1. How do they poo? Can they be litter box trained?


2. How sociable are they?



3. What kind of shots do they need?


4. What are their personalities like? Are they like cats and dogs with very distinct personalities, or are they just essentially big rats?


5. What kind of noises do they make other than screaming when they'r hurt or being strangled by snakes?


6. Do you have the bathe them? What's their grooming needs?


7. Can you let them outside or will they run away?

my friend kept one inside her apartment and it chewed through her telephone cabling. hope that helps!

TheVoid said:

Depends on their training.

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TheVoid said:

You can let them out in the yard, but only if the yard is secure. They dig fast and furious, they are good escape artists. I walked mines with a harness... they do run away. If a dog lives next door, your rabbit will not come back.
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8. what's the best way to cook them? grilled? braised?

Stax said:

I will not be ignored!

Stax said:

My mom cooked every rabbit I owned as a kid. She would sear the meat then sautee it, she cooked it the same way she cooked duck.

kewlschool said:

boiled?

paintedlady said:

Actually, I like rabbit. Braised and then incorporated into a nice ragu, over some pasta. Yum.

Stax said:

kewlschool said:

I'd a ate the shit out of bugs.

Stax said:

"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbit," said Stax

I'd love to own a Wabbit 24'...

Back when we were dating my wife still had some long-eared french rabbits in our apartment. Scootie was a little bit of a feisty bitch but I guess she was alright. Bunny Rabbit was flat-out awesome and I'm pretty sure he thought he was a dog - really sociable, would follow you around from room to room.

I don't think you can potty train them. They left little shit pebbles all over the place when let out of their cages. And piss too. That was gross and smelly, and it stained the carpet.

They made little honking/snorting noises which were pretty cute. Really didn't make much noise at all, although Scootie was always fucking banging on the sides of the metal cage, which drove us nuts. I believe they had to be separated because she started getting mean. Maybe it was her name?

Towards the end of their lives they couldn't clean themselves, and my wife had to wash all the crap off of them in the sink pretty much daily. It was kinda sweet and kinda sad. And it smelled terrible.

She said she wanted more rabbits a few days ago. I pretty much said no.

abigail05 said:

I always used a litter box, I can't imaging caring for a rabbit without one. I NEVER saw turds out side of the litter box. Their urine is horrible. They peed on your carpet. NO! A litter box would have stopped that.
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our daughter has a rabbit and it stinks. All the time.

paintedlady said:

Cats are social and fun when they have a good deal of attention. A former neighbor of mine had a rabbit trained on a leash (which was great because my cat is trained on a leash too). The rabbit was litter box trained, and knew his way around the yard, and would even go back inside when he was bored. The shots are the same as for felines I believe (so are ferret's shots too). They have personalities for sure. Rabbits will scream, but only when in intense distress or pain.

You can let them out in your yard, but watch for possible digging under the fence. You could also put them on a long leash, and tie it to a stake in the yard. I do that with my cat. I found one of those huge metal cork screw stakes and put it in the yard. I found a 15' line to put on it too. I found both at the dollar store, and it works fine. Ask your vet about flea and tick treatment. I would imagine Frontline would work, but ask to be sure.

paintedlady said:

They did have a litter box. I think he respected that, and she didn't.
Yeah, rabbits are gross.

My sister had one growing up. It chewed through the television power cord, always chewed along the top of its plastic cage, and tried to chew through anything else it could get its mouth on, including my finger. The bastard bit me on more than one occasion, so all I ever wanted to do was kill it.

abigail05 said:

I had a leash for the one I used to have. It loved going for walks around the yard. I loved my bunny. Was too cute and lovable

kewlschool said:

kewlschool said:

I had 3 of them when I was much younger. At the time, my dad built a giant elevated cage to keep them in. We'd take them out to run around for exercise on a regular basis. They were tamed enough to let them loose in the yard. I liked seeing the cats play with them. Those rabbits were huge...bigger than the cats even. They even had long claws like cats.....kinda scary. I'm not in a position to get more right now, but in the future, it'll be a dwarf rabbit.

My rabbits were always kept outside. They were a bit dull, to be hones. But they do eat their own shit first time it comes out, which is kind of cool. The pellets you see have been passed twice

I wouldn't have them again though. The only pet I'd now have would be a cat as they can run free ( I think cats on leashes is not nice).