thank you for sharing... I like that at the end of the article they said it applies to all animals. I think of all the different animals that are breed for "children"
I am so sorry to say it happen to us with bunnies.. I learned then how much I did not know.
When my children were little the "EASTER BUNNY"
(and it was NOT me) gave them bunnies. A boy and a girl.
Yes, I did have a long talk with the EASTER BUNNY and asked him if he was NUTS!!
Well, I did not know anything about bunnies and was told I did not have to worry about breeding for about 6 months. wrong. One morning, it was Thanksgiving morning to be precise, weather is nice so the windows were open and I heard the female (her name was Flower) crying. I went to check and she had babies.
Oh my. When the girls got up I sent them out to the hutch and said there was a surprise for them.
Amy came back and said "why did you put chicken bones in flowers' cage" eeewwww
Got another hutch, told the girls that Flower and Thumber (yes.. I was a Bambi fan) did not like each other and do NOT take them out at the same time to play with them.
Well... a few months later... yep... hear Flower crying again... more bunnies.
I asked Amy... did Flower and Thumber play together without telling mommy?
She said " Oh yes mommy, you were wrong.. they like each other, Thumber was sooooo happy to see Flower he was jumping up and down on her"
HMMMMMMMM time for THE TALK~~
we gave the bunnies to a friend who had a farm and had bunnies.