Hahaha. I don't have photos of these ones, but here's one we prepared earlier: That was about a year ago. James hasn't cared for a rabbit before but I've grown up around them. The only thing we'll find difficult is giving them enough fresh greenery - but since he's also getting the tools to make a rabbit mansion, he'll end up building a planter box to grow some fresh rabbit greens in also (plus we grow veggies year round they can help us munch on!) I've came up with a cunning ruse this weekend to clean out our front room which is basically a corridor that goes nowhere. It has no powerpoints and is like... concrety stuff flooring. So will be rabbit proof and safe when cleaned out :D At first, bunnies shall live there, and later outside in a nice big hutch. In summer, bunnies will live inside in front of the air con. The only thing that worries me with keeping bunnies is what happens if they get illness issues. Generally if one of my mum and dads sustains a traumatic injury (e.g., broken leg), they just knock it on the head humanely and eat it for dinner. Their approach is pretty pragmatic. But they breed more for eating than anything, whilst our bunnies will be pets, not dinner. At least these first two - I can't say that won't change after we get our nice big property in several years time :)
I think it's good timing for James. Our rats are starting to get old. A couple of them have mammary cancer now. They're quite happy and don't seem to be in any pain and I know from past experience that theres not a lot the vets can do other than very traumatic surgery so we're keeping them here until they start seeming unhappy. But I suspect all of our rats will have passed away within a year at most given their short lifespans. James has a hard time with animals passing away, so having bunnies to console him will help. I'm not looking forwards to the day when our rat Twinkle passes away, she loves nothing more than to hang out with James. And since she's so aggressive towards other rats, we have to house her on her own... But she loves people so much that she spends much of her day out of the cage hanging out with James whilst I'm at work.
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That was about a year ago. James hasn't cared for a rabbit before but I've grown up around them. The only thing we'll find difficult is giving them enough fresh greenery - but since he's also getting the tools to make a rabbit mansion, he'll end up building a planter box to grow some fresh rabbit greens in also (plus we grow veggies year round they can help us munch on!)
I've came up with a cunning ruse this weekend to clean out our front room which is basically a corridor that goes nowhere. It has no powerpoints and is like... concrety stuff flooring. So will be rabbit proof and safe when cleaned out :D
At first, bunnies shall live there, and later outside in a nice big hutch. In summer, bunnies will live inside in front of the air con.
The only thing that worries me with keeping bunnies is what happens if they get illness issues. Generally if one of my mum and dads sustains a traumatic injury (e.g., broken leg), they just knock it on the head humanely and eat it for dinner. Their approach is pretty pragmatic. But they breed more for eating than anything, whilst our bunnies will be pets, not dinner. At least these first two - I can't say that won't change after we get our nice big property in several years time :)
I think it's good timing for James. Our rats are starting to get old. A couple of them have mammary cancer now. They're quite happy and don't seem to be in any pain and I know from past experience that theres not a lot the vets can do other than very traumatic surgery so we're keeping them here until they start seeming unhappy. But I suspect all of our rats will have passed away within a year at most given their short lifespans. James has a hard time with animals passing away, so having bunnies to console him will help. I'm not looking forwards to the day when our rat Twinkle passes away, she loves nothing more than to hang out with James. And since she's so aggressive towards other rats, we have to house her on her own... But she loves people so much that she spends much of her day out of the cage hanging out with James whilst I'm at work.