Hello there

[Augustus&HazelGrace]

One thing that I have noticed over the years is that boys tend to be the sweeter of the bunch. I have had more aggression issues such as cage aggression and " don't touch me" attitudes with girls. I got them out of this but it took me a while. While as with my boys they always came to me for kisses and pets and would follow me around. I used to take in rabbits and rehome them so these were just the things I noticed. But each rabbit is different. Especially when they are spayed and neutered. Most of my rehomes were not as they were accidents and the owners didn't want all of them so I gave them the info of getting their original buns speutered and the babies I took and made the new homes promise to get them spayed and neutered. But definitely go for a rescue bun!

 

[Rocky\Bilboa]

Our baby is white Vienna rabbit and he loves sitting in our laps and being petted . He is not lazy he runs a lot and sleeps mostly when we are not there. He follows me into the kitchen all the time.

 

[HeyHo]

@HeyHo - Mini Satin is an interesting choice but how many did you get? Just the two you mentioned or more? Because I can't get too many rabbits as of right now.

I just have the two mini satins, and they are sisters. I am new to bunnies, and when I was researching I was less interested in the appearance/color/etc. of the bunnies than in getting bunnies that could be socialized. The breeder I used is very hands on and I got them at a time of year when I could spend lots of time with them.

 

[Catlyn]

You all seem to have such sweet energetic buns. What @Preitler said that their average meat mutts are about 3-4 kg when fully grown, i see that there is some variation, maybe in breed or region, but average meat mutts from our local farm are 5.5 and onwards. Half a meter of a rabbit is to be expected from us... well, these are french lops, so yeah i don't know if it's just species stuff.
My bun from that local farm is cuddly too, will hop on any soft furniture to dig and chew. Discouraging that as he has his carpet and pillow to do so, but he's stubborn. He's super lazy though, won't move a lot although eats, poops and functions as normal. He's our Sir flop-a-lot, a calm fighter, the total warlord from ancient japan. But he's a coward, yet a very curious being. Flings every small and medium object around. Slips and slides on floors. Loves petting, seems to be fine with being picked up. Leaves poo in his hay for breakfast? He is crazy about grooming. Maybe he grooms too much. Is that a thing?
So i wonder how everyone has such active rabbits while ours is a total couch potato. He would casually flop for hours on end eben in times he should be naturally active. Did we really just get a mischevious, lazy-a rabbit?

 

[Catlyn]

But i have to agree on the previous statements that rabbit breeds are not evaluated like dog breeds. The farm we got Musti from had many-many lops of all sizes although all french and each had their own character showing off. He just happens to be a destroyer. But i wonder if laziness is also a character trait or is he just not getting enough enrichment?

 

[TreasuredFriend]

Excellent advice, Orrin.

Volunteering at the shelter for several years, the following comment was heard from a woman on the public/visitor side of the counter: "I dunno why anyone would want a rabbit. They just sit in a cage, they don't even purr."

We saw bunnies surrendered in horrible shape, and others is a dinky cage or in a small glass fish tank...

 

[RosePetal]

Hello everyone, sorry for the late reply but I'm not doing great IRL so I will have incredibly slow responses. I will be reading all your suggestions and tips as a small reference, however. Thanks for taking all the time to write to help