Small Pets : How to Clean a Rabbit's Cage

When cleaning a rabbit's cage, put the rabbit in a play area so they aren't a concern when the cage is being cleaned. Discover the importance of using a safe cleaner with no harsh chemicals when cleaning a rabbit's cage with help from the manager of a pet store in this free video on pet rabbits.

Expert: Ashlee
Bio: Ashlee has been the manager of Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah for the last three years.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• small pets
• pet rabbits
• pet guinea pigs
• pet hamsters
• pet gerbils
• pet care
• rabbit care
• hamster cages
• litter box

[Jaydeygirljayda]

If she is going to make videos about how to care for a rabbit, she should learn how first. First off, her cage is waaaaay to small for 2 rabbits, second, paper is an ok bedding but not reccomended because it doesnt absorb the odor well and the smell can make them sick. She should do a bit more research before she makees how to videos. Plus, she didnt even show how to clean the cage!!

[CLexi28]

#1 cage too small for even one bunny

#2 at least take the bunnies out

[Ilovemodelhorses]

Is it ok to have a wire floor with a tray under it to catch the poop

[thatsillyshana]

it's a beginner's cage, so please stop being jerks about it. i have that cage and my little guy loves it. i'll upgrade when he's not so tiny. ya'll are bitches.

[jadeishere8]

@CLexi28 is right that cage is WAY to small for even 1 rabbit. Poor little guys. My Bunny has a cage 3 times that size and has a playpen thing around it and i leave the cage open so it can walk around in there.

[PiggysAndMe]

They don't even have any hay ?! Hay should make up 80% of their diet.

[bablingbaby]

.....i lik it.

[jhhjhjhhjhu]

@BluOceanBubbles

oki doki

[kayladevorah]

That cage is way 2 small for those rabbits. You should have a NIC rabbit condo, that way it's way easier to clean.

[BluOceanBubbles]

@jhhjhjhhjhu It depends on the size of the cage/hutch in question. The minimum recommended space for a rabbit is a 6ft x 2ft cage/hutch with an attached 6ft x 4ft run - this means that a rabbit should have at least 36sq ft at all times. I still believe that even if the rabbit is given free range time, the actual "base" should fit the minimum requirement of 36 sq ft (unless the cage/hutch is open at all times whilst the rabbit has free run of the house or room all day).

[jhhjhjhhjhu]

@theprincessrules

ikr

[jhhjhjhhjhu]

@BluOceanBubbles

What if the rabbit is kept in a slightly bigger cage than the one on this video, well, a hutch that's kept inside, but is let out to run around the whole house for a few hours everyday? And sometimes taken to a friends house to run in their big backyard? Is it okay then?