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baby rabbit

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Iloveponies · 30/03/2010 18:26

I have been offered a baby rabbit, my youngest is 6 and is desperate for a pet, we have the space and time,but maybe not the inclination to care for a pet. What else do I need to know before I decide, do rabbits need vaccinations for example.
Thanks all.

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wb · 30/03/2010 20:51

Amongst the things you need to know are:

  • rabbits are social creatures so to keep one, alone, is cruel.
  • they need regular human interaction to be 'tame'
  • males can be quite aggressive if not neutered
  • I don't think they need annual jabs but certainly a jab against myxomatosis would be a good idea (a friend's rabbit caught this and died)
  • even if your child doesn't get bored with his/her pet they are too young to care for it on a regular basis, so it will be you doing it (apologies if I'm stating the obvious here).

I realise these are all negatives but I'm sure the positives are pretty obvious.

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Iloveponies · 31/03/2010 07:50

Thanks thats a big help already.

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nickschick · 31/03/2010 07:54

We have only one rabbit,its not cruel though he spends most of his day with the dog!!!

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piratecat · 31/03/2010 07:57

yes, i had one rabbit, he was always in the h ouse tho, and loved us. Very affectionate, and interacted with the cat and budgie alot.

I guess if you have no time tho, it would be best to have tow for company, they do love to snuggle up to each other.

Please don't do what my neighbours do, hutch at the bottom of the garden and the poor bunny never comes out of his cage.

LoveBeingAMummy · 31/03/2010 08:04

We had two rabbits when i was young, one for me and one for my brother, they fought as much as we did. They did however do one thing me and my brother never did.......no not that you perv, my rabbit killed my brothers

You just need to remember that this will totally fall on you so if you don't have the inclination to care for a pet then I wouldn't bother.

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Iloveponies · 31/03/2010 08:14

We have an empty chicken coop in our garage with a little window and I could make a little ramp for the rabbit to run into the garden into an outside run. Would that be OK.

If the rabbit comes in to the house, how do you toilet train it,
will it chew the furniture, sorry to sound so ignorant but I have had never had a pet not even when I was little...sob

My main concern is if the rabbit needs to go to the vets a lot because that would be a problem for me.

If we went on holiday is it good enough to ask someone to feed and water the rabbit or rabbits or do they need to do more then that.

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nickschick · 31/03/2010 08:16

Our rabbits in the house now cos its too cold outside-in the summer he spends most of the day in the back garden running freely-i say most of the day ,thats cos we can never catch him.

southeastastra · 31/03/2010 08:53

bbc one now!

nickschick · 31/03/2010 08:56

awww ours is a tiny but fat grey one whose best friend is a pitbull-staffy cross .

LadyintheRadiator · 31/03/2010 09:06

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Iloveponies · 31/03/2010 09:25

Thanks everyone,
I think we probably wont be getting one, it's been really helpful to hear everyone's views.

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