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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:28:32 PM EDT
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What do you mean by knowing??? Intimately???
Now gnawing on the other hand yea well they are basically big rats that like chewing and crapping. ETA: They should be kept in a cage when not home. but quite pets. easy to take care of. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:29:50 PM EDT
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I am just looking for a pet for companionship.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:35:35 PM EDT
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They make good pets. They need to be kept in a cage, or they will piss and shit all over the place.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:37:54 PM EDT
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Quiet, can be litter box trained, shouldn’t be left in a tiny cage for extended periods.
Setting up a corner of a room isn’t difficult, though. Give them room to move and stuff to do, plus it keeps them away from furniture, baseboards, and electrical wiring. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:38:49 PM EDT
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They make good pets. They need to be kept in a cage, or they will piss and shit all over the place. Go for it OP |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:39:31 PM EDT
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0/10 for failing to post proper dinner pic.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:40:28 PM EDT
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Well if it isn't a good pet it will make a good meal.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:41:20 PM EDT
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Pot bellied pig.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:41:45 PM EDT
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I got an empty room downstairs in a finished basement that would probably suit. Figuring let it hop around his/her happy room by day and let it out after I get home. Would that work?
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:42:20 PM EDT
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I live alone and work during the day. I cannot deal with dogs. I am allergic to cats. So I was wondering about rabbits I am curious if rabbits are high maintenance. Can the hop around the house. More importantly can they be left alone during the day. My biggest concern is their knowing the furniture and wiring. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:44:32 PM EDT
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i'd look into a ferret instead
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:45:01 PM EDT
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I got an empty room downstairs in a finished basement that would probably suit. Figuring let it hop around his/her happy room by day and let it out after I get home. Would that work? |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:45:28 PM EDT
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I heard they could be litter box trained?
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:46:52 PM EDT
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I heard they could be litter box trained? Hell I'm not even potty trained. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:47:17 PM EDT
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i have watched several documentaries in which they cross dress and miss the turn at albuquerque.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:47:23 PM EDT
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I got an empty room downstairs in a finished basement that would probably suit. Figuring let it hop around his/her happy room by day and let it out after I get home. Would that work? Rabbit pee reeks. Litter training info |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:47:26 PM EDT
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reptiles
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Posted: 3/28/2019 2:48:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:01:19 PM EDT
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What happened to little thumper?
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:01:39 PM EDT
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This guy lived 16 years. Easy to litter train. Kept his cage in the laundry room and that's where his food and water was.
Rabbit-proofing isn't very hard - more you need to re-direct their interest. Put split loom over wires he showed too much interest in and had small pieces of hardwood branches stashed in areas he liked to chill in so he had something to gnaw on. Really satisfying low maintenance critters. Trainable (search YouTube for Rabbit Steeplechase for grins). I'd get another. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:07:21 PM EDT
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My wife and I had a Dutch Dwarf rabbit named Bugs.
We kept it in a homemade chicken wire cage with about 6 square feet of space. Food pellets and some salad from the table and a water bottle. The cage let the droppings (little poo pellets) drop. My wife would let it run loose around the house. One night the light started flickering on and off ... Bugs had bitten though the electrical wire. Looking at all the wires in the house they all showed bite marks ... uggh. When we moved to Australia we couldn't bring Bugs with us. The woman we gave Bugs too starved him to death in a week by not giving him food or water.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:10:43 PM EDT
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Tag for interest. I just bought a couple of Mini Rex rabbits for my girls, who plan to show them at the fair. I'm sure they'll end up in the house more often than not, if not eventually full time. It'll be interesting to see how the cats deal with that.
My wife wants a Giant Continental. Those things are fucking enormous, but on the bright side they don't live nearly as long. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:28:01 PM EDT
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I had a free roaming bunny for 7 years that was litter trained and came when called. she chewed on some stuff so if you've got handmedown furniture you don't care about it's all good. but other than that, they can be pretty cool. Mine would go upstairs and check on me sometimes then go back to her bed when she got tired of roaming.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 3:35:53 PM EDT
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Well if it isn't a good pet it will make a good meal. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 4:30:26 PM EDT
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my daughter's rabbit is litterbox-trained, and we let her hop around outside her large cage a couple of times a day for an hour or so. But she likes to chew on cords. Little *&(^$ cost me $95 for a new power cable for my computer!!
She's a Lion-Head rabbit with a big mane. She looks like Balin from The Hobbit movies. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 4:45:59 PM EDT
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We raise Angoras and Lionheads.
During the recent cold snap we had to keep a young litter in the house . They all went to the bathroom in a litter box in the corner of the room, when they were let out after work . It’s kind of cool having a couple of bunnies climbing all over you while you’re watching TV . Go for it OP...  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 4:50:02 PM EDT
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If you ever breed them, you must keep the males separate from the babies.............
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Posted: 3/28/2019 4:53:29 PM EDT
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Used to have them as pets when I was younger, they are VERY maintenance intensive unless you can also let them outside and have a large garden to let them roam out. Also poop a LOT as well but their poop was excellent fertilizer that acted like steroids for veggies and made them bigger. Mine was like a cat in some ways that was moody at times but then he'd come up to me and want me to pet him. I miss him, he got killed by a cat for fun 8 years later when I let him out the garden. Get a guinea pig instead, my sister had one and he was small, pooped less and kinda acted like a noisy squeaky rabbit too.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 4:59:17 PM EDT
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They poop everywhere and chew on everything.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 6:11:55 PM EDT
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A friend had a bunny that had the run of the the house and was litter box trained. When he was sitting in a chair, it would come and sit on his feet.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 6:36:52 PM EDT
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i'd look into a ferret instead |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:28:41 PM EDT
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This guy lived 16 years. Easy to litter train. Kept his cage in the laundry room and that's where his food and water was. Rabbit-proofing isn't very hard - more you need to re-direct their interest. Put split loom over wires he showed too much interest in and had small pieces of hardwood branches stashed in areas he liked to chill in so he had something to gnaw on. Really satisfying low maintenance critters. Trainable (search YouTube for Rabbit Steeplechase for grins). I'd get another. http://www.stallionservices.com/wilbur.jpg |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:33:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:35:14 PM EDT
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Our rabbit likes celery. Lots of timothy hay.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:37:24 PM EDT
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easy to take care of. They require 24/7 hay as in, you forget to feed them for a day, they might die. Seriously. They are wonderful animals. I miss my Rex so bad. He hopped around the house, played with the dogs everyday, was potty trained (litter box in cage), came when I called him, etc. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:42:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:44:59 PM EDT
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I heard they could be litter box trained? The rabbit does chew on books and cardboard, and he sheds. He’ll eat from my hand, but doesn’t care to be held. It’s taken a while to get him to tolerate petting. He is not a dog. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 7:52:55 PM EDT
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Not to mention they will chew through wires ONCE. Just get a portable gate and that'll be fine. Go for it OP Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They make good pets. They need to be kept in a cage, or they will piss and shit all over the place. Go for it OP |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:13:38 PM EDT
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I have had rabbits for almost 20 years now. They are great pets. They can very easily be litterbox trained provided they are altered. In my experience, females dig and chew more than males, but I think it depends on the individual rabbit.
Most do well with companionship, though I have had two bachelors that preferred it that way. They have been free range for a while and they are probably less maintenance than a dog. They can be left alone for a day or two provided they have a rabbit-proofed area, hay, and water. The males were very friendly and preferred my company. Most of the females preferred other rabbits. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:15:17 PM EDT
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My rabbit would greet me when I came home, stand on it's back legs, and put his head down to be kissed on the forehead.....
Like I said wonderful animals. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:20:11 PM EDT
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I had an angora for several years. It was litter trained and liked to chill out with me on the floor. When I wasn't around, she was kept in a big dog kennel. She was a cool pet.
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:21:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:22:44 PM EDT
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FIFY. Chewing through cords is self-correcting. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:24:11 PM EDT
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I heard they could be litter box trained? My wife got 4 rabbits and we had them for ~ 10 years and they all died of old age (one had uterine cancer which is very common in the females which is why they are often fixed with the uterus removed). She then got 2 more. We made the mistake of getting the 4 rabbits at different times so they fought with each other (all females). This time she got two together and they get along very well. My advice is to get two females if you are gone a lot. It's NOT necessary, but they do get lonely if you only have one and it is alone all day. They can be somewhat nocturnal so they are most active in the evening. You have to trim their nails as they don't have anything hard to scratch against and wear them down like they do on a farm or in the wild. Rabbits can be very affectionate and are good to have around. Just be careful with their chewing! Also, as already noted, they must have dry Timothy hay available to them at all times as it's an important part of their diet. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:27:32 PM EDT
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my dad gave my girls rabbits. they were cute for a while but even the girls started to hate them.
They shit EVERYWHERE!!! ALL THE TIME. Like, ENDLESS rabbit shit. and it gets kinda smelly. they are cute, but the ones we had never got super cuddly. You can hold them, but they then will sometimes freak out and kick the hell out of you. They were a huge PITA to keep and the maintenance got to be too much, so we got rid of them. personally I'd get a cat, they have cats that are hypoallergenic. Even one of those bald cats. Cats sleep like 18 hours a day, so leaving them alone isn't a big deal. They pee in a literbox, so you can get a roboliterbox that cleans itself. they are pretty cool to watch, and you can leave them alone for a couple days no problem. Rabbits, I think, will eat your house apart and pretty much cover it in shit. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 8:47:34 PM EDT
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Lots of good advice and LOTS of "I don't think you ever had a rabbit or you're just full of shit" advice. We've had two at different times over at least a 15 year period. I'm not a dog person and fought against them. But I was wrong (I think). Best little friend I ever had was Bob. No idea the breed. White and tan. Easy to litter box train but HAD TO BE FIXED!! He "marked" his friends. Not pleasant. After fixing that stopped. Super friendly, loved to run and "bink". Loved to chase you and hide and seek. Sit beside me while I watched tv for petting. Sit under my chair when I was on the computer. Full run of the living room and kitchen after we hid all the wiring!! Would "dance" on his back feet for treats. Slept in the middle of the living room floor flat on his back with all four feet in the air. Coolest little guy I ever knew. Get a male. Females are not as friendly but ours now is coming around.
He developed a growth very much like cancer in his neck/jaw area. We did all we could with the help of an awesome vet but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I held him and cried like a little bitch when we had to put him down. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 10:45:04 PM EDT
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Had them as pets for over 20 years. Clean, they like to poop in the same spot in the hutch. They are nervous around kids. Very good pets.
ETA: Kept them in a hutch when not home. Open it when I got home, they are perfectly ok in the hutch as they like small spaces. Carful with wires was they will chew on them. |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 11:20:26 PM EDT
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Quiet, can be litter box trained, shouldn’t be left in a tiny cage for extended periods. Setting up a corner of a room isn’t difficult, though. Give them room to move and stuff to do, plus it keeps them away from furniture, baseboards, and electrical wiring. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/0c/1b/e40c1b8ed24ddf77045cf6bee94aff9d.png https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/ab/2a/5aab2a488a7aa6459f471b80928a5913.jpg http://clarktaylor.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bunny-room-gallery-of-recommended-rabbit-housing-hutch-photos-pictures-alternative-living-areas-for-roomba.jpg |
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Posted: 3/28/2019 11:20:56 PM EDT
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Lots of good advice and LOTS of "I don't think you ever had a rabbit or you're just full of shit" advice. We've had two at different times over at least a 15 year period. I'm not a dog person and fought against them. But I was wrong (I think). Best little friend I ever had was Bob. No idea the breed. White and tan. Easy to litter box train but HAD TO BE FIXED!! He "marked" his friends. Not pleasant. After fixing that stopped. Super friendly, loved to run and "bink". Loved to chase you and hide and seek. Sit beside me while I watched tv for petting. Sit under my chair when I was on the computer. Full run of the living room and kitchen after we hid all the wiring!! Would "dance" on his back feet for treats. Slept in the middle of the living room floor flat on his back with all four feet in the air. Coolest little guy I ever knew. Get a male. Females are not as friendly but ours now is coming around. He developed a growth very much like cancer in his neck/jaw area. We did all we could with the help of an awesome vet but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I held him and cried like a little bitch when we had to put him down. Did you ever feed yours bananas? The body “twitch” they do while eating bananas is hilarious. 
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Posted: 3/28/2019 11:21:19 PM EDT
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get a fishtank
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