LadyIsabelle2011
Ridin' The Range
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Alright, first off, Hi to all you rabbit people out there
I'm coming to you for advise and guidance. You see I have in my possession a small(about 7 lbs) fluffy beast. She has been living a fat well fed life outside in her well constructed weather resistance hut for about 2 years. In these 2 years she has been fed, her health kept up, and her nails kept reasonably filed down, but beyond that she hasn't had much(if any) attention. She serves no purpose it seems. She just sits out there all by her lonesome in the little 8 foot run we built her steadily getting fatter. She beats the cage with her feet everytime we come near her, growls in fear when ever we have to do anything with her, and scratches the life out of me if I don't handle her with precision of a bomb technician.
I realized quite suddenly the other day that it is not the rabbits fault that she serves no purpose, and its by no means her fault that she is so difficult to handle. Its my fault. So in frustration with my self I went and brought that little pain in the butt in-side and looked her square in the face. "You have a new purpose my friend" I told her "and it is the one we bought you for!" I cleaned out the old dog kennel(the open wire kind with the tray floor) and put her inside it. In short, I'm determined to make her into the pet rabbit she was supposed to be in the first place.
So now she's just sitting there in the living room with a slice of apple to keep her company and the door of the kennel wide open to her should she decide she wants to explore. But now I'm kinda stumped. How do you tame a rabbit? ...Well, I mean I'm pretty certain I could tame her but I mean, how do you treat a rabbit as a pet? What sorts of things do they like and enjoy best? You know how goats like treats and dogs like being scratched and cats like lounging on the couch? Well, what sorts of things do rabbits like? What extra stuff besides nail trimmings and cage cleaning can I do for my "new" pet?
...oh, and what sorts of toys can I get and make for her?
I'm coming to you for advise and guidance. You see I have in my possession a small(about 7 lbs) fluffy beast. She has been living a fat well fed life outside in her well constructed weather resistance hut for about 2 years. In these 2 years she has been fed, her health kept up, and her nails kept reasonably filed down, but beyond that she hasn't had much(if any) attention. She serves no purpose it seems. She just sits out there all by her lonesome in the little 8 foot run we built her steadily getting fatter. She beats the cage with her feet everytime we come near her, growls in fear when ever we have to do anything with her, and scratches the life out of me if I don't handle her with precision of a bomb technician.
I realized quite suddenly the other day that it is not the rabbits fault that she serves no purpose, and its by no means her fault that she is so difficult to handle. Its my fault. So in frustration with my self I went and brought that little pain in the butt in-side and looked her square in the face. "You have a new purpose my friend" I told her "and it is the one we bought you for!" I cleaned out the old dog kennel(the open wire kind with the tray floor) and put her inside it. In short, I'm determined to make her into the pet rabbit she was supposed to be in the first place.
So now she's just sitting there in the living room with a slice of apple to keep her company and the door of the kennel wide open to her should she decide she wants to explore. But now I'm kinda stumped. How do you tame a rabbit? ...Well, I mean I'm pretty certain I could tame her but I mean, how do you treat a rabbit as a pet? What sorts of things do they like and enjoy best? You know how goats like treats and dogs like being scratched and cats like lounging on the couch? Well, what sorts of things do rabbits like? What extra stuff besides nail trimmings and cage cleaning can I do for my "new" pet?
...oh, and what sorts of toys can I get and make for her?