i need a rabbit name!

**bujub22** · 11-23-2004, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by DanB

**DanB** · 11-23-2004, 08:29 PM

**hobbes** · 11-23-2004, 11:17 PM

My advice as an eight year rabbit owner:

1. Don't put rabbits in cages, that is a captive, not a pet.
2. Both my rabbits were trained to do their business on newspaper
3. Rabbits must chew to keep their teeth worn down, give them pine cones or some form of wood, otherwise they eats the wall, furniture, etc.
4. Be aware that rabbits chew (see above), a leading cause of death is electrocution from nibbling through exposed cords.
5. Get a female. Males mark territory with urine and can get aggressive and bite.
6. Don't get one that sheds
7. Don't get a dwarf. Too much inbreeding. They are slightly neurotic and tend to get weird infections and live short lives.
8. Lop ears are said to be be smart and cute.
9. Don't let your rabbit outside without supervision. I used to take my rabbits to the park. I could let them hop about and then collect them when I was ready to go home.
10. Get 2 rabbits, as they are fairly social, if you are not going to be able to give them much attention.

Good luck.

**exo_body** · 11-23-2004, 11:24 PM

thanks man for the good advice! yeah my last dwarf rabbit got a form of menigitis, so your probably right, best not to get one of them again. i love the lop eared ones though, my first rabbit was a lop eared one. what are the different types of rabbits do you know?
im gonna buy a big hutch for it and maybe a run for the summer time then. well when it gets warmer. i think the last three i had were all female. although the first one was very aggressive, it use to scrab me constantly, where it got to the point where i had to wear a jumper when i went near it!