There absolutely is. Bathing will strip some of the natural oils from a dog's skin and dry them out. It can cause dandruff and make them a little bit itchy. Ideally, in a normal dog for which your veterinarian has not advised anything different, you don't want to bathe them more than once a month or so. Every two weeks is about the max. Otherwise, you're going to start to cause some skin issues. There are situations where your veterinarian might advise you to bathe them more often. Then, of course, there are occasional situations like they roll in something stinky, or they're out in the mud, or something like that, where you'll have to bathe them more often. But most of the time, you're looking at every few months.

As long as they're on a great grass hay diet and maybe a few pellets and greens, there shouldn't be too many supplements you'll need to give, unlike some of the other small mammal species. There are cute little treats that are made for digestion or for urinary health, things like that. Those should be pretty safe, but they're not necessarily necessary.

Grass?

Grass hay, yes. Just be careful if you're picking grass outside, and make sure it's not treated with anything. Tomatoes? In very tiny amounts.

Pineapples?

Pineapples have a lot of sugar, so we probably want to minimize that. There is an old wive's tale that some people swear by that it can decrease hairballs and stuff in their stomachs, but we're really finding that all the sugar in there can actually be bad for their GI tract, so I would minimize that.

Strawberries?

Tiny mouth, tiny amounts.

Apples?

Tiny amounts.

Celery?

Celery's okay; it's a good veggie. Sometimes the strings can be a bit weird, but it's okay for them in small amounts. It depends upon your specific rabbit and what they can tolerate.

Corn?

We don't want to give corn to rabbits, please.

Cucumbers?

Small amounts of cucumbers.

Petunias?

It's safe for them, and they can eat a little bit of the flowers, but once again, just be careful that it's not been treated with any growth supplements or weed killer or anything like that. Every rabbit's digestive tract is a little different. Some rabbits can have a little bit of all this, and other rabbits have an issue. So definitely listen to what your rabbit is telling you and their guts are telling you. The poop tells a story.

Most rabbits love carrots, akin to the cartoon of Bugs Bunny. We just, once again, want to make sure it's in small amounts.

Great question. I mentioned alfalfa hay for the baby ones and then grass hays, but they don't actually eat straw. It can be good for them to lay on in a straw bed in some circumstances, but they're not going to eat that.

They're herbivores, so we don't want to feed any meat to our rabbits.