is their smell my dog can smell so good that it can find a rat 90 miles away
the smell of carrots :D
A healthy rabbit in a clean habitat doesn't smell. Rabbits groom themselves. Unaltered rabbits smell stronger than altered rabbits because of the hormones they secrete and spray around the room. (This is only one of many good reasons to spay/neuter your rabbit.) Otherwise, if your rabbit smells, bring her to a rabbit-savvy vet as soon as possible because something is wrong.
You can't. If your rabbits smell, take them to visit a vet. Their smell should be hardly detectable. If they smell, they may be sick. Or maybe you need to clean their habitat more often. If you smell something unpleasant, it is more than likely a buck (male rabbit) spraying. That scent is powerful. Your rabbits will smell less if you alter them (neuter/spay; this is only one of many reasons why you should neuter/spay your rabbit). See the links/questions below for more info.
Yes, smell helps the rabbit to smell if something is safe or not. Also in the wild they use there sense of smell to track predators and see where they have been.
Rabbits don't go into heat.
because they have noses
is their smell my dog can smell so good that it can find a rat 90 miles away
the smell of carrots :D
A rabbit needs a good sense of smell to live well and to have a long life. It needs to smell and run from a predator (enemy) before that predator eats the rabbit for lunch. The rabbit needs to smell other rabbits nearby that it may want to mate with in order to not become extinct. And it needs to smell for food like the yummy vegetables in my garden. Rabbits with a poor sense of smell may not notice a predator approaching, may not find a mate for reproduction of the species, and may not be able to locate the most nutritious food to keep itself healthy. The rabbits that have a good sense of smell will be better at escaping a predator's attack, finding a mate, and locating food. Rabbits with good sniffers will outnumber rabbits that are sniff-challenged!!
If there are many rabbits living in filthy conditions, the smell can reach very far -- on a windy day, you could smell it from many houses away. However, if rabbits are kept in clean habitats, they won't smell very much at all.
Attractive smells to people might not be very appealing to rabbits. Bunnies prefer their own smell on you. They might rub their chin on you to get their scent on you. Their chins have scent glands.
Some smell gross and stinky...their excrement is like little marbles. Also, they only smell good if you give them a shower every two days.
Rabbits are generally clean animals, and they don't smell. However, their litter pans do....a lot. If you clean their litter pan on a regular basis (every 2-3 days), then it probably won't smell that bad. Rabbits do make good pets for some. Rabbits are timid creatures when you first get them. They have to warm up to you first. They don't like loud, busy, and overwhelming environments, they prefer quiet and calm areas to live. Rabbits also need play time outside of their cage, so if you don't have the space to let them play in a safe place, there might be a problem. They are good pets though. If you get one, check shelters first. There's so many homeless bunnies out there already. They breed like crazy.
A healthy rabbit in a clean habitat doesn't smell. Rabbits groom themselves. Unaltered rabbits smell stronger than altered rabbits because of the hormones they secrete and spray around the room. (This is only one of many good reasons to spay/neuter your rabbit.) Otherwise, if your rabbit smells, bring her to a rabbit-savvy vet as soon as possible because something is wrong.
Rabbits are not predators. Rabbits are prey.
You can't. If your rabbits smell, take them to visit a vet. Their smell should be hardly detectable. If they smell, they may be sick. Or maybe you need to clean their habitat more often. If you smell something unpleasant, it is more than likely a buck (male rabbit) spraying. That scent is powerful. Your rabbits will smell less if you alter them (neuter/spay; this is only one of many reasons why you should neuter/spay your rabbit). See the links/questions below for more info.