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George Hincapie

George Hincapie

George Hincapie

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Our 4 year old has been asking for a rabbit for months, so we've decided to explore the possibility further. I popped into Pets At Home today and they recommended a breed named 'Lion Head' as being suitable for young children as they are apparently quite calm and don't mind being handled. I wondered if any of you had kept rabbits before and could confirm that to be the case? Or perhaps suggest other appropriate breeds?

TIA.
 
Lion Heads are a 'somewhat' aggressive rabbits, with regards to rabbits of course (hardly a staffy) Lops, Mini and Dwarf Lops would be much better suited.

Also. PLEASE DON'T BUY FROM PETS AT HOME! The stress and horror they put their rabbits through is just awful. They subject them to neutering now in Spain and ship them into the UK to sell as the UK Vet association agreed unanimously that this was a cruel and barbaric practice (they are being neutered at 4 weeks whereas here you need to wait till about 5 months) They also inbreed their rabbits horrificly.

Search for an Animal or bunny rescue and get one there, possibly more expensive with regards to vaccinations and neutering, but totally worth it!
 
Aren't Pets@Home the animal equivalent of EA? (They'll fill you full of nonsense to get you to buy their latest half dead flogged horse and charge you a fortune for the privilege)

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I would not buy from Pets at Home, they have no idea what they are selling most of time. My house mate bought a so called Dwarf Rabbit off them last year. It ain't no dwarf.
 
Get a mini lop, I will show you some pictures why.
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They are very friendly and as you can tell they are quite laidback.
 
Rabbits are not good pets really. Alls ok at first, plenty of attention, food water , cleaning etc and summer helps with that. But come winter and successive years they tend to get left longer and longer. Rabbits take a lot more looking after than what people initially think. Ends up not good for the Rabbit.

Of course that's not every rabbit or case. I'd think a lot about getting one as a pet though.

4 year olds are hard to resist though when they want a pet rabbit or any other animal for that matter:) Been there myself.

Hope your little un enjoys it if you do end up getting one as a pet..
 
My sister has got a small one that lives indoors and poos in a cat tray - serious! Didnt think they could do that.

Anyway growing up we had a big one, he had a hutch but we left it open so he could roam around the garden. He would come inside, eat pizza, ice cream... anything tbh, not meat iirc but he would poo everywhere.

Sadly a cat had him somehow, ripped his brain out from his neck.. had to bury it in the rain with the sister in tears, only dug a shallow hole and the thing was as stiff as a board as I was shoving it in there. Memories.
 
Pets At Home talk rubbish. When we bought 2 rabbits for the 1st time they sold us 2 male Dutch rabbits. They said they were very docile and would both get along in the Hutch. Soon after the more dominating one was biting chunks out of the other one. We ended getting rid of the dominant rabbit. Pets At Home seriously don't know what they are talking about.
 
I had a Netherland dwarf called Charlie when I was younger. He was awesome, and lived to 11 years old! As they're so small, they're good for little ones.

This one could be a picture of Charlie:

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Rabbits breed make very little difference, just don't get 2 males together or an un-castrated male and a female.

Also, importantly, it's far far far cheaper to get a male rabbit castrated than a female spayed.
 
Tom0 said:
Rabbits breed make very little difference, just don't get 2 males together or an un-castrated male and a female.

Also, importantly, it's far far far cheaper to get a male rabbit castrated than a female spayed.
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However you need to get both done, as if a female doesn't breed consistent litters she'll get ovarian cysts and tumours by about 4.

Also get two, the only thing worst than a P@H bun is a lonely one :(

Best thing I ever did was get my bun a foreverfriend :)
 
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However you need to get both done, as if a female doesn't breed consistent litters she'll get ovarian cysts and tumours by about 4.
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Never heard of that. Never had any un-spayed rabbits with them either.

Apparently it's very common though, interesting!
 
I had a rabbit as a kid and loved it, great pet if you get one that likes to be played with.
 
I still have no idea how people can eat rabbit, for me it's firmly a "pet animal", it would be like eating a cat.
 
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