Get a non-shedding lop earred (they tend to be smart)rabbit. If male, you must get it neutered, probably a good idea for a female as well.
Rabbits tend to get scared quite a bit and tend to release tons of hair in the process. Do not get a shedder!
Mature male rabbits like to mark their territory with extra stinky urine and tend to bite. Mine welcomed me from the shower one morning by leaping in the air and sending a stream of urine across my ankles. We visited the Vet the next day.
I had a dwarf rabbit (3-4lbs mature), he was quite smart but they tend to be a little nervous and their immune systems are a bit suspect from too much inbreeding.
Rabbits will also tend to jump up on your bed and wake you by licking your face (usually the inside of your nostril), I was always afraid I would move during sleep an crush the little bugger.
Rabbits should be pets, not captives in a hutch. They can be effectively litter trained, just like cats, but I would use newspaper not cat litter.
They need something like pinecones or wood to keep their teeth filed down and they do need their nails clipped. You can do this by flipping the rabbit on his back, it puts him in a semi-trance, no joke.
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Rabbits like to be rubbed along the nose and petted with the grain of their hair. They will grind their teeth which equals "purring".
A relaxed rabbit will assume the stretch limo postion:
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Very cheap to feed.
Dangers: They chew on stuff. #1 killer is chewing through electrical wires. Mine did this to my refrigerator and a lamp. No harm came to the rabbit for reasons unknown, but it did singe his whiskers into little curly pubic hair looking things.
My rabbit also found my college diploma and tore it to shreds. He told me later that he had no respect for my University. So be careful!
BTW, my parents cats and dogs didn't really bother my rabbits. The cats were declawed and only one attempted to revive his hunting instincts by putting a paw around my large rabbits shoulder. The rabbit was rather unimpressed, and the cat kind of got confused and walked away.
Ferrets smell like piss and are always getting into trouble.
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