This is Stark, what I believe is a False Netherland Dwarf mixed with a Dutch. He is small, smaller than my Dutch Sabriel.
He was found underneath my cousins' porch and came to them for food... He was very tame and easy for them to capture (they live by a forest with a lot of coyotes and foxes. He was in danger and they know no one around had a rabbit. He was probably dropped off after Easter.)
Our intention was not to keep him, but to get him to a safer environment, inside of a home because he was in their garage in a box that he got out of once!
Anyway, I thought he was just so cute and I wanted to keep him since he is so sweet, but then I thought logically about it and I figured it'd probably be best if he went somewhere else. All three of my rabbits are separate but they all get along and such, and I don't want to ruin it. Plus we like to go Up North a lot, and it's hard enough to find someone to watch the three rabbits I have now...
But Stark is definitely a sweet boy. He gets a little jumpy when you hold him (will scratch you if you are not careful) but he should get used to it after some time- he is fairly young still! He will get nippy if he wants let down while you are holding him or if you restrain him.
He is NOT neutered but he IS litterbox trained (he took to it VERY quickly, just if he pees outside of the box, you put the newspaper or whatever he peed on in the litterbox) in the cage he is in now. He will sometimes pee/mark a different corner but it's on newspaper so it never makes a mess. Let HIM pick the corner he wants the litterbox in! And he always has a clean butt! He does NOT sit in his pee!
He leaves stray poops (all my spayed/neutered rabbits leave poops- easy to clean up though!) but that is pretty much the biggest mess he has made for me to deal with really.
I have not tested the litter-box training outside of his cage though, asides from when we go in our outdoor pen, which he just pees and poops in the grass wherever...
He is slightly cage aggressive but it is not excessive. He will lunge a little and nip you if you startle him/come at him from a blind spot... BUT it is pretty rare and I have only been bitten once.
If he knows it is you he will sniff you and put his head down for pets! He LOVES pets in his cage, but once he is out in the open, he is not too big on them and he would rather run around, explore, and crawl all over you. He is very curious and very active!
I would like him to go to a home where he will have a lot of space, be indoors (but going outdoors on a harness -which he does good in if he fits in it- or in a pen), and will be neutered. He is a very good rabbit and he deserves well. I would also LOVE if you kept his name- Stark! If you don't it won't be the end of the world but yeah.
My mom wants him out soon, and is insisting I email the Sanctuary I volunteer at. But honestly, I don't want to do that because I really love him and I would love to be able to see pictures of him, and be updated on him sometimes! I really love this rabbit and I do not want to lose contact with the new mommy/daddy.
He has no health issues that I know of by the way. He seems perfectly fine to me!
Here are some more pictures:
And an extra... bunny lips!
And here are some videos of him:
- -[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyt4RH47XHk&list=UUJnVhWYCaC7_Rgm5v50mE9w&index=8&feature=plcp]Here he is in a harness and seems fine, it was just too big.[/ame]
-[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jenf1EzRg64&feature=channel&list=UL]What he is doing in this video is actually lunging a bit- being defensive of his cage, but then realizing who it is and calming down to receive pets. I do not know if the slight cage aggression will leave or not once he is neutered.[/ame]
-[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBqUk4jriEs&feature=channel&list=UL]He likes dandelions![/ame]
-[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrFljeuFvE&feature=channel&list=UL]He does not do this as often as he used to. But he is very demanding for lovings sometimes.[/ame]
-[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3SyUsQuW4&feature=channel&list=UL]Showing his feet and curious behavior.[/ame]
