Is she a teenager now?

[ChinaBun]

My white bunny with red eyes and long ears hastotally forgotten her litter training! In the last few days she's beenleaving pellets and pee all over the kitchen, where she has free reign,except at night when I lock her in her cage. I believe that she's fivemonths old. So, is this how a teenage bunny behaves? Is there hope forthe future?

Nancy in China

 

[ChinaBun]

Forgot to say that last week she chewed throughthe phone line, knocking out both my phone and my Internet connection.Luckily, I had an extra length of line. Now I have blocked off thataccess to her. I want to scold her for doing that, but in reality itwas my fault for not bunny-proofing the living room. Now I know that Ican't let her be there without supervision.

You know, all it takes is one binky and I totally forget about the chewed through phone line or poop all over the place!

Nancy

 

[naturestee]

Yeah, she sounds like a teenager tome. I'm new to rabbits so I don't know if litter habitsimprove in time without spaying. Are you able to get herspayed in China? I'm not sure if vets work with them or notover there.

 

[ChinaBun]

Thanks! I'm thinking that it will be difficultif not impossible to find a vet who spays rabbits here. I'm in a cityof 6 million people, the most important city in western China, but it'snot as modern as Shanghai or Beijing. Plus, rabbits aren't that commonas house pets. Rather, sad to say, adult rabbits aren't that common.One of my university students and two of the children who live in thisteachers' apartment area all had rabbits who died within a month ofgetting them. The people they buy them from don't give them goodinformation about how to feed them. They say that rabbits eat anything.I think they also play with them too rough. They also pick the rabbitsup by the ears, and say they like it that way. I tell my students thatI will pick THEM upby the ears if they pick Qingqing up thatway!

Nancy in Xi'an