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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

What does a rabbit mean to u?

Well, since im not breeding anymore, I will share some thoughts on rabbits and other items! Note, these are my own opinions.
As the title reads, what does a rabbit mean to you? Really, is a rabbit a family pet, a breeding animal, money maker, food for other animals or just a thing? Some things to think about. Do u talk to your rabbit? Do u go see them when u feel bad? Play with them? Feed them treats?
A rabbit can mean a whole different from one person to another but one thing is definately worth looking at, do u actually pay attention to them?! I have seen this time and time again with pets, they get a rabbit as a baby, thinking it is adorable, then it grows up and looks ugly most of the time (honestly, pet rabbits look ugggllly to me). The child loses attention towards it and it just sits there day after day in its cage, withering away. Rabbits may be a pray animal but they do have feelings in my opinion. I have learned through my years that rabbits mean alot. They love it when u scratch them, petting there heads..especially bucks...give them there fav treat like carrots and running around outside in the grass or simply lying in your lap. If they are trained well they can become quite the intelligent animal. When I am feeling down, I will go see my little buggers and they somehow know I am feeling bad so they do little things like lick me or just sit quietly. Some may not agree but u have to see and listen to them. In a rabbitry, have u ever just sat in a chair in the middle of ur barn and watched your rabbits? What they do during the day, how they interact and what each personality is different from eachother? Its quite amazing really. Breeding related, have u ever just sat there and watched a doe play with her little babies at 3 weeks old? How they grow and become adults? These things u must wonder eh.
How many rabbits definately puts something on you as well. Too many can result in none getting enough attention as feeding and cleaning take most of the time. The babies dont get enough attention as well resulting in grumpy adults which pet and breeders alike dont appriciate.
Now do yourself a favor, enjoy these wonderful animals, one rabbit doesnt last forever so spend as much time as possible. Go sit with them, go sit in ur rabbitry, go brush the wee ones. Enjoy them. They love the attention and its good for the individual. Keep that in mind.

~Bri~

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