Kev4Pack All American 25272 Posts user info edit comment |
Gypsy
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Maverick All American 11175 Posts user info edit comment |
Another thing people often do with rabbits they no longer want is release them into the wild. Domestic rabbits don't live long in the wild.
Rabbits are wonderful, personable pets, but they require lots of care! 3/3/2006 7:38:15 PM |
chocolatervh All American 22986 Posts user info edit comment |
did somebody say CHOCOLATE!? 3/3/2006 7:57:20 PM |
Kiwi All American 38546 Posts user info edit comment |
thanks for this! this is a huge issue! 3/3/2006 8:55:46 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
Why chocolate rabbits, aren’t the regular kind edible? 3/3/2006 8:57:53 PM |
RachelMarie All American 3801 Posts user info edit comment |
I am definately adopting a bunny for Easter! 3/3/2006 11:14:48 PM |
PimpinHonda All American 4331 Posts user info edit comment |
i can't believe this is something serious... 3/4/2006 1:18:24 AM |
Pi Master All American 18151 Posts user info edit comment |
I never really thought about this. I didn't know many people actually bought rabbits just for Easter. 3/4/2006 10:18:06 AM |
Perlith All American 7620 Posts user info edit comment |
Do you have a link for some statistics on animal shelters? I'm curios if there are other times of year that see unusual increases in a specific animal. 3/4/2006 10:28:08 AM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
Some neighbor kids who lived up the street from me got rabbits for Easter one year. It seemed like it was tragedy after tragedy. After the initial excitement wore off, caring for them seemed to be a chore, the sister rabbit got pregnant by the brother rabbit and miscarried but I don’t think the baby rabbits that had been growing inside her were ever dispelled; one of the rabbits got a crazy neck injury from rough play with kids. Needless to say, they didn’t live long enough to require a decade-long commitment. 3/4/2006 1:02:32 PM |
AVON All American 4770 Posts user info edit comment |
Just eat the damn things... 3/4/2006 3:39:05 PM |
RachelMarie All American 3801 Posts user info edit comment |
I took in a bunny a few years ago that someone had abandoned in front of the pet store. They had dyed his fur purple 3/4/2006 5:22:36 PM |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit comment |
i don't understand why someone would want a rabbit for a pet. 3/4/2006 10:36:45 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
i think the point is that people dont want them as pets, people want them as seasonal entertainment. 3/4/2006 10:44:55 PM |
chargercrazy All American 2695 Posts user info edit comment |
Quote : | "Just eat the damn things...
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Rabbit is actually very good . . . tastes like chicken. Yeah, if you get tired of taking care of it, have somebody cook it up for you in a stew or casserole.3/5/2006 12:15:59 AM |
icanread All American 2119 Posts user info edit comment |
i hit a rabbit with my car once 3/5/2006 9:05:35 AM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit comment |
^^ Then you could name your rabbit Stew from the beginning. Get it? Rabbit Stew. 3/5/2006 12:29:02 PM |
KAllen1210 Veteran 166 Posts user info edit comment |
Someone asked for a statistic...here you go: Rabbits are the third most popular pet, behind dogs and cats, and they are also the third most surrendered pet at shelters.
I couldn't find any more published statistics about the time of the year, but you can read some more interesting stats and facts here: http://www.3bunnies.org/trivia.htm 3/5/2006 5:35:14 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
i would have thought gerbil, hamsters, or fish would come in before rabbits because of the relative ease of care 3/5/2006 6:13:54 PM |
Seotaji All American 34244 Posts user info edit comment |
Quote : | "I never really thought about this. I didn't know many people actually bought rabbits just for Easter." |
i didn't know that people bought black cats for halloween and threw them away, but i do now.3/5/2006 8:15:04 PM |
LaserSoup All American 5502 Posts user info edit comment |
I gave my rabbit a kid once. The rabbit ate him. Looking back I guess I never should have given a rabbit a kid that looked so much like lettuce. Sorry kid, my bad.
Seriously though, I think if you give a kid a rabbit for easter you're fucking retarded, aka fucktarded. 3/5/2006 8:28:25 PM |
KAllen1210 Veteran 166 Posts user info edit comment |
If anyone is interested in helping with the "Make Mine Chocolate" campaign, you can visit this link below. I put 200 fliers in the lobby of the Wake County Library in Cameron Village and they were gone in 3 days. Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.makeminechocolate.org/marketing.htm
The SPCA of Wake County could always use more "Bunny Buddies" so visit here if you want to volunteer and get to know their rabbits: http://www.spcawake.org 3/5/2006 10:50:56 PM |
torch Veteran 189 Posts user info edit comment |
Yeah I've also heard of a lot of people buying baby chicks and giving those to their kids. 3/6/2006 10:02:52 AM |
torch Veteran 189 Posts user info edit comment |
Quote : | "Rabbit is actually very good . . . tastes like chicken. Yeah, if you get tired of taking care of it, have somebody cook it up for you in a stew or casserole." |
Haha mental picture of the scene from Fatal Attraction when Michael Douglas comes home, sees the pot on the stove and the little girl starts screaming.
3/6/2006 10:06:59 AM |
ActOfGod All American 6889 Posts user info edit comment |
When I first started reading this, I thought it was a humorous column about why people should adopt chocolate bunnies from the animal shelter ... don't ask. 3/8/2006 9:04:46 AM |
StateIsGreat All American 2838 Posts user info edit comment |
^^^Why would anyone in their right mind want to give a kid a chick??? A bunny I can fathom because they are still "pet-like" into adulthood, but a chick? THEY GROW INTO CHICKENS PEOPLE!!! I understand the whole seasonal pet phenomenon, but do they think the chick will stay cute, small, and yellow forever? Soon enough they'll be ugly, large disease bags.
Damn, humans are stupid.
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SquirrelGirl All American 3310 Posts user info edit comment |
One of my friends is getting chicks soon. She and her housemates are going to raise them for eggs.
I think my rabbits lived fairly comfortable lives and they lived to be 5. 3/9/2006 11:27:00 AM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
^does your friend who is raising chickens also eat chicken? 3/9/2006 11:40:00 AM |
colter All American 8022 Posts user info edit comment |
mmmm, chicken 3/9/2006 12:24:52 PM |
kpbowker Veteran 127 Posts user info edit comment |
my grandfather has a rabbit that is litter box trained....it runs around the house freely like a cat or dog.... 3/9/2006 12:42:42 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit comment |
what are the mental capacities of a chicken or rabbit as compared to a cat or dog? 3/9/2006 2:52:06 PM |
Maverick All American 11175 Posts user info edit comment |
^^
Ours is the same way. She knows her bedtime and feeding times, does little tricks, and is very personable. 3/9/2006 4:20:39 PM |
KAllen1210 Veteran 166 Posts user info edit comment |
Quote : | "what are the mental capacities of a chicken or rabbit as compared to a cat or dog?" |
I don't know about a chicken but for rabbits, they share many qualities with cats and dogs. Like cats, they sometimes like to do their own thing, but they can play with you like a dog. Mine play under blankets (supervised) and climb in cardboard castles. I have a blog with lots of pictures and that should give you a better idea of their personalities. http://www.ncbunny.blogspot.com
You can also check out http://www.rabbit.org for more rabbit info - includes info on behaviors and litter box training.3/9/2006 7:34:04 PM |
Kris All American 36908 Posts user info edit comment |
And if you cook a rabbit for easter like I plan to, make sure to add a bit of Ms. Dash©, make it taste great with Ms. Dash©! 3/13/2006 8:24:49 PM |