Most likely a german angora or holland lop.
Rabbits here come with bare necessities (cage, toys, bowl, litter box, enough food and hay until I purchase more)
I plan on purchasing:
leash
bigger cage and baby fence so it can run around while I'm at work
hair brush

Any tips or suggestions? Would I need a water dispenser?

You dont really need a water dispensor all you need is the little tube with the ball in it and you can put that on any old bottle

and my friend has a rabbit (mini rex) that just free roams around the house its pretty much potty trained too occasionally it will slip up but the mess is a very easy clean.

that is the thing im talking about the lid and tube on it.

This post was edited by Krugg on Jun 1 2013 10:03am

make sure you bunny proof the house. also buy something for them to chew on. mine liked cardboard boxes

make sure you get a good leash. they're not like dogs; their spines are very sensitive.

when you said "food" what do you mean? afaik you shouldnt feed them the "bunny food" you buy at stores. they either have too much protein or too much fat. only a small amount if anything, but i'd avoid them altogether. give them unlimited hay and 1-2 handfuls of mixed veggies per day

will do!



i won`t let mine roam the house while i`m at work, i share the place with another person and don't want to be an asshole roommate if it happens to poop or chew on something. it'll be roaming my room (master bdrm), so it's not the whole house but it's a big space.

and by food i did mean the pet store pebbles. I plan on giving it a mix of garden veggies and the pebbles

Just make sure your rabbit knows how to use a water bottle. They say that rabbits can learn, but my rabbit could not figure it out and I tried everything. So just make sure they know how or else they will get dehydrated. If for some reason they don't know and don't pick it up, buy a ceramic dish. Ceramic dishes are best for food and water because plastic builds up germs quicker. With the ceramic too it's harder for them to knock it over. I had a rabbit who has a plastic water dish and would knock it over every day- switched to ceramic and it never happened again. Also, if you can buy the brand Oxbow. Petsmart or Chuck & Don's sells it. It it basically the best pelleted food brand you can buy. A lot of rabbit food out there is really bad, but you just have to know what to look for. You want to check the contents and make sure it has crude fiber of at least 20%. The more the better. And never buy food that has treats mixed in it, or seeds or nuts. Just straight up pellets.

As far as litter training, use paper litter. Shredded or pelleted doesn't matter. But rabbits will eat their litter so it has to be something they can digest.

Also try and buy a cage without a wire floor. It hurts their feet and can cause problems later on.

And don't buy yogurt drops! They sell it everywhere and it's too much sugar for rabbits.

This post was edited by BunnyGirl on Jun 1 2013 06:42pm

i love having pet rabbits, doug is the 7th one replacement from my first one lousy. the best thing about owning rabbits is they breed quick and taste great

thanks! :3
as for plastic, i'm anti-plastic myself so i doubt i'd ever let my rabbit eat out of anything plastic
and ya i'll make sure my rabbit isn't in the cage that comes with it all day, going to trap it in a room with a baby fence or something

ALSO question: i tend to buy bulk veggies, prep and clean them, then freeze them. i'm already doing this for myself, so would the rabbit be picky about whether a carrot tastes super fresh or not?

If you let him/her roam in a room I'd make sure it's rabbit proofed to the max. If you have carpet they will dig at it and eat the fibers, which can kill them if they eat enough. And of course electrical cords... Basically anything you don't want teeth marks on has to be out of their reach because they experiment on everything.

To be honest, yeah... rabbits can be picky when it comes to veggies or treats. My rabbit hates carrots... yeah he's weird... but he loves spinach and broccoli. He also likes dried strawberries, but not fresh strawberries. So think of your bunny more like a person- they will eat and not eat certain veggies. Just make sure you aren't giving them iceberg lettuce or large amounts of fruit (because of the sugar) and you should be fine.

darn rabbits need to be spoiled

might be easier then to get a 'BunnyGirl' for you