you can proceed directly from care and selection guides to food, hay, enclosure, litter box, bedding, houses, tunnels, and enrichment.
Accommodation & space
Enrichment & care
Frequently asked questions about rabbits
What do rabbits need?
Rabbits need a suitable companion, sufficient permanent living space, daily hay, clean drinking water, appropriate food, a litter box, hiding places, a safe substrate, and enrichment.
Can you keep rabbits alone?
Rabbits are social animals and benefit greatly from a suitable companion. Therefore, preferably set up the living space for a rabbit pair or a suitable group, with enough room to be together and to avoid each other.
What do rabbits eat every day?
Hay is the daily staple. In addition, rabbits receive clean drinking water, an appropriate portion of rabbit food, and optionally safe extras such as herbs or vegetables. For more information, please also read the page What does a rabbit eat?
How much space do rabbits need?
For an average pair of rabbits, you can use approximately 4 to 5 m² of permanent living space as a practical starting point. Larger, more energetic, or multiple rabbits require more space.
Can rabbits be kept indoors?
Yes, rabbits can be kept indoors when the space is safe, spacious, and well-furnished. Pay attention to grip, cables, plants, furniture, litter box, hay, and enrichment.
Can rabbits be kept outside?
Yes, rabbits can live outdoors when they are accustomed to outdoor conditions and have a safe, dry, sheltered enclosure with a run, sleeping area, shade, water, and protection against predators.
What do you pay attention to daily with rabbits?
Check daily whether your rabbits are eating well, producing normal droppings, have clean drinking water, are alert, move well, and have a clean, dry coat around their hindquarters.
When should you take rabbits to a vet?
Contact a rabbit-specialist veterinarian immediately if one of your rabbits is not eating, not defecating, is puffed up or lethargic, appears short of breath, shows signs of pain, has a dirty, wet hindquarters, has wounds, or if maggots are visible.
Everything for rabbits at DRD Knaagdierwinkel®
At DRD Knaagdierwinkel®, you will find not only products for rabbits, but also guidance to help you make better choices. From hay, food, runs, bedding, and litter boxes to houses, tunnels, gnawing material, care products, and enrichment: we help you choose, step by step, what suits your rabbits and your situation.
✓ Practical information on nutrition, accommodation, care, behavior, and health signs
✓ Direct shopping routes to suitable rabbit categories
✓ Selection guide for owners who want to fully understand what their rabbits need
✓ Specialist since 2011
✓ Delivered from our own stock
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