So now she wants a rabbit...
 

I put my foot down when she was pleading for us to get a dog - we both work through the week from 8-4pm ish and I'm away quite often, so it would be cruel to leave a puppy or young dog for that amount of time, and don't even get me started on the crunchy credit stuff.

So she turned her attention to rabbits and other small furry pointless animals, and I've got to admit, they won't be anywhere as needy as a dog and will cost significantly less. There's space for it & a little rabbit run in the lounge so it would be warm and bothered constantly (or until she gets bored). I was just wondering, is there anything we should be aware of with rabbits? Any reccurring illnesses or a tendancy to bite the man of the house etc? And are they as cheap as I imagine them to be?

All advice is greatly appreciated since she wants to pick the critter up tonight!

Re: So now she wants a rabbit...
 

Make sure you get a good sized pot for it once it's been fed up. This link might help. http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/587381 ;)

Re: So now she wants a rabbit...
 

beat me to it...

cats sister has one and its as needy & destructive as any dog...

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Rechargable batteries help...








I was thinking about the energizer rabbit... dirty minds!

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Don't know that they are all thay way but....
My mate had a rabbit.
It was not over friendly and bit anyone who tryed to pet it. (including him)
Lived in a cage so there's all that to clean up.....
More trouble than a dog.

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Rabbits are ace pets. However.. they chew absoloutly anything they can get their paws on if you have them in the house. Ours has been through

3 x laptop power suppiles
1 x laptop he wee'd on and killed it
4 x Nokia Mobile phone chargers
1 x ADSL router cable
1 x set of surround sound speak cable
1 x telephone cable

We bought ours from a reputable pet shop and he came with a guarantee against illness for the first few weeks. So that'd be my recommendation. If you can view them running about and watch how they behave as well that helps.

Females get broody and their tempers can be a bit aggressive, whereas if you get a boy rabbit and have his bits done they are alot calmer and more friendly.

You need to make sure they have plenty of stuff to chew on i.e wood, chewy sticks etc etc as their front teeth continously grow and its only the action of chewing on stuff that keeps their teeth short.

Whatever you get might need a myxamatosis jab if you keep it outside if you think their are other rabbits about.

We've managed with some perseverance to litter train ours so when he is indoors he uses the tray rather than wee'ing everywhere. The other good tip I would give you is to handle your rabbitt alot when he's small that way he gets used to being picked up, stroked and cuddled and it wont struggle or try and bite you then as it wont get scared when you try to pick it up. He's got a great character, he's very affectionate and he'll follow us around the house and he responds to his name and he'll come running sometimes when you call him. He's also very inquisative, but he's his own bunny and he'll only do stuff when he feels like doing it. A bit like a cat in that respect.

We feed ours on a mix of fresh greens, carrots etc, but he'll pretty much eat anything, He loves Pears and grapes to. So we mix all this in with a decent dried food, watch for the cheap stuff as it turns ours mental and he gets very feisty on the cheap pet shop rabbit food. I can look up what we feed ours if it helps.

If you keep it in a hutch, remember it'll need cleaning out regularly with plenty of fresh straw. IIRC rabbits can get fly strike which is pretty nasty if you dont keep their envrionment clean.

HTH and last heres ours

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...DSC_0005-1.jpg

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Aww Fizz hes gorgeous!!!!
i used to a have a house bunny aswell-was supposed to be a mini lop lion head-turned out to be be a normal sized cashemere (v long fluffy fur)
He too chewed through 2 mobile chargers-while plugged in!-lived to do it again lol

Id reccomened getting a buck not a doe, had both and my buck was more friendly and fussy then my does were, you can buy indoor cages and they will litter train themselves after awhile :)

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the ex had one, a big cuddly fluffy floppy eared one called "Thumper" (original or what !!!)

Well, when Thumper grew up to be a big boy he turned into the b.a.s.t.a.a.d terrorist rabbit from hell.

He could run like feck around the room and she could never could catch him to put him in his little rabbit house so left to his own devices basically in the space of 2 weeks, ate every plant from the roots up, chewed up the curtains and the carpet edges then started on her couch and chairs.

Swear to God, when I saw the house I thought it had been nuked !

Used to kack everywhere as well and could pee like a shire horse

It was still cuddly tho and used to sit in front of the telly for hours :p

Re: So now she wants a rabbit...
 

Cats are best.

Get a cat.

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+1