Hi, everyone!
I'm Jaime. I'm 20 years old, female, living in the US. I'm currently a student working on my BS in Biology, hoping to become a Zoologist one day! I absolutely love animals. I have 8 currently: 3 dogs, 2 rats, 1 parrot, 1 Bearded Dragon, and of course 1 rabbit!
My rabbit's name is Karen, but he's male. :nod I know, I know... I will admit that I didn't do as much research on rabbits as I should have before acquiring him. Typically I require myself to do at least a few months of research before getting any type of animal, more so if it's a difficult or exotic pet to own. For instance, before getting my parrot, I did about 1.5-2 years of research. Lol. I think it's very important to do lots of research on any pet you are bringing into your household because I strongly believe that an animal is for LIFE, not just for now.
Anywho, Karen was a birthday present to me from my partner. I was actually in the process of my research on rabbits when I happened to go to a local pet store for crickets for my lizard... Again, I know, I know... pet stores = BAD. I work in animal rescue avidly and know this. But there was Karen... A humongous bunny thrown in with all the baby bunnies. I couldn't help myself and asked about him, to which the employee replied that someone had dumped him on them, and they would sell him to me for 5 dollars. He had such a unique little face, so I got him out and played with him for a little while. I already had a cage at home, so I just asked the people to hold him for a day so I could buy supplies and set it up. And that's how Karen came to live with us.
The pet store employee told us that Karen was definitely a female. After getting him settled in for a few weeks, we decided to have a "play date" with my friend's bunny who is female. And, well, before we had time to react... :faint:
Long story short (too late?), we had baby bunnies a little while later. We placed them with GOOD families with contracts saying if they ever couldn't keep them they had to come back to us, etc.
Now Karen is living the single bunny life and loving it, I think/hope! His cage is a Critter Nation 161 (single level), but he's free-roaming. His cage just is where his litter box, hay/food, and water bottle are. He also has toys and a bed in there, but mainly he just hangs out on the floor. Now that it's finally getting nice outside, I got him an X-Pen (actually two put together, spoiled bunny!), and he loves to go outside and play. He doesn't really like to be pet or held at all, which I've read is typical for rabbits? But we love him anyway
Without further ado, here is Karen the bunny:
And a bonus of a couple of Karen's babies:
I'm Jaime. I'm 20 years old, female, living in the US. I'm currently a student working on my BS in Biology, hoping to become a Zoologist one day! I absolutely love animals. I have 8 currently: 3 dogs, 2 rats, 1 parrot, 1 Bearded Dragon, and of course 1 rabbit!
My rabbit's name is Karen, but he's male. :nod I know, I know... I will admit that I didn't do as much research on rabbits as I should have before acquiring him. Typically I require myself to do at least a few months of research before getting any type of animal, more so if it's a difficult or exotic pet to own. For instance, before getting my parrot, I did about 1.5-2 years of research. Lol. I think it's very important to do lots of research on any pet you are bringing into your household because I strongly believe that an animal is for LIFE, not just for now.
Anywho, Karen was a birthday present to me from my partner. I was actually in the process of my research on rabbits when I happened to go to a local pet store for crickets for my lizard... Again, I know, I know... pet stores = BAD. I work in animal rescue avidly and know this. But there was Karen... A humongous bunny thrown in with all the baby bunnies. I couldn't help myself and asked about him, to which the employee replied that someone had dumped him on them, and they would sell him to me for 5 dollars. He had such a unique little face, so I got him out and played with him for a little while. I already had a cage at home, so I just asked the people to hold him for a day so I could buy supplies and set it up. And that's how Karen came to live with us.
The pet store employee told us that Karen was definitely a female. After getting him settled in for a few weeks, we decided to have a "play date" with my friend's bunny who is female. And, well, before we had time to react... :faint:
Long story short (too late?), we had baby bunnies a little while later. We placed them with GOOD families with contracts saying if they ever couldn't keep them they had to come back to us, etc.
Now Karen is living the single bunny life and loving it, I think/hope! His cage is a Critter Nation 161 (single level), but he's free-roaming. His cage just is where his litter box, hay/food, and water bottle are. He also has toys and a bed in there, but mainly he just hangs out on the floor. Now that it's finally getting nice outside, I got him an X-Pen (actually two put together, spoiled bunny!), and he loves to go outside and play. He doesn't really like to be pet or held at all, which I've read is typical for rabbits? But we love him anyway
Without further ado, here is Karen the bunny:
And a bonus of a couple of Karen's babies:
