mloomis001
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Hi, I grew up around rabbits. At the wonderful age of 3, I wandered up to a neighbors house, which eventually struck up a lifelong friendship. The neighbor had alot of animals. She had a barn full of mini rex's that she would breed and show. I learned alot growing up. Eventually, I moved away, had 3 kids and now am in a situation that I am doing quite well in but I would love to be able to ask questions. Maybe I am missing something.
I do apologize, I rescued a rabbit about a month ago. I thought I was just going to go buy a pet for my kids and teach them how to care for her, like I had as a child. When I got there, the cage was just horrible and I found a malnourished rabbit. She just felt frail and you could count her ribs. When I picked her up there, she was a little skittish but very sweet. I quickly paid the $30 the lady wanted and took the rabbit. I just knew I could help her.
We named her Sarina, after about a week I occasionally called her "Sarina the Sassy". She is about5 months old. I know that she is a dawrf rabbit. But not exactly what breed she is. We had a rough 3 weeks, where I did not know if I wsa going to be able to keep her, she developed aggression in her cage, attacking anyone who came near. I actually had doubts on if I was the right person to care for her, if I had enough experience and if it was safe for her or the kids.
Patience and persistence has been the key! She is no longer in her rabbit cage. She is in a very large bird cage (with white wire). We are building hera rabbit hutch (almost done). Sarina calmed down quite a bit in the white wire cage compared to the silver of the rabbit cage. Do not understand it, but it seems to be a factor. She is litter box trained. Her agression is down, her sweetness and how smart she truley is is coming through. She is an indoor rabbit, very occasional outdoor (when I take her)...we gave her a collar and a bell that she wears while hopping around the house but not in the cage just so we have a beeter idea of what she is doing. But she is interacting with the kids. Also she walks on a leash (not for long about 10 mins..outside) she follows my sneakers..both inside and out they seem to be safety to her (? not sure on that). Her diet and apperance has improved, she has put on some muscle.. can't count her ribs or bones like I could when I picked her up. I have her on a diet of timothy hay, pellets (crude protein 17%), supplement (rabbit veggie, fruit, nut, mineral, vitamin) and plently of water. I have also been giving her a small peice of green pepper once a week and a small peice of pineapple once a week (not on the same day). She nibbles on the pellets and supplement; eats lots of hay and drinks plenty of water.
Ok, sorry for the long intro. Thank you for listening!
I do apologize, I rescued a rabbit about a month ago. I thought I was just going to go buy a pet for my kids and teach them how to care for her, like I had as a child. When I got there, the cage was just horrible and I found a malnourished rabbit. She just felt frail and you could count her ribs. When I picked her up there, she was a little skittish but very sweet. I quickly paid the $30 the lady wanted and took the rabbit. I just knew I could help her.
We named her Sarina, after about a week I occasionally called her "Sarina the Sassy". She is about5 months old. I know that she is a dawrf rabbit. But not exactly what breed she is. We had a rough 3 weeks, where I did not know if I wsa going to be able to keep her, she developed aggression in her cage, attacking anyone who came near. I actually had doubts on if I was the right person to care for her, if I had enough experience and if it was safe for her or the kids.
Patience and persistence has been the key! She is no longer in her rabbit cage. She is in a very large bird cage (with white wire). We are building hera rabbit hutch (almost done). Sarina calmed down quite a bit in the white wire cage compared to the silver of the rabbit cage. Do not understand it, but it seems to be a factor. She is litter box trained. Her agression is down, her sweetness and how smart she truley is is coming through. She is an indoor rabbit, very occasional outdoor (when I take her)...we gave her a collar and a bell that she wears while hopping around the house but not in the cage just so we have a beeter idea of what she is doing. But she is interacting with the kids. Also she walks on a leash (not for long about 10 mins..outside) she follows my sneakers..both inside and out they seem to be safety to her (? not sure on that). Her diet and apperance has improved, she has put on some muscle.. can't count her ribs or bones like I could when I picked her up. I have her on a diet of timothy hay, pellets (crude protein 17%), supplement (rabbit veggie, fruit, nut, mineral, vitamin) and plently of water. I have also been giving her a small peice of green pepper once a week and a small peice of pineapple once a week (not on the same day). She nibbles on the pellets and supplement; eats lots of hay and drinks plenty of water.
Ok, sorry for the long intro. Thank you for listening!
