lovelops
Well-Known Member
I had basically the same attitude when I was a teenager, we had rabbits as "pets" but they were outside in hutches, the fun of having them wore off very quickly. When I hit my 20's we decided to get a bunny and keep him in the house, then the fun really started! Our last 2 buns were house bunnies and my future bunny (picking him/her up next week!!) will be a spoiled rotten house bunny. I personally will NEVER keep another bun in a small hutch, it will be a house bunny from now on. much Much funner, they truely are members of the family. I guess this is akin to folks who keep their dogs chained or kenneled outside 24/7, are they fun or truely pets? I would not think so.
Ok and I'm the crazy nut who does not want to keep my bunnies outside anymore after Chico and Chica's mommy Girl died and their brother and sister. I still feel to this day if they had been INDOOR the other two kits would have survived and Girl would be here. Sure, i would have like what?
7 rabbits? They would out number the dogs-4 chihuahua's, but I feel like I would have been able to keep a better eye on them and did feel like Girl was like a dog chained or kenneled outside.. I'm still fussing with my husband about that because he thinks we should put together an outdoor house for them and I think not. I'd rather have them in the house running around in the kitchen and porch then away in the yard where I can't keep an eye on them. I'm just very cautious now and in my house, I know what is going on and with the dogs around, nothing is going to get to the bunnies.
Out doors, forget it. I have red tailed hawks, owls, cats, groundhogs, possums, raccoons, it's basically wild kingdom out there. I can't control the wild life out there, but they sure as hell aren't coming into my house!
Vanessa