Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Estimate the total cost of a rabbit and their needs?

cage, food, etc.





and i'm talking DWARF rabbit.


they're 79.99 in arkansas.Estimate the total cost of a rabbit and their needs?
Cages go for around $100 and vet bills will be around $150-200 counting spaying/neutering. Bedding, food, and toys are around $50. Then there's the cost of your bunny. Bunnies should go to the vet once a year after their first year, so set some money aside for that (bunnies can live as long as 15 years). May I ask where you're getting him from? $80 is a lot for a dwarf bunny.Estimate the total cost of a rabbit and their needs?
Well accually instead of a rabbit, I would reccommend a Conure. A Conure is a very smart and very small parrot. It could accually live about 38 years longer than the average life span of a rabbit. and the cooler thing is that they can talk!


You can play games with them and they have alot less poop to clean up.


Let's see a bird cage can cost around from $40 to about $800. An average conure con range from $100 to $2000.( of course thats for the most costly and most endangered species of conure there is on the whole planet. Its called the Queen of Bavaria Conure.you need a permit for those ones. i would not reccomend a Queen of Bavaria as a first conure.) I would recommend a Green-cheeked conure. the easiest to take care of. supplies from your local bird store that he could live a happy healthy life about $230.00( that would include 2 different sized perches, to strect his feet, a T-stand, and Accesories to make your bird a happy bird.) And An owners manual which is about $9-$20. So you could spend A range from $379 to about $3050. But think about how much longer your pet will live and its intelligence level is extremely high compared to a rabbits intelligence. It could talk to you and you could make it do tricks. and it can cuddle up next to you and it could perch on your shoulder. Of course you will need the handbook. I repeat, IT IS MANDATORY TO HAVE A OWNERS GUIDE TO OWN A CONURE. The Guide that i would recommend is called:





The Conure


An owner's guide to happy healthy pet


By Julie Rach





Of course if your serious on Buying a Conure you will want to buy the owners guide FIRST. Well I hope this Comment has changed your mind on having a life time of a better pet.
You may wanna look around because i raise netherland


dwarf and i haven't paid more then 20 dollars for one.





anyway.





cage- 40.00-80.00


food for a year for one rabbit- 15.00


[[if you buy a 50lb bag]]





Hutch-5.00


[[if it lives outside]]





Water Bottle-4.00





Food dish-3.00





You should really look around for a different breeder


because that just isn't the right price i bought a high


quality holland for 25 and i mean HIGH quality.
Dwarf rabbits do not eat much less than a larger rabbit (up to about 5 pounds). i have two and they are both under five pounds...





the monthly cost is very high. moreso than for a dog or cat. this is what i spend for two bunnies for a month:





$25 40lb bag of litter (for 3 litterboxes, changed every other day)





$80 veggies (3 different kinds, 6 cups a day) this is an approx. price. sometimes more or less depending what veggies i buy, what's on sale, etc. vegetation is the basis for a good diet along with hay. it is what bunnies eat in the wild. pellets can supplement the diet, but they cannot replace veggies and hay.





$20 hay (2 large 40oz bags of Oxbow tim hay a month)





$5 pellets (i buy the Oxbow tim pellets, the 10 pound bag, but since i feed very limited amounts, it lasts me quite awhile.)





$30 nail trims for two rabbits at the vet, every month. some people do this themselves, but i'm not very good at it, so i take them and the vet does it.





grand total: 160 dollars a month for two. almost 2 grand a year. i am also considering pet insurance for both, that would be an additional 250 dollars a year.








if people say they are spending much less, i really wonder how that is possible. caring for a rabbit properly is pricey. if you only feed pellets, you're not going to spend as much, but your rabbit will not have a very good quality of life. imagine only eating one type of food your whole life... yuck!





i think this is wonderful that you are seeking advice. do all of your research and make an informed decision. i love my bunnies and i would do anything for them. they really are the light of my life.





one time purchases:





2 xpens (my rabbits ';home'; is 8 x 4 feet) they cost 150 dollars.


dishes, bottles, litter pans, maybe 40-50 dollars.


bunny-proofing items... i have no clue, i've spent a lot tho, more than 200 on making my home safe for the bunnies to have free roam.





my boy was already neutered, but i spayed my girl myself, that was just under 200 dollars. since the rabbit is 80, i assume he is already neutered? if not, that will cost you betw/ 100-300 dollars.
Beka 27 had some really good points. Rabbits are not easy and they are not cheap. Daily care is expensive, and vet bills can very quickly add up.





The price of the rabbit obviously varies, but please try to find a rabbit rescue to adopt from. Not only will you be saving a life, but most rescues also spay/neuter. If the rabbit is not altered then the surgery will cost around $200 but that varies depending on where you live.





For a cage I built one and it cost around $100 and is very large. Store bought cages are tiny, and would basically make a handy sized litter box. My cage is like this:


http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/NI鈥?/a>





Hay costs around $20 a month for my two rabbits, so $10 each. I get mine from a local rescue but other good sources are Oxbow or KMs Hayloft:


http://www.oxbowhay.com


http://www.kmshayloft.com





A high quality pellet can also be found at those two sites. The ones available in most pet stores are poor quality. A pellet should be plain with no extra coloured bits or seeds. I pay approximately $5 a month on pellets, probably slightly less.





Veggies and other produce make up a huge part of their diet. I've been really lucky lately and have been finding some fantastic sales on different types of lettuce. I pay around $15 a month for each rabbit right now. It'll be more like $20-30 in the winter.





Bedding costs around $30 a month for Carefresh for the litter boxes. I change them every day to second day.
wow, a dwarf rabbit is 80 dollars there? wow.





Cage: 20-50 dollars


Food: 2 dollars per pound


saw dust: 7-20 dollars per bag depends on how big.


toyz: ? 5 dollars per toy (about)
Go to pet-co pet-smart, or what ever store you plan on going to. Then you can know how much it will cost in your area.

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