New Bunny: Beginner's Guide

This post & video is mainly for New Bunny Owners.

Basically, before you take your bunny home with you - this is what you need:

1. Cage
2. Pellet food & Hay
3. Cage accessories

• All of these can be found at a local Booth Feeds store near you. (www.BoothFeeds.com)
• Booth Feeds offers larger quantities of food, hay & alfalfa - for a much cheaper price, than other pet stores will offer.

In this video, I cover what you need to have for your bunny, and where you can get it for a much cheaper price. In addition, I compare the different types of cages and food that you can choose from, and why some options may be more beneficial to you and your new bunny in the long run.

What I recommend:

1) Pellet Food: Purina's Advanced Nutrition: Show Formula
This formula keeps the rabbit's coat shiny and soft - in addition, it helps prevent intestinal problems - which is a big issue for bunnies that are growing, as their digestive systems are transitioning.

Large bag = $15 at Booth Feeds

2) Cages: Safeguard Wired Bottom cages
These cages are very easy to clean, and unlike plastic-bottomed cages - safeguard cages do not require you to buy any bedding. Buying a wired-bottom cage can save you lots of money and trips to the pet store, as you do not have to replace the bedding. The waste goes through the wire and on to a tray, so really you only have to replace the tray every day or two. I place old newspaper to line the tray, to make things easier when I replace the tray. Not only do these safeguard cages keep your bunny's living environment cleaner, but it also keeps your bunny a lot cleaner, because the waste is dropped into a tray - versus being caked into chunks of bedding. Trust me, safeguard cages are the way to go.


Safeguard Wired Bottom Cage
[Waste goes through to separate tray]


Plastic Bottomed Cage
[Requires Bedding]



3) Hay & Alfalfa: Booth Feeds
Buying a small bag of alfalfa/hay from a petstore will cost you about $5-$10 - and will last you about a week or two. However, if you buy a barrel of alfalfa/hay from a Booth Feeds store, not only do you get a much larger amount - but you also get it for a cheaper price. Ultimately, if you skip the pet store and go to Booth Feeds instead - you get a lot more hay & alfalfa for just about the same price.


Barrel of Hay $12
[Lasts about 2 months]

Smaller bags = $5-$10
[Lasts about 1-2 weeks]