Cleaning Your Rabbit Hutch

In order to maintain a truly healthy environment for your rabbit, and yourself too, your entire hutch and/or cage needs to be cleaned thoroughly. The bedding should also be cleaned very thoroughly. This should be done weekly, or at the latest, bi-weekly. You can find cage wiring and accessories with warm to hot water and some mild soap. Make sure you do not bleach it because this could be dangerous for the pet.

After cleaning make sure everything is rinsed, and make sure all the soap residue is washed away. Leaving any of the residues behind can cause health dangers to your beloved rabbit, which you love, and is the reason behind you cleaning the hutch in the first place. Remember that just because you are cleaning it, doesn't mean that your rabbit will react in the same way another person or animal may react to the cleaning supplies. Thinking this can lead to possible sickness or even in some circumstances the death of your pet rabbit.

The hutch should be air dried before your rabbit is placed back in. Wiping it down is not the best way and can possibly caused the spreading of cleaning supplies to other areas. Your pet's environment is everything to your rabbit so make sure it's done properly and you do not rush through it.

When you are cleaning your pet's hutch, or cage, the best place for your rabbit is somewhere it feels safe to get some much needed exercise. The time it spends in its hutch is not necessarily the best for getting healthy exercise so you should spend this time you are cleaning to allow it some room to breathe. It might also want to explore and play, so keep this in mind. An exercise pen is one of the most recommend scenarios for this situation. Remember after you are done to replenish your rabbit's food and water supply. Make sure it doesn't become tainted with the cleaning residue left behind.