p.s. before you ask, "Scotty" comes from his color, butterscotch, and and the incredible softness of his fur "Scotties little softee".
Ahhh!!! that's so sweet.
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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 themp.s. before you ask, "Scotty" comes from his color, butterscotch, and and the incredible softness of his fur "Scotties little softee".
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).
A resource I rely on is The House Rabbit Society. There are local chapters all over the place.
Toxins are listed at: http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/toxic.html
Safe foods are listed at:
http://www.adoptarabbit.com/articles/packet/abcvegi.html
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...but have a high damage potential because of their chewing habits).
Remember this one?
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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
[ 11 July 2002: Message edited by: poSSum ]
Check that toxins list...I just noticed Cherries (all forms - fruit, stems, bark, etc...) are on there. Same with Peaches.
Seems that Grapes (and I assume the stems) are on the safe list.
My rabbits LOVE Apple twigs and are o.k. from what I can find. Apple seeds are on the toxin list, though.
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Water bottle discipline is the best method. It'll get to where only a shake of the bottle gets results.Check that toxins list...I just noticed Cherries (all forms - fruit, stems, bark, etc...) are on there. Same with Peaches.
We combine the water with "NO, NO, Scotty". He responds to "NO, NO". now.
I'll pass the concern about cherry stems on to Marion. Thanks for the heads up.
[ 11 July 2002: Message edited by: poSSum ]
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.
The cats will get kenneled at Kitty Cat Condos.
We bought the biggest cage the breeder had so he does have room to stretch.
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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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.
