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Just before Easter Marion and I got ourselves a Mini Rex rabbit. Turns out he loves cherry stems, but not cherries and grape stems, but not the grapes. So now when Marion packs my lunch, grapes and cherries are packed "sans stems" so that Scotty can have them
p.s. before you ask, "Scotty" comes from his color, butterscotch, and and the incredible softness of his fur "Scotties little softee".
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quote:Originally posted by poSSum: Just before Easter Marion and I got ourselves a Mini Rex rabbit. Turns out he loves cherry stems, but not cherries and grape stems, but not the grapes. So now when Marion packs my lunch, grapes and cherries are packed "sans stems" so that Scotty can have them
p.s. before you ask, "Scotty" comes from his color, butterscotch, and and the incredible softness of his fur "Scotties little softee".
We have a wild bunch of rabbits that frequent my back yard. Kathy had bought a strawberry plant and just before the strawberries were to be picked,the rabbits ate them. Darn thing won't eat the leaves off the plant just the fruit!
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I have two lop-eared bunnies. One is Butterscotch/Apricot colored. The other one is white with gray ticking on the tips of her fur. They're 6 1/2 years old, which is considered old for outdoor rabbits.
Rabbits make great pets....they return a lot of affection and have funny personalities (easily housebroken, but have a high damage potential because of their chewing habits).
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Marion's been studying diligently ... it's "her" pet
quote:Originally posted by HTWLSS: ...but have a high damage potential because of their chewing habits).
Remember this one?
quote: I once heard a story of a lady who bought a parrot at a pet store. Unfortunately this parrot was previously owned by a sailor with a very bad mouth. It wasn’t long before the lady discovered that this parrot had picked up the bad habit as well. So in an effort to curb this bad language she placed the parrot in the garage as a punishment. She allowed the parrot back in the house and once again the parrot started with the bad language again. She decided to place the parrot in the dark and cold basement this time as a punishment. Once again she let the bird back in the house and once again the cursing persisted. Finally, she decided it was time to get tough with the parrot. She put the parrot in the freezer for 10 minutes this time. After the time was up, she took the parrot out and asked if it learned its’ lesson. The parrot, shivering, replied, ‘yyyesss, but wwwhat in the wwworld did that ttttturkey say?
We use a water mister for discipline when Scotty misbehaves, and yes, it's usually chewing Marion figures if he ever sees us in the shower he'll figure we were really, really bad
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Do you have a bunny-sitter for Scotty when you go on a trip, or does he travel with you?
I'll be packing mine up and taking them to my mom's house while we're in Bowling Green. Luckily, both are female and already share a hutch, so it makes it easier to transport them.
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Our niece and her husband looked after him while we did the Hebron trip ... We'll board him out to someone again when we do the Bowling Green trip. We've left him alone for a max of 2 days so far and he was okay with it.
We bought the biggest cage the breeder had so he does have room to stretch.
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I can load mine up w/enough food and water for a 3-day weekend, in moderate weather, but that's the longest I'll leave them w/out someone to check on them. If it's extremely hot or cold out, I try to check on them daily.
I load up their cage with Timothy Grass Hay to help push hair through the complex digestive system and keep the bunny plumbing healthy. On a recent visit to a rabbit Veterinarian, he told me that hairball problems are a common cause of death since a rabbit can't hack them up like a cat. Preventative maintenance is key.
Well, now that our members know more about rabbits than they probably want to know, I'll shut up now. (Once I get going on talking about pets, it's hard to stop.)
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quote:Originally posted by poSSum: p.s. before you ask, "Scotty" comes from his color, butterscotch, and and the incredible softness of his fur "Scotties little softee".
For a minute there, I thought you named him after me.
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