House bunny or cat?

[fooolofbeans]

I'd love a dog but practically it wouldn't work for us.
I'd love an animal that shows love like dogs do, does anyone have any experience of cats/rabbits/dogs to compare them and their general temperaments and behaviour?

Lizzie I had maybe 15 cats over my childhood, at one point my family had six of them! They are great animals, just not as interesting or sweet as rabbits.

Fooolofbeans another option is to get a baby bunny and a kitten. If you get them from when they are very small and bring them up together, they can be great friends. I had a pair that used to play together and playfully chase each other around the house!

My cat was with me on the sofa, the rabbit came in to the living room jumped on the sofa, bit the cat then chased after him. The rabbit used to ambush the cat everytime he came indoors. Their bites hurt. I have a scar on my hand from when I tried to pick up the rabbit before he went for the cat again. He was a dwarf lop and the cat a big but wussy tom.

I don't think there's any difference between neutered male and female cats- if they're affectionate it's personality.

My friend has two and it's the female thats a homebody while the male is out hunting.

O/p if you want a really high needs cat look at siamese or orientals. There are many breed specific rescues if you google. Once a siamese decides it likes you you will have a shadow following you round chatting until you sit still so it can sit on you.

Bengals are also very dog like but they are mental, and need a huge territory so you need a big house and garden. You often find them in rescues when people give them up, they can be very demanding to the point of being impossible to live with.

Troysmammy that's horrible! I have to say I'm very surprised. I have kept rabbits for over 20 years and none of them have ever bitten anybody. If they are handled a lot and spend sufficient time with people from an early age they are very affectionate. Usually a rabbit would only bite if they are really terrified (being prey animals they aren't aggressive in nature).

He wasn't terrified believe me. He relished me calling him a naughty rabbit. He would run off kicking his back legs in the air. He would even attack the hoover. Something all cats I have had have been scared of.

What a cheeky bunny! They are usually scared of the hoover as well.

House rabbits are such a funny idea. My sister in law had one and said it was 'trained' to use a tray. There was rabbit poo and wee all over the house including on the sofa, the house smelled dreadful and it was a vicious brute that bit and scratched.

Woo hoo exciting!!! I've already blown this month's pay cheque so will have to wait till next month but am going to discuss it with the OH hopefully he'll aquiesce to stop me whining about a puppy