A rabbit sitter can be kind, punctual, and experienced with other pets, and still get a rabbit wrong in three places: the tray, the food, and the handling. Rabbits run on routine, and their digestion, litter habits, and trust all depend on details that look small on paper. Good sitter notes capture those details exactly as you practice them, so a weekend away does not become a week of upset gut and a rabbit who has decided the new person is frightening.
Litter: Training, Tray, and What She Uses
Record the litter facts precisely: how tray-trained she is, where the tray sits, and what litter she uses. Say plainly whether she is fully reliable or still leaves droppings to mark a room, because a sitter who expects perfection may scold or confine a rabbit for behavior that is normal for her. Note where the tray sits and whether a second tray goes out during exercise time, what litter she uses by type and depth, how often you scoop and fully change it, and what you line the tray with under the litter. If she eats hay from a rack beside the tray, write that down too, since rabbits like to graze while they sit in the tray and a sitter who moves the hay may accidentally reduce how much she eats. Include any tray quirks: a corner she insists on, a rug she mistakes for a tray, and the cleaning product you use on accidents, stored where she cannot reach it.
Diet: Hay, Pellets, Greens, and Never-Foods
Write the diet in amounts, not impressions: the hay she eats freely, named by type and topped up at the times you usually do it; her measured pellets, with the exact daily quantity, the feeding times, and where the food is stored; her greens list, naming each green she is used to and the rough handful size, plus how new greens should never be introduced while you are away. Finish the section with anything she must never be fed, written as a clear warning rather than a passing remark, and note the treats she knows, how many she gets, and what a treat is used for, such as coming back to her pen. State what a normal day's droppings look like and what change should trigger a call to you or the vet, because a sitter watching output is watching the earliest health signal a rabbit gives.
Water and hay checks belong in the same written diet notes, because a sitter can follow a feeding list perfectly and still miss the basics. State whether she drinks from a bowl, a bottle, or both, how often you refresh it, and how much hay you expect to top up at each visit, with the hay store pointed out in the house. Note her usual appetite honestly, including the foods she attacks first and the greens she picks at, so the sitter can judge a half-eaten meal against her real normal rather than an imagined one.
Behavior: Hiding Places, Approach, and Evenings
Finish with the behavior notes that make her feel known: her favorite hiding places, indoors and in any run she uses, so a sitter can find her without tearing the room apart; how she likes to be approached, whether that means a hand offered at floor level, a spoken warning before a lift, or no lifting at all; and her normal evening pattern, the hours she is active, where she flops, and the games she expects. Add her fears in plain terms, such as vacuum noise, sudden reaching hands, or the doorbell, and what settles her. Stored with her vaccination and vet details in Pet Passport through KinsLe, the same notes travel to boarding stays and vet visits without being rewritten each time.