Hi and YAY for getting a rabbit!!
I have three. Benny, I got from the humane society[his backstory: born and on a farm, a woman adopted him, had him for a week, and was going to turn him out into the wild before the humane society stepped in]. He's a year old as of today, and he's a....I have no idea what kind. He's tan and looks like any kind of wild rabbit, just tan. I doubt he was handled much because he's so....i don't know what to call him. He won't let me cut his nails or brush him or even look in his ears[all of which i'm trying to get done I WILL win this battle!]. He does bite a LOT. I have him in a walk-in closet turned into a rabbit room[he's spoiled, I know.] and when I go take a nap in his room, he'll climb over me and stick his nose in my ear for a good half hour before letting me sleep, but then I'll wake up to find him curled against my stomach. Its like he wants attention, as long as I don't know I've giving him attention lol. He is also the only one of my three who is litter box trained and water bottle trained. He will let me hold him if I'm sitting down, but he tends to bite me so I usually need a towel for him to bite instead of me.
Onto Rabbit numbers 2 and 3, Honey and Thumper. They are both 4 months old, Honey is a lionhed, Thumper is a French lop. They were owned by a woman who bought them from a breeder for her son who showed no interest in them. I found them on the local Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook page.
I got Thumper a week before Honey. Thumper is the sweetest little boy imaginable. He lets me check his ears, cut his nails and everything. He'll sit on my lap for hours at a time, perfectly content. Only issue: He chews on my shirt and has chewed holes in my shirt. He also tends to jump out of my arms when I am holding him.
Honey is smaller than Thumper, and more moody. I seriously think she's bipolar. She can also be the sweetest little thing ever. She'll sit on my lap, also for hours at a time, and crawl all over me. Then, other times when I reach into her cage to get her, she freaks out on me. When this happens, I have to distract her by sticking one of her chewy sticks through the bars on the other side of the cage so she attacks that and doesn't notice me filling her food or water. She also likes peeing on me. I also suspect she may be pregnant, which may explain her mood swings. She also insists on standing, pooping and peeing in her water dish.
Of my three rabbits, Thumper is the only one who likes my cats. He'll sit in a chair with one of them and snuggle right up to him. Benny tolerates the cats and Honey grunts at them. None of my rabbits particularly like the others, Honey and Benny tend to bully poor Thumper.
it's amazing what a transformation the spay surgery can make, plus it keeps the girls healthy for much longer too!
