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mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 01:21 AM

Does anyone have a rabbit? My bf's niece's father got her a rabbit. IDK why because she is only 6 yrs old and really doesn't know how to take care of animals. Her mother is no better. She's had birds die cause she didn't feed them and me and my bf rehomed them to responsible owners that actually love them. We had to steal the remaining 2 left or else they prob. would have also died since we are not always at his house. Well anyway now she has a bunny and i have no idea what kind it is. It is small, kinda like Sophie's size. It's like tannish. It came with the rabbit food but what else can we give it? So far we fed it carrots and i gave it lettuce and it ate both. It's like we are the ones taking care of it(me and my bf) cause they've had it for about a week and already we found it with little food, no water, and poop all over it's cage today. His sister is so irresponsible! And then they also got her 2 turtles today, the nerve

Anyway can anyone help that knows about rabbits? Thnx

lara2913 · 10-10-2007, 02:00 AM

Yes I have 6 rabbits.

Most important thing is to make sure its living in lots of clean fresh hay, a thick layer because they must eat lots of hay for fibre. Try to make sure she doesn't put sawdust in its cage as this can irritate their eyes.

On top of the rabbit food and hay you can give treats of chopped up fruit and veg, not so much that they don't eat their hay though. Also don't give too much lettuce as it acts as a laxative.

Keep the water bottle really clean, don't let it get green and change the water daily so it doesn't go stagnant.

Depending on how big the cage/hutch is it will need cleaning out every few days, you can get rabbit litter trays for him/her to go in which helps to keep the cage clean. Also at pet stores they sell rabbit toys, things for them to chew on and play with which will help to keep him/her amused.

They need to regularly have space to run about for excersise and to keep their nails worn down. Preferably on grass, also you can pick handfuls of grass and put them in the rabbits cage for him/her to eat.

Hope that helps!

mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 02:17 AM

WOW You have 6?!? What kinds do you have? What kind of fruits can we feed it? I think it's a Cottontail rabbit after looking at pics on google but I'm not sure. I don't even know where he got it from. It will let us pet him/her but it won't let us pick it up. It doesn't bite it just gets kinda nervous. Also it's prob. from a petstore, im not 100% sure, but it looks like it. We let it out the cage and let it run in my bf's house but we only did that once cause it was hard to get it back in it's cage, it kept running away from us. It gets scared easily but when i feed it a carrot it will eat it out of our hand. We try not to bother it too much so it won't get scared and we don't know much about it either. Thanks so much for the info! I am going to try to take a pic of it.

lara2913 · 10-10-2007, 02:35 AM

Most of mine are no particular breed/mixed breeds, apart from Harvey my harlequin dwarf lop.

Fruits you can give apple, banana, strawberries, grapes, raisins. There isn't really any fruit that they can't have except for tomatoes as they are quite acidic. Just all in moderation.

When you let it out try to coax it back to you with food so that you build the trust. Its probably a baby so will be nervous but in time should become more confident.

Any idea wether its a boy or a girl, do you know how to check?

mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 02:58 AM

It's not a baby. His niece said it's a year old, i guess thats what her dad told her and it also doesn't look like a baby to me. I'm thinking it's always been in a cage it's whole life. I have no idea how to tell if it's a boy or a girl and i def. do not want to touch it lol. How do you tell? I will tell my bf to check

lara2913 · 10-10-2007, 03:39 AM

Ok well if its a year old it shoulden't be hard to tell the sex, turn him/her upside down on your knee, use your forefinger and middle finger to press down gently on the vent area just in front of the anus. In both the doe and buck, the area will protrude. The doe (female) will display a slit or central line running up and down. Each side of the slit will be banded in pink. The buck (male) will present a pink tube with a pointed end that resembles a penis.

mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 03:56 AM

hmmm i def won't be doing that, it won't let me.

I will tell my bf to lol Thanks!

lara2913 · 10-10-2007, 04:05 AM

Lol! No probs

Buddy-licious · 10-10-2007, 04:08 AM

When we bought our current home there were BEAUTIFUL rabbits running everywhere!!!!! A lady had set her "pet" rabbits out and they had multiplied. I NEVER knew how fragile rabbits were!!!!! They can easily break their backs and they die. It is the saddest thing ever!!!! My son was holding his favorite bunny one day and it jumped from his arms....it broke its back. (he cried & cried) I rushed the bunny to the vet.....there was nothing they could do. The vet explained that rabbits have a very weak spines and they are so fragile. He said they can break their backs from jumping to fast and high. (that explains why I found a couple of rabbits laying limp in my yard....I guess they had broken their backs. I took the limp bunny's to the vet and their backs were broken. So sad!!!) So you can imagine how fragile they are when kids play with them. So please explain to the child how fragile the bunny is.
But it sounds like no pet is safe in that house!!!

mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddy-licious

When we bought our current home there were BEAUTIFUL rabbits running everywhere!!!!! A lady had set her "pet" rabbits out and they had multiplied. I NEVER knew how fragile rabbits were!!!!! They can easily break their backs and they die. It is the saddest thing ever!!!! My son was holding his favorite bunny one day and it jumped from his arms....it broke its back. (he cried & cried) I rushed the bunny to the vet.....there was nothing they could do. The vet explained that rabbits have a very weak spines and they are so fragile. He said they can break their backs from jumping to fast and high. (that explains why I found a couple of rabbits laying limp in my yard....I guess they had broken their backs. I took the limp bunny's to the vet and their backs were broken. So sad!!!) So you can imagine how fragile they are when kids play with them. So please explain to the child how fragile the bunny is.
But it sounds like no pet is safe in that house!!!

Wow they're so pretty! This one i don't think is that pretty lol Yea i heard they multiply a lot, thankfully they only have 1!

Yea no pet is safe in her house tho, but his niece won't really touch the rabbit. She really doesn't care for it, i mean she's a very sweet girl, she reads to it sometimes at night, it's just that her mom doesn't discipline her right and she acts bad sometimes, like yelling for no reason, she's spoiled etc. But i really don't know why her dad got her the rabbit. Thankfully she won't try to hold it! I used to have a pretty little Bunny in PR, it was so small and full grown, it was albino with red eyes and we would let it free in the house and it would eat so many vegetables, we had a big backyard but when i left i had to leave it there and i dont ever know what happened to it

It used to follow me too, i really hope they didnt eat it

I'm thinking of the best!

mizzwanned · 10-10-2007, 04:38 AM

The rabbit kinda looks like this.

10-10-2007, 01:21 AM	#1
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	Bunny Rabbit Does anyone have a rabbit? My bf's niece's father got her a rabbit. IDK why because she is only 6 yrs old and really doesn't know how to take care of animals. Her mother is no better. She's had birds die cause she didn't feed them and me and my bf rehomed them to responsible owners that actually love them. We had to steal the remaining 2 left or else they prob. would have also died since we are not always at his house. Well anyway now she has a bunny and i have no idea what kind it is. It is small, kinda like Sophie's size. It's like tannish. It came with the rabbit food but what else can we give it? So far we fed it carrots and i gave it lettuce and it ate both. It's like we are the ones taking care of it(me and my bf) cause they've had it for about a week and already we found it with little food, no water, and poop all over it's cage today. His sister is so irresponsible! And then they also got her 2 turtles today, the nerve Anyway can anyone help that knows about rabbits? Thnx __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3 Last edited by mizzwanned; 10-10-2007 at 01:24 AM.

10-10-2007, 02:00 AM	#2
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	Yes I have 6 rabbits. Most important thing is to make sure its living in lots of clean fresh hay, a thick layer because they must eat lots of hay for fibre. Try to make sure she doesn't put sawdust in its cage as this can irritate their eyes. On top of the rabbit food and hay you can give treats of chopped up fruit and veg, not so much that they don't eat their hay though. Also don't give too much lettuce as it acts as a laxative. Keep the water bottle really clean, don't let it get green and change the water daily so it doesn't go stagnant. Depending on how big the cage/hutch is it will need cleaning out every few days, you can get rabbit litter trays for him/her to go in which helps to keep the cage clean. Also at pet stores they sell rabbit toys, things for them to chew on and play with which will help to keep him/her amused. They need to regularly have space to run about for excersise and to keep their nails worn down. Preferably on grass, also you can pick handfuls of grass and put them in the rabbits cage for him/her to eat. Hope that helps! __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams

10-10-2007, 02:17 AM	#3
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	WOW You have 6?!? What kinds do you have? What kind of fruits can we feed it? I think it's a Cottontail rabbit after looking at pics on google but I'm not sure. I don't even know where he got it from. It will let us pet him/her but it won't let us pick it up. It doesn't bite it just gets kinda nervous. Also it's prob. from a petstore, im not 100% sure, but it looks like it. We let it out the cage and let it run in my bf's house but we only did that once cause it was hard to get it back in it's cage, it kept running away from us. It gets scared easily but when i feed it a carrot it will eat it out of our hand. We try not to bother it too much so it won't get scared and we don't know much about it either. Thanks so much for the info! I am going to try to take a pic of it. __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

10-10-2007, 02:35 AM	#4
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	Most of mine are no particular breed/mixed breeds, apart from Harvey my harlequin dwarf lop. Fruits you can give apple, banana, strawberries, grapes, raisins. There isn't really any fruit that they can't have except for tomatoes as they are quite acidic. Just all in moderation. When you let it out try to coax it back to you with food so that you build the trust. Its probably a baby so will be nervous but in time should become more confident. Any idea wether its a boy or a girl, do you know how to check? __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams

10-10-2007, 02:58 AM	#5
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	It's not a baby. His niece said it's a year old, i guess thats what her dad told her and it also doesn't look like a baby to me. I'm thinking it's always been in a cage it's whole life. I have no idea how to tell if it's a boy or a girl and i def. do not want to touch it lol. How do you tell? I will tell my bf to check __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

10-10-2007, 03:39 AM	#6
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	Ok well if its a year old it shoulden't be hard to tell the sex, turn him/her upside down on your knee, use your forefinger and middle finger to press down gently on the vent area just in front of the anus. In both the doe and buck, the area will protrude. The doe (female) will display a slit or central line running up and down. Each side of the slit will be banded in pink. The buck (male) will present a pink tube with a pointed end that resembles a penis. __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams

10-10-2007, 03:56 AM	#7
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	hmmm i def won't be doing that, it won't let me. I will tell my bf to lol Thanks! __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

10-10-2007, 04:05 AM	#8
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	Lol! No probs __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams