Tessa
Well-Known Member
I'm brand new to the world of rabbits. I have always had dogs in my life and never considered a rabbit as a pet. Until.....last Christmas eve my boyfriend came home with a giant cage on wheels and a 3 month old teeny tiny white ball of fluff in his arms. (Later on I found out that my boyfriend forgot to go shopping and one of his friends had just started raising Lionheads so he figured it was an easy out).
I expected him to hide, I expected him to do nothing but sit there and act Disney. Truthfully I didn't expect much. And then.....
he took a step out of his cage (which was so huge that it made him seem all the smaller). A few more steps away from the cage and then standing on his tiny hind legs began to clean his face and ears- I fell in Love He was so cute that he made those Japanese anime animals look drab and dowdy!
How cute will it be to cuddle him, kiss him, have him sit on my lap, brush him, take him outside for a hop?! I bought all the How to books of raising rabbits. Researched on line how to train and groom them. A few things I realized that those sweet still sitting/ cooperative Bunnies from all these books and DVD's were....
1.Actor Bunnies!
2.Drugged!
3.Really stuffed animals and not real bunnies!
The only time my Bunny wanted to have anything to do with me was during meal time. He refused to eat unless I sat with him and talked to him while he was chowing down. Other than that he was 110% independent. "Mom, don't touch me, don't pick me up and don't even think about trying to groom me! You may, however, tell me how cute I am and feed me lot's of treats!"
Photobucket has been evil to me. I can Re-Size my Pics on Photobucket but when I post the Pics on here they show up large. If anybody can help, I would greatly appreciate it. So as to not overwhelm you all with my giant size bunny i'll only post one pic at a time
Vito's first steps outside his cage
I expected him to hide, I expected him to do nothing but sit there and act Disney. Truthfully I didn't expect much. And then.....
he took a step out of his cage (which was so huge that it made him seem all the smaller). A few more steps away from the cage and then standing on his tiny hind legs began to clean his face and ears- I fell in Love He was so cute that he made those Japanese anime animals look drab and dowdy!
How cute will it be to cuddle him, kiss him, have him sit on my lap, brush him, take him outside for a hop?! I bought all the How to books of raising rabbits. Researched on line how to train and groom them. A few things I realized that those sweet still sitting/ cooperative Bunnies from all these books and DVD's were....
1.Actor Bunnies!
2.Drugged!
3.Really stuffed animals and not real bunnies!
The only time my Bunny wanted to have anything to do with me was during meal time. He refused to eat unless I sat with him and talked to him while he was chowing down. Other than that he was 110% independent. "Mom, don't touch me, don't pick me up and don't even think about trying to groom me! You may, however, tell me how cute I am and feed me lot's of treats!"
Photobucket has been evil to me. I can Re-Size my Pics on Photobucket but when I post the Pics on here they show up large. If anybody can help, I would greatly appreciate it. So as to not overwhelm you all with my giant size bunny i'll only post one pic at a time
Vito's first steps outside his cage