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squirrel
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
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Location: Bucharest, Romania
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:59 pm Post subject: Rabbits as pets... |
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| I had a rabbit when I was little, so I don't quite remember... are they hard to tend...? |
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David
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I think rabbits are pretty well behaved. Most people I know that have rabbits put them in a cage at night. I'm not sure the reason for this. |
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Jonathan
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Ummm, when was the last time you heard of a house broken rabbit David? :lol:
That seems like reason enough to me! |
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squirrel
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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A friend of mine has a cat (white Persian) and received an Angora baby rabbit as a present... the cat got soooo scared she would hide under the bed and refused to come out for 2 days... :shock: :shock:
After that, she and the rabbit got along well... they would play together and eat out of the same plate!!! :? :shock: |
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Jonathan
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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squirrel wrote:
After that, she and the rabbit got along well... they would play together and eat out of the same plate!!! :? :shock:
Ummm, what were they eating? :shock:
Last I checked rabbits liked alfalfa pellets and such whereas cats tended to be more carniverous in their eating habits, no? |
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squirrel
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| Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| yes... I have no idea what they were eating... let me ask! :) |
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Genesius Redux
Joined: 28 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, rabbits can be housetrained very easily, if they're spayed or neutrered. You use a litter box--there's all sorts of stuff about it, as well as diet.
Go to
http://www.rabbit.org/
This is the homepage for the House Rabbit Society (located in SF East Bay for the national headquarters). Hope I'm not breaking any rules on links!
Cheers,
Genesius |
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salsachinita
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:21 am Post subject: |
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A few years ago I felt in love with a cute baby Dawf Lopped-ear rabbit in a pet shop window! He was cleaning his face with his paws & that expression was priceless :P .
I soooooo wanted to take him home but my Malamute/husky by that time was already too grown-up to think of rabbits as playmates :cry: .......... |
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Jonathan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| One of my old roommates had a Dawf Lopped-ear... very cute indeed! :D |
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Genesius Redux
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| You'd be surprised. Rabbits can be quite pushy--when we first got some of our bunnies, the beagles were quite intimidated by them. It probably depends on how well your dogs interact with cats and stuff. Becket would never hurt a rabbit or a cat I brought into the house, but he would chase them outside! |
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salsachinita
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Oh, I know they are pushy!
If you put them in the same cage as Guinea Pigs the poor things get bullied by rabbits :shock: !
The worst injury I've ever sustained from an animal, was caused by a rabbit :shock: ........I was working as a volunteer at my local RSPCA (animal shelter) in Year 10 (freshmen, senior high in US terms?).
I was cleaning the cages and had to move some animals. Instead of picking up this big male rabbit by his scuff of the neck (like one should) I grabbed him by the belly with both hands. Mr. Rabbit was not impressed so he kicked/clawed the heck out of the back of my hands :x !
To make matters worse, I didn't really have time to clean/wrap my open scratches, so they got infected & took a few weeks to heal :( (this place treated animals alright, but human apparantly don't belong in the animal kingdom :roll: ). |
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Genesius Redux
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Or just try to mess with a girl bunny's stuff. Most of our boy bunnies were little sweet love bugs. The girl bunnies were tough as nails. We had one, a lop named Melissa, who had the sweetest little face--but if you started to mess with her stuff while she was in her cage, she'd growl and charge your hand!
Out of all the bunnies we've had, Melissa was the one I remember the most and most fondly. Guess I just like assertive girls. :lol: |
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bmason
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We used to keep the rabbits in a cage most of the time since we had cats as well and did not want them to interact the wrong way when no one was looking. We did let them out frequently to run but we found alot of the time they would come out for a bit but then go back in. :? Or they would just come out and sprawl out on the floor.
I miss those guys. :( |
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