Cookies Anyone?

A newborn litter in a round cookie can and placed inside their nestbox.

A 3-week-old bunny in a cookie can.

Three 3-week-old bunnies in their square cookie can. They are old enough to hop in and out of their "bed".

Three 5-week-old bunnies in a good size carrier without their cookie can. They are too big to fit into any cookie cans.

Betty says,

"I like to use cookie cans for my bunnies. When I'm expecting a litter, I'd line a cookie can with a towel and a couple of old knitted Angora pieces. As soon as the mama finishes cleaning the bunnies, I'd move the bunnies into the lined cookie can then put the cookie can inside the nestbox and put the nestbox in a carrier. Once or twice a day depending on the mama rabbit's preference, I'd move the bunnies back to the nestbox and give the box to the mama for nursing. After nursing, I’d go through the same routine of bunnies into the cookie can, cookie can into the nestbox, and nestbox into the carrier.

The cookie can is way smaller than the nestbox; the entire litter has no choice but to snuggle together; it reduces the chance of a single bunny strays away from the rest of the litter and gets chilled. Putting the cookie can in the nestbox prevents bunnies from being chilled just in case one climbs out of the cookie can. Putting the entire nestbox in a carrier prevents any possible predator from getting to the bunnies.

When the bunnies are old enough to hop out of the cookie can, I'd put the can in a carrier with a towel lining the wire floor. Bunnies can hop in and out of the can; the bunnies consider the cookie can as their bed."