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Forgot to add, his wheatgrass is full grown already.
And steps are really fun to dash up and down.
And steps are really fun to dash up and down.
Awwww... look at his cute little bunny tail.
I wish my sewing skills were that good. Its a hop 'n flop from Etsy, The HOP N' FLOP™ Bunny Bed | MEDIUM | for Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Cats, Chinchillas | a product of The Well Kept Rabbit™He is just the sweetest.
I love his new setup. Did you make that little bed for him? It's so cute.
Clover doesn't seem to grow very large in his area, so my guess would be yes.Does Peter like clover? I ask, because this morning
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there was a rabbit in my garden having some for breakfast.
your a good person glad to know theres people like you out in this twisted world we live inI had no desire to have a rabbit but I have acquired one. Growing up, we typically had 2 rabbits. Free range in the yard during the day, in an outdoor hutch at night. Our last one passed away 4 years ago from ovarian cancer. It was really bad towards the end. It was very hard for my Dad who was the closest to her. That last rabbit and about 50% of our rabbits before that were abandoned bunnies who we found. In all cases we did find the original owner and in all cases the rabbit was purposefully released.
Here's a sad statistic. Rabbits can live to be 10 years old, most of ours surpassed that with our last one dying at 13. Easter bunnies though? 80% of the baby bunnies given as gifts for Easter won't live a year. They get killed by poor ownership, too small cages, boredom, and lack of care in general. They get sold or given away to new owners and fed to snakes. They get let go in a park or just outside and run over by a car or killed by predators. Domestic pet rabbits are simply the wrong colors and don't have the instinct to survive.
This rabbit was found on the side of the road. I saw it at night about halfway down the street but it was too skittish. The next day on our neighborhood message board someone said the rabbit had been caught in their yard. I offered to hold it while we looked for an owner since I already have a large cage and knowledge of bunny care.
That morning I went to the pet store for food and saw a very dirty cage on the curb. My Dad went to knock on the door and ask if it was the person's rabbit. They slammed the door on his face and the cage was pulled off the curb. So we assume that they let the rabbit go. There haven't been any responses to found posters, lost posters put up, or responses to the online message board in two weeks.
We haven't decided if we are keeping the rabbit. It has a vet appointment Monday to find out gender and a pre-check to get spayed or neutered. Reproductive cancer is a huge epidemic in rabbits so whatever happens I don't want to run the risk of cancer again. Plus the only rescue in the area for rabbits only takes ones that are spayed or neutered. At minimum we will have the rabbit for the next 6 months while we wait for a space at the rescue. So I am ordering a new hutch to give it better living space and have bought supplies to last. I have a feeling though that my Dad is already getting attached.
*sigh* I don't think the rabbit is going anywhere. Sometimes I really dislike other people, especially those who just dump their pets.
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Wow. That's quite a setup! So, will the humans get to enjoy any of that lettuce? Or is Peter the lucky recipient of all the harvest?hydroponics are 99% completed.
Oh, the poor bunny. Peter, you sure knew what you were doing when you hopped into mama Kieka 's yard, which ensured you would have a much happier / well cared for life.So not only is Peter a senior bunny with arthritis but he went through (and survived) something fairly traumatic in his younger life. And here is the very annoyed bunny munching on some lettuce after his xrays.