My poor pet rabbit

[lisalisa]

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We have a new bunny after having our old paraplegic one done away with - he was no good and got in a pooey mess and it wasn't fair (I am not being mean) DP and DD cried and had a little service for him so we did love him!!

This one has the shits at the moment - think it DD and DP overfeeding it - I only give it bunny brunch but it gets half of M&S organic veg section with that pair and it does its belly no good!!

We would certainly not be happy were she to be carried off by Mr Fox (I hate Foxes and would only feed then poison not fluffy bunnies ), and DP has gone as far as building (this is mr unpractical by the way) a hatch for the hutch so the fox can't get in - he even lovingly roofing felted the hatch cause he was worried about it getting wet and then our lovely bunny getting a cold!!

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Hi again lisalisa

To train Benji we kept going out into the garden where he likes to roam at present. Approaching him very slowly and gently and offering him carrots and treats. That way they get used to the fact that you are there to be kind not as an enemy. He slowly got used to the idea of the treats and now comes to us.
He does occasionally still get aggressive, we started at first with my husband approaching him, when he got used to him, then myself and soon it will be the children. I think children are a bit unpredictable to an animal and the animal senses this. So might be best to train the children (in the nicest possible sense!) we had to with ours.

Do remember tho that they can be very territorial animals (the rabbit that is not the kids!) and that they do get hormonal (like us women I suppose).

Also to Twinkie if your rabbit has the runs(no pun meant) it should be looked at within fairly quickly if it has been more that 24/36 hours as this can lead to bunny death very quickly.

Gl with your next bunny if you decide to get one lisalisa.

We've just bought a rabbit from Wyevale garden centre, and she is lovely! She likes cuddles and even lets ds (2.5) stroke and hold her. My sisters rabbit is the best, you can literally do what you like with it and it won't mind!

Firstly, apologies if anyone thought that my post was 'jackboot' style but, I don't get on here as much as I used to and I was reading through this thread with interest but Dogwalker's comment 'that the rabbit from hell got its comeuppance by being carted off by Mr Fox' really infuriated me.
I have two rescue buns at home and am waiting on two more - I am in contact with a couple of rescues an am always hearing of the tales of woe that are given when the rabbit in question is handed over to the rescue or the reports of absolute cruelty that has led to them being rescued by the RSPCA - most of these animals were initially purchased as children's pets and did not end up fitting the cuddly bunny image.
Rabbits are superb pets, full of character and can be very entertaining. However, I would not recommend them as a pet suitable for very young children (there are always exceptions though).