So you want a rabbit! Good for you! It is a wonderful, and educational experience. If you have children it will teach them to be gentle, kind, and caring. Rabbits are great 4-H animals, and they are one of the most popular projects. Why? Well, because it is the BEST project! It teaches the 4-H'ers of ALL ages how to care for and properly handle small animals. It is hard to hurt a cow or a sheep, but a rabbit is a different story. Other reasons why are because the rabbit group has fewer-no cliques, so anyone can fit in if they give it half a chance. The rabbit project circles are tight with each other, friendly, kind, and most of all; they can help you out with your new rabbit!
Rabbits are beneficial pets, they are soft, quiet, and calm. They do not make noise very often. You will find that if you try to sing "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" and insert a rabbit you will not know what noise they make. That is because they do not make any noise! You can put their feces in your garden as soon as possible without any ill side effects. It does not have to compost for a year like chickens, cows, sheep, etc. They also eat all leftovers, they can eat carrot peelings, potato peelings, Orange peelings, cucumber, and even banana peelings. There are many more things they can eat that are not listed (just NOT lettuce). It has also been proven that rabbits are very good therapeutic pets. Doctors are beginning to more actively recommend them. Rabbits require less physical and mental stimulation and attention than a dog or even a cat. They do not need to go for a walk, and they do not need training (unless you want to litter train them). Litter training is really easy too, basically you just put the litter box in their favorite "business" corner. You also encourage them to go to the litter box by placing them in it every time they have an "accident" outside of the litter box. A litter box results in a cleaner cage. I find rabbits very enjoyable, friendly, and easy to care for, play with, handle, and just be with in general! They are easy to cuddle with when you are upset, they are cute to watch. Especially when they binky (kick their heels up)! With proper care, they can live a long, healthy live! I raise my rabbits to be friendly and easy to handle and start from birth doing so. Because I do this, it makes my rabbits become great household pets for any age and are used as therapy animals. I truly believe that they are just like any animal; it all depends on the OWNER to what type of behavior and temperament it grows up with. Just like Pit Bulls now a days.. I have honestly never met an aggressive Pit. If you train it to fight and be aggressive, that's what it will be like. However, if you train it to be friendly, caring and a nice family pet, THAT's what it will be like. Same with rabbits, if you never handle your rabbit, ignore it or mishandle it; they will become wild, aggressive, cranky, and/or not fun to be around and that's why people re-home (or because they lose interest or don't realize how long they can live). Handle your rabbit on a daily basis, handle it PROPERLY, care for it, be gentle and loving; it will be the same back. If you are thinking of a pet, consider a rabbit! If you have any questions, just contact me! :) (courtesy of Mary Grace McNeil, with revisions and additions by myself)
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