bad kelpie
Well-Known Member
I got a rabbit yesterday that was supposed to be a Flemish giant mix. The kid that raised them told me the dad died, so I didn't see him. Mom looked like a new zealand white. I don't know rabbit breeds/markings very well, so I figured there was something spotty in the mix. The babies were big, so I figured dad was flemish, or mostly.
The guy at the feed store said he looked like a checkered. I thought he just meant the markings.
I got home and looked up checkered giant and bam, my bunny.
So I think the kid got confused, that these were not flemish giants, but checkered giants.
Then I read that the checkered giants have high strung, not so nice personalities. He was docile enough to let me hold him easily when I got him. I am trying to avoid picking him up now, because he is new and settling in, but I have had to a couple times.
I don't need (or want really) a super sweet, hold-all-the-time bunny, but would like him to come up to me and be somewhat friendly.
I keep thinking if I greet him with a treat every time I see him he'll be friendlier, but he has near constant access to grass, and I know they can't really have veggies until they're older, so what could I give him? Dandelions? Turnip greens? He is 8 weeks old.
Thanks!
The guy at the feed store said he looked like a checkered. I thought he just meant the markings.
I got home and looked up checkered giant and bam, my bunny.
So I think the kid got confused, that these were not flemish giants, but checkered giants.
Then I read that the checkered giants have high strung, not so nice personalities. He was docile enough to let me hold him easily when I got him. I am trying to avoid picking him up now, because he is new and settling in, but I have had to a couple times.
I don't need (or want really) a super sweet, hold-all-the-time bunny, but would like him to come up to me and be somewhat friendly.
I keep thinking if I greet him with a treat every time I see him he'll be friendlier, but he has near constant access to grass, and I know they can't really have veggies until they're older, so what could I give him? Dandelions? Turnip greens? He is 8 weeks old.
Thanks!