JACK RABBITS

[Buneary49]

Really Odd looking Rabbitin the rabbit family and small head and those ears, and some think it's a jackolopes.

but has anyone ever catch a baby jackrabbit and make it a house pet?

I seen these odd rabbits they are fast critters

can you just see the cage to house the this rabbit?

this is a big rabbit and very oddlooking.

 

[undergunfire]

From what I understand, it is illegal to keep these as pets. You probably wouldn't want them as a pet, as they are wild animals and aren't very tamable. They are beautiful to see in the desert here in AZ, though, aren't they?

 

[TinysMom]

There used to be one that lived on base when we lived in Altus, OK. I know because I would walk to the BX and see it on the bank's lawn....I always loved seeing it.

Of course it was NOT tame - but it would let people get about 5-6' away from it before running off.

 

[Buneary49]

yeah , but what a site to see that rabbit can hear everything.

 

[kherrmann3]

It probably picks up FM with those things, too!

 

[Buneary49]

Jack rabbits are the largest rabbits I seen, I don't know what buneary thinks of them, how about your buns?

 

[paul2641]

OMG I have never seen a jackrabbit before, from that photo there really cute!

 

[degrassi]

We have jack rabbits around my house but they are different then those. We have "white tailed jack rabbits" http://talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=571

We have a group of about 8 that live in the park in front of our house. They are all over the city and most people find them to be a pest.

The cutest part is when they change colors from brown to white in the winter. Sometimes the snow is late so there are white bunnies all over the brown grass,lol.

I love them. Its great seeing them all around the neighbourhood. Makes driving a bit scary as they dont' move out of the way for cars until you get really close.

 

[kherrmann3]

We only have cottontails, snowshoe hares (up North), and some type of jackrabbit. Unfortunately, I am not sure of the species of jackrabbit that we get, but I think I've seen them before. I never could figure out why some of the bunnies in my parent's yard looked so much larger than the others!

 

[slavetoabunny]

kherrmann3 wrote:

It probably picks up FM with those things, too!

Shoot, with ears that big you can pick up satellite TV!!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

:roflmao:

They are so cute, tho!

 

[Buneary49]

Big wide ears you can hear a whisper or some old dog's breath.

 

[maherwoman]

Didn't we have a member once that took in an injured, baby jackrabbit to nurse back to health, and it got so used to human contact, she couldn't let it back into the wild?

I would swear we did...

 

[Buneary49]

ink iris:if she did wouldn't she need a permit to keep it?

we have jack rabbits at the phoenix zoo, she must gave the jack rabbit to the zoo.

 

[maherwoman]

If I recall, she was basically having to hide it from authorities. I believe she lived in Australia, but I'm not totally sure about that. I do remember, though, that the rabbit was very orangey-red in color.

 

[Buneary49]

well the wild life fed would understand or the zoo officals would be take it off her hands.

 

[ra7751]

Jack rabbits are very interesting. They wean quite a bit differently than either domestic rabbits or cottontails. Their development overall is somewhat different thanother rabbits. And believe it or not...those ears are not for hearing. They are desert rabbits and as we all know it gets very hot in the desert. That huge vein in the ear is for cooling and controlling body temp. Lots of radiational cooling in those huge ears.

Randy

 

[Buneary49]

I remenber a few years while video taping wild life I saw a family of jackrabbits

even the babies have large ears