How to Exercise a Pet Rabbit

It's good for a pet rabbit to exercise so that they will be healthy and live longer. Just like us they can get lazy and fat then they have health problems and guess who has to pay for it. That's right it's YOU! If you have a pet rabbit it's in your best interest to make sure that it gets exercise everyday.

1. Step 1
   
   Run bunny run!

   Pet rabbits need exercise and one of the best ways you can do it is to make it a game. They love to play! I found this out by accident when my pet rabbit started running around me in circles. The more excited I got the faster he ran. All you have to do is clap your hands and say silly stuff like, "Look at that bunny go."
   
   As he is doing this you turn in circles and watch him because this is how he knows you're paying attention. They love to show off!

2. Step 2
   
   Bunny's ball

   Another way to exercise your pet rabbit is to get a small ball and roll it toward him. He will start to push it with his nose, stand on it and roll it if you yell and act like it's the greatest trick you've ever seen.
   
   They're kind of like playing with kids, so if you have kids you know what I'm talking about. Like any other pet, the pet rabbit, becomes part of the family.
   
   If you leave the ball lying around he will go get it and push it to you so you will play with him. That's if you give him run of the house, which I do. However, he only gets to run the house when I'm home because he can get destructive if not watched closely.

3. Step 3
   
   Playtime in the snow

   This exercise is really fun because we take the pet rabbit outside to play in the snow. Yes, they love the snow. They jump, run, tunnel and go wacky in it. I found this out by accident too! I thought he wouldn't like it, but wanted to see his reaction. To my surprise when I started running around yelling, like I always do to get him going, he began to run in circles and dig tunnels.

4. Step 4
   
   Bunny hides from the broom

   My pet rabbit loves to play in tunnels which I guess is a natural instinct or something. So, I made make shift tunnels in the basement for him to run through. Some of them I made out of plastic and others I used cardboard. What I do to get this game going is chase him with a broom, he hates the broom, I don't know why, but he does. When he see's the broom he runs into the tunnel and I wait at the other end to get him when he comes out. Then he sees the broom again and runs like crazy back to the other end of the tunnel.

5. Step 5
   
   Bunny will stand for food!

   I use this pet rabbit exercise to settle him down a bit and to stretch him. It's good for rabbit's to stretch out they spend most of their time hunched up. All I do is get a favorite food like a piece of banana, let him smell it, and hold it up high so he's forced to stand on two legs to reach it. I do this several times in a row so he's up down, up down.

6. Step 6
   
   Tired Bunny!

   Finally, the pet rabbit needs his rest. After all that exercise he's ready to call it a day and so am I.