Rabbit question. please help

Question

Do rabbit's smell? if so how do you make then not smell(like cage and stuff) I'm planning to buy a rabbit and keep it in my room, and my parents won;t let me do that unless they dont smell.

aslo if my parents dont let me keep it in my room is it ok to keep it in my backyard? or will it be too cold?

Answer 1

Hi Kathy, I'm Marina, AKA Bunniee{Nickname, for love of bunnies!}

I've always lived with a bunny, and normally they do smell, males tend to smell worse, because they spray urine all over.

However, you can avoid stench by getting a female, then continuasly cleaning her cage, I would also spray pinesol or Airsol when she's out of the room, this should avoid smell seeping into the carpet. I read from a book about breedign that these work great but the rabbits didn't like Pinesol as much. I also read they weren't hazerdous to your bunny.

It should be fine to keep it in your backyard, just as long as you buy, or build, a hutch with:

*square flooring, just large enough for droppings to fal lthrough, but not big enough for paws to get stuck.

!~!~! I suggest putting some sort of tray or pan underneath the hutch to catch the droppings and urine.

*A Hideaway cubby, without cracks, or crevices where wind can get in.

{A hole, for the bunny to get in and out, is just fine}

!~!~!~! At night, I cover the hole with a towel, where the wind can coem through, and leave the other part for my bunny, Holliee to get out, to the main part of her hutch, in the morning I remove one of the tacks, so the towel falls to the side, still blocking some wind, during cold days.

Life in Colorado is always threating storms and weather.

You should also purchase warm bedding material, thats not hazardeous. Ceder is poisenous to bunnies, and should never be used.

But you can use Pine Shavings, or Aspen shavings, I don't like Aspen cause they can poke your bunny.

You can also use Newspaper shreddings, however these are lots less warm.

I suggest Pine shavings, which are available at local feedstores, Petstores, Breeders, Probably local shopping stores also.

Sorry, if this is your first bunny, I feel the need to help as much as I can, so I'll suggest a few breeds I like best, and how many stars I would give them.

*-Being Worst * * * * *- Being Best

The Dutch- Dutches come in several different patterns these range from, Choclate, to dark brown, to black, to carmel, to cream

The dutch is a very mild sweet breed, my baby right now, is a dutch.

Their probably the most mild natured breed you'll find

* * * * *

The Mini Rex- My last few bunnies were mini rexes, they both had temperment problems, and the last one was returned for biting issues.

But they Mini rexes, are a very soft brred, with a velveteen type coat, very silky. The breeder I bought him from, said that Mini rexes, are usualyl very sweet, gentle natured, but I havn't had very good experiance with them.

* *

The Holland Lop- Hollands are also very sweet, and adorable with their loppy ears, my holland was the sweetest lttle boy bun, he had a square face, to add to the affect, they tend to be VERY curious.

* * * *

I suggest the breeds above, however, the Lionhead, Dwarf Hotot, Netheland dwarf, and many of the other small breeds are cute, they don't seem to have as good temperment.

Above all, I would go to an experianced breeder, for a female Dutch, thats 5 weeks - 2 years old.

My babe is almost 6 weeks.

Answer 2

Rabbits don't really smell.

There pee does, but once you litter train them you only have to change the litter box every other day. Plus that only smells if you go near the cage and sniff.

You can keep it outside, rabbit rarely ever get to cold, the thing you have to be concerned with is them being too hot.  

Answer 3

Do not keep the poor bunny outdoors. They are very suspectible to the elements and predators. They are prey animals and scare easily. They also do not live as long outdoors.

They do not smell as long as they are neutered and litter trained.

http://www.rabbit.org/

Answer 4

I have two rabbits, they don't smell as much as I've heard people say before I got them (e.g you won't smell anything a foot away). You don't have to worry about the cold, they like cold, but they can't stand much heat, either way I don't think the backyard is such a good place.

Answer 5

They do not smell if you keep their cage clean.  I change litter every day or every other day in their litter box and do a full clean every week.  No odor.  It's best to keep them indoors.  The cold is not so much the issue, the problem is more with heat.  Rabbits are heat stressed at 80 degrees F and can get heat stroke and die at 85 degrees F.  Also, they are easily stressed by predators outside their cage.  There's a reason why the average lifespan of an outdoor rabbit is 5-6 years, but indoors it's more like 9-12 years+.  Show your parents the "House Rabbits 101" and the FAQs here: http://www.rabbit.org  There's lots of good information about keeping rabbits indoors.