So now she wants a rabbit...

[fizzwheel]

Liter tray training is easy, yuo'll find that your rabbit wil llike to do its business in one particular place, usually a corner or somewhere where it feels safe. I've no idea how they select this place but they do. Just watch what it does and then put the litter tray down in the place where it always goes to do a wee. If it starts to wee somewhere else, pick it up and the put it in the litter tray, keep doing this til its learned where to go. Takes a bit of time and patience but it does pay off. You'll need to clean the tray out regularly as rabbit wee is rather pungent.

As for females, I think they just get broody and want to have a liter and then when they cant they get frustrated. We had females when I was kid and then used to pull their fur out and then build a nest in the straw it was when they did that, that they got feisty, you couldnt really put your hand in the hutch or near them as they'd try and bite / be aggressive.

Having kept both, I prefer males, they are much more even tempered, but they can get aggressive if you dont get them done, also they like to hump and will hump anything if you dont get them done Also again if you dont ge them done they like to mark their teritory by weeing everywhere.

Our bunny has got large, when he's laid out flat asleep he takes up pretty much the length of a stair step. But he's docile as anything and really friendly so picking him up to put him to bed etc is no problem.

He's a bit like a dog in the respect that he'll come when he's called and you can bribe him to stuff with treats, but like a cat in that we've litter trained him and he's quite independant and he likes to do his own thing. He spends most of the day asleep whether he's indoors or not and he comes to life in the evenings and he'll play and run about more then.

[Paul the 6th]

I'm scared of the lady rabbit turning into a terrorist now...

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

cats are the devils rejects I f***in hate them... no offence to cat lovers out there, you wierdos

My cat will eat your rabbit for lunch.

[yorkie_chris]

Mmmmmmmmm rabbit...

[Shellywoozle]

Yeyy house rabbits are cool. I have had 3 but had to get rid of the last one due to my Springer thinking it was his play thing.

I would get a male rabbit, much friendlier than the females who get aggressive and not too keen on being cuddled (my experience anyhow).

I had 2 males ones, a chinchilla bread and a lop ear dwarf. Both were litter trained and followed me around the house like a dog.

All I would say is put all your wires in a metal tube so they can't be chewed. Or block the gaps with something, remember they like jumping ! If they get their head through a gap they can manage their hole body no matter how fat they are.

Rabbits costs little, I used to buy cabbage and carrots from Asda and Russel Rabbit dry mix. £3 a week ish

All I will say is make sure that if they are picky with their dry mix, you dont keep topping it up, make them eat the lot. THe stuff they don't like is good for them and my last one died due to my neglect. I wasn;t aware I was neglecting him but he left all the food that gave his bones calcium and in the end his gums were not strong enuf to hold his teeth in place. They then grew into the side of his tongue and gums and he couldnt eat. If rabbits don't constantly eat they can die.

So the vets had to knock him out every 6 weeks to file his back teeth down, poor little thing was knocked out too many times and his little organs couldn't take it no more so he had to be put to sleep Just something that the vet said was very common but people think they are doing right by throwing away left over cereal.

RIP Thumper xx

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Shellywoozle

All I will say is make sure that if they are picky with their dry mix, you dont keep topping it up, make them eat the lot. THe stuff they don't like is good for them

Yep ours does the same with the Russell Rabbit, he only eats what he likes, till he gets hungry enough to eat the stuff he doesn't, as Shelly says dont keep topping it up.

I think the stuff we feed him now is called "SupaRabbit" its just pellets and none of the mixture like the Russell Rabbit is, he loves the stuff and he eats all of it and nothing gets left. Also the Russell Rabbit stuff makes ours go a bit loopy, we definately notice his tempermant changes if we feed him the Russell Rabbit stuff.

Originally Posted by TuonoGrant

Rechargable batteries help...








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

Ann Summers was in my mind. Yes it's filthy.

[Shellywoozle]

Originally Posted by trickywoos

Ann Summers was in my mind. Yes it's filthy.

LOL ha ha

PIC DELETED AS SHELL WAS BEING NAUGHTY !! SORRI

After much pestering by my two girls we finally got them a couple of rabbits, they were pretty easy to look after tbh, with the added bonus of course of being both edible or flushable if it doesnt work out. HTH.

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by stewie

After much pestering by my two girls we finally got them a couple of rabbits, they were pretty easy to look after tbh, with the added bonus of course of being both edible or flushable of it doesnt work out. HTH.

Ah, not all bad then lol... Rabbit stew or rabbit swimming baths if it all goes wrong.

Vicky says she doesn't need any rabbits from anne summers, apparently I walk round and hump her randomly enough