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Dwarf Rabbit
The Dwarf Rabbit is a classic pet rabbit breed with a very small, adorable body that never grows large—its defining trait. Purebreds are expensive and rare, so beware of sellers passing off ordinary baby rabbits as Dwarf Rabbits; a true Dwarf Rabbit stays tiny for life.
Palomino Rabbit
The Palomino Rabbit is a large rabbit breed developed in Washington State, originally for meat but kept as a pet for its beautiful coat. Lazy and gentle, it has a strong appetite and needs a spacious cage, a ball-point water bottle, a chew stone, and unlimited hay.
Key Points for Raising and Managing a Baby Rabbit
Baby rabbits are fragile: feed junior pellets and alfalfa (not fruit/veg), give clean water (never tap), keep the cage clean and quiet, hold temperature near 20 C (15-30 range), and prevent diarrhea and coccidiosis.
What Should You Feed a Baby Rabbit?
A baby rabbit's staple should be alfalfa hay, the most nutritious hay, with a little timothy added later to ease the switch to adult food. Feed a junior pellet formula for balanced nutrition, and always offer cooled boiled water — never tap water, which can carry parasites and chlorine that upset a young rabbit's gut.
What should a baby rabbit eat to survive easily?
Newborns need mother's milk; weaned ones get junior pellets plus gradual alfalfa, then timothy and adult pellets with occasional fruit or veg to avoid calcium sediment.
How much feed should a rabbit get per day?
An adult rabbit eats about 400-500g of feed daily, 3-5% of body weight, in small frequent meals. Baby rabbits need about 4 feedings (every 6 hours); adults 2. Feed on a fixed schedule, and offer small amounts of washed, dried veggies and fruit like celery, carrot, and apple.
List of vegetables a baby rabbit can eat
Many greens are safe - alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, carrot, celery, spinach, etc. - but feed little; hay is the staple and too much greens causes diarrhea.
Lop Rabbit
The Lop Rabbit — one of today's most popular pet rabbits — is named for its ears that hang down. Gentle, small, and people-friendly, it is short-lived (usually 5–7 years) and heat-sensitive, needs daily grooming of its dense coat and drooping ears, and must never be picked up by the ears.
LionHead Rabbit
The LionHead Rabbit is a small, gentle pet rabbit named for the ruff of long fur around its head that looks like a lion's mane. Originating in Belgium and bred in the Netherlands and US, it is sturdy and clean, needs daily coat care and a wire-free cage, and lives 5–7 years.
Himalayan
The Himalayan is a native Chinese breed whose body color changes with temperature—white all over when warm, and a standard deep black (the limbs and head turning black) when cold.
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