With Easter approaching, just a little PSA not to buy or give rabbits for Easter.
Yes, they're very very cute, and yes, you can get some adorable pictures of them in Easter baskets. But rabbits are not toys. They are little living beings. They need to be cared for and not discarded. They are not starter pets, and they are not good pets for children. A child cannot be the primary caregiver for a rabbit. They're very fragile, have complicated diets, and can be quite expensive. Rabbits can live to be 10+ years, they are not a short term commitment. They are not low maintenance, and can't live in the kind of cage you most often see advertised for rabbits. They either need a large exercise pen or to be free roamed, aka let them live in your home with you like you would a cat or dog. They are very easily litter trained and can become a member of the family just like any pet if taken care of properly.
Rabbits are very social animals and require a lot of attention, they can't be left in a small cage until your kid comes home from school or you come home for work to play with them for an hour. Rabbits are also not cuddly. They're prey animals, and slow to trust. Getting picked up scares them and they need a lot of time to warm up to you. A rabbit that's constantly picked up or grabbed can become aggressive out of fear, you need to approach them differently than you would cat or dog.
The majority of rabbits given as Easter gifts are either surrendered to shelters or abandoned outside. Please please never set a domestic rabbit free in the wild. Domestic rabbits are not wild rabbits, they do not know how to survive. They will likely die within days of being released.
They can be wonderful pets, but there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstandings about how to care for them, and there are a lot of abandoned rabbits. Most toys and treats marketed for rabbits in pet stores are actually not safe for them.
If you are considering getting a pet rabbit, I am begging you to do your research. Understand the commitment for what it is. A few great resources for learning about proper rabbit care are:
The House Rabbit Society
The Bunny Lady
Sincerely, Cinnabun
101 Rabbits
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We hear the garbage truck!!! He be stealing our toys, we just knows it!!!!!!
#BunJovi #Abel
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POV you turn around and realize you are late with their dinner
Why are buns like this?? Just sitting there and silently staring at you instead of coming over and demand food. (they still have hay it's not like they are starving)
But I swear rabbits are into telepathy and telekinesis. Maya also stares at doors when she wants them open....
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While ‘kicking the rabbit’ sounds like an old expression, when you have a two pound fur potato with no sense of self preservation it’s quite genuine
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He is glowing and beautiful!
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idk why the universe keeps giving me crazy animals like ash is so unhinged when you put him in his cage at night he will try to eat the whole thing and tear it apart bc he figured out how i open the door and now he tries to clamp his teeth on the bar and do the same. but then when he’s outside he wants to go back in after like 10 minutes.
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Doing my best to hair cut the lawn but I just one rabbit. Who can come helps me?
#BunJovi
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