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rabbits v guineas which do you like best ??

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andrea315 · 17/02/2013 23:08

Just that really who has rabbits and who has guineas ??

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FernieB · 21/02/2013 10:10

Arctic - used to spend hours myself chasing previous bun around at night to get her to go bed. Eventually I realised she enjoyed it and if I ignored her and put her supper (carrot leaves) in her cage she'd make her own way there. After the age of 2 rabbits do become more biddable and sensible in general. They're the opposite of dogs in that it's best to train them when they're older - they are far too silly when they are young.

fortified - thank you. I think Current Bun likes doing mad things so he can be talked about.

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andrea315 · 20/02/2013 22:37

Just spent half hour trying to get my bunny in think she loves the chase ! Cute but they do have a very strong nature for knowing what they do and don't want do love them for that though :)

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BonkeyBeadyMollocks · 20/02/2013 19:23

The reason for ^ is because they are marketed as a 'ideal childs pet' - if people were informed properly when buying one then numbers of rabbits being neglected would fall! Its down to owners, pet shops, etc to inform/research!

Of course there are always the idiots who won't listen and buy because 'they are cute' Angry - but then that goes for all pets not just rabbits!

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/02/2013 18:41

And Sad IIRC they are the most frequently neglected small animal pet.














I'm still a guinea mummy though.

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Arcticwaffle · 20/02/2013 18:30

I think I heard that rabbits are the pet most frequently rehomed or sent to rescue centres. I can see why. As someone who spent too many late evenings chasing the rabbit round the living room cos he really didn't want to to into his cage for the night.

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fortifiedwithtea · 19/02/2013 23:28

Rabbits aren't coming out very well of this survey Hmm.

FernieB I love hearing about Current Bun Smile.

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andrea315 · 19/02/2013 18:10

Watership down :( couldn't watch again.well I have two bunnys and love them so will let you know what I think of the guineas when we get them next month :)

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Arcticwaffle · 19/02/2013 16:18

Our rabbit was a very exciting pet, but just too much. He was a total drama queen, had to be the centre of attention, preferred to live free in our living room, uncaged (not feasible at night), or outside he kept escaping and the neighbours kept having to chase him around the garden at 7am before they went to work. Which was a bit embarrassing. So we rehomed him with friends with a more contained garden, but he kept escaping from that. Now he lives as a Free Rabbit, occasionally sighted. He just didn't want to be contained.

Guinea pigs are a whole lot easier. If they get out of the hutch in the garden, they try to get back in again.

My 8yo was terrified lately after watching Watership Down. The Evil Rabbit might come and get her in her sleep.

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CheerfulYank · 19/02/2013 16:13

I love, love, LOVE piggies. Haven't had any for years but would like some soon.

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FernieB · 19/02/2013 16:06

I first saw Bambi when I was four and I didn't cry but my six year old brother did. If you think Watership Down is a very sad/scary film, you should try reading the book, that is brutal (love it though).

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FernieB · 19/02/2013 16:04

My pigs would say rabbits, just cos they love following current bun everywhere!

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noyouhavehadawee · 19/02/2013 13:08

had rabbits, they were evil and escape experts, we have had 2 guineas for 6 years now, they free range and roam in and out of the shed at will - i love them they are gorgeous and come up to us for cuddles and anything we may offer because ultimately they are greedy little blighters!

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guineapiglet · 19/02/2013 13:04

When I was little it was Tales of the Riverbank which did it for me , I loved the guinea on there and really believed that they all lived in harmony and really talked to each other. Yeah, right, a guinea, a hammy and a rat........ I got my first guinea when I was 6 and adored him right from the word go, I was an absolute slave to him! My sis loved rabbits tho' and had a few house rabbits who were largely ignored, and altho' I rabbit sat them ona number of occasions, they weren't cuddly or chatty like my guinea was. When my daughter turned 8 I surprised her with two rescue girl guineas and it was love at first sight. 8 years on and 9 guineas later, we have never looked back.

< five weeks to go until we move, then I shall be going to get some more!>

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MimsyBorogroves · 19/02/2013 12:32

Guinea pigs.

I had a rabbit and it was pure evil. My pigs were always lovely.

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BonkeyBeadyMollocks · 19/02/2013 11:45

I have seen Bambi - yes I cried .... , I actually think Finding Nemo is one of the worst out there though! :(

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fortifiedwithtea · 19/02/2013 11:41

Bonkey I was never allowed to see and still haven't seen Bambi. So my kids haven't seen it either.

I think my Mum was about 4 when she saw it at the cinema. She cried all though Christmas and that's the reason I was banned.

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youfhearted · 19/02/2013 11:20

i would have said guineapigs but i have grown fond of my bunny, now she lets me stroke her, it took 2 years Shock
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couldnt decide on that basis.

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BonkeyBeadyMollocks · 19/02/2013 11:13

I have never seen Watership down Hmm .

I was never allowed to watch it as a child because its too sad ???

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fortifiedwithtea · 19/02/2013 11:03

tv shoe? TV show. It was a late night ok Smile.

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fortifiedwithtea · 19/02/2013 11:01

70 DD1 went through a Watership Down phase. She read the book. We're got the original film on video. The box set series on 14 DVDs!! Slighty different ending. And the ornaments spin off from the tv shoe.Shock

I've been rather out spoken on another thread about designer wallpaper for a 2yo. It reminds DD1 a rabbits spirit cann't remember which one she said following the Black Rabbit of Inrha (sp?). DD2 just doesn't like the colour choices she's not that deep thinking. IME children have nightmares over the strangest things. .

Actually really fancy a Watership Down now. We have a free day on friday Hmm.

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loler · 18/02/2013 22:38

Guineas! Can always tell when they are happy, hungry or excited. They are really clever and answer when you talk to them. Am thinking about replace DH with another pig!

Even Hazel and fiver would scratch and bite to get down - never fall for the ears!

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 18/02/2013 22:12

fortified have you seen "Watership Down"?
General Woundwort scared the dickens out of me (I think I was 10/11 yo when I saw the film)
Poor Hazel. Poor Fiver Sad

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fortifiedwithtea · 18/02/2013 21:54

Adorable. I can not believe any thing so cute could be alittle shite any trouble. Wink

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BonkeyBeadyMollocks · 18/02/2013 21:38
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BonkeyBeadyMollocks · 18/02/2013 21:34

Never again will I fall for the cuteness of a bun Hmm

I should have learnt from my first two but nooooooo....I thought that the escaping, causing the neighbor to shout at my mum and me because they had eaten his veg garden, the hating being help, refusing to do anything they were asked, and digging out of their run was just them Hmm

The next two were worse :(

I actually very very nearly went for a netherland dwarf before the pigs - thank the lord I didn't fall for the ears! Wink

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