lørdag den 4. januar 2014

Preparing the bunnies veggies

Once a week I take a trip to one of our local shops, to buy veggies for me and the bunnies. All the things I get for the bunnies is then washed and cut in smaller pieces (depending on what it is obviously). After that I mix it all up and place it into veggie-containers, and then just feed them one container full each, every night.
By doing it this way I can make sure that thay get a little of everything everyday, and then I go and buy some other veggies the next week.
It's quite a lot of work on that one day, but I really believe that it is worth it!
This is how it looked last week!



I believe that it is very important to vary their veggies every week to make sure that they get all the nutrition that they need, and also to keep everything "fresh" and exciting! I wouldn't eat the same food every single day for my entire life, so why should my bunnies? :)

lørdag den 8. juni 2013

Clicker Training - Basics



Hi everybunny!
Since I love to clicker train with the bunbuns, I thought this would be an ideal "first entry" for the blog. I believe that rabbits needs to have an active life and not only physically! Teaching your bunny to do stuff is a great way to bond with them, and it can become very helpfull in your everyday life too!
This post will just be about the first basic steps of clicker training.

Cclicker training is based on using the sound of the click, to tell the rabbit that she/he did something right in the exact moment they do it, and that a treat will be coming every time they hear that click.
Therefor the most important step is to teach them what the click means. To do that, I clicked my rabbits and gave them a treat at the same time, 5-10 times in a row. I did that a few times a day, until they started to react immediately to the sound of the click.
After this I just started clicking and giving treats every time they did something that I wanted them to do.
Always start with small things and then slowly start to demand more and more of your rabbit, before clicking, and continue that way until they can do the entire trick.

Also, make sure that you only train for a short period of time. You should rather do it for 2-4 minutes several times a day, than 10-20 minutes at once.
Basically rabbits get bored very easily and you want to keep their attention.
- Remember the most important thing is that both you and your rabbit needs to have fun!


Here's a video of me, teaching Aiko to go into her carrier!


Remember guys; Have fun! :)