mum can we have a rabbit ? mum can we have a rabbit ? mum can we have a rabbit ?

No, we'd only ask it be served with our tapas. With a good sangria.

ANDREW: (terrified, boxed in) I have swimmer’s ear!

I'm having a pie tonight. Not rabbit though.

Not the same fish tho! Have you eaten goldfish? Or guppies?

Nice ones. Fluffy black ones.

(this is like when tad said he hated peaches cz they tasted like cat's vomit!! WHY DID HE TASTE CAT'S VOMIT?? no wonder it spoiled the peaches etc etc...)

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He is still a bit wary of us coz he is only a baby and the journey to his new home fwightened him but I'm sure he'll adapt in no time

=:0<

But Dad said we could!

Rabbit's can mate more than once (like dogs) and so it's likely the mother bun mated with two different males - so you've three potential sources of DNA in the offspring. They have mum's DNA and separate fathers. (Not so weird, really - I've fostered buns from the same litter and they've all looked different.)

Check-out the following sites for info. on house-rabbit care:

http://www.rabbit.org
http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/rwf/information.htm

I currently have three house rabbits (well, one's just being fostered while her broken leg recovers, but I'm kinda becoming attached, so she may/may not be a long-term resident) and they're marvelous - just be sure to hide ALL wires (and books) (and blankets) (and carpets) (and expensive guitars) (and electronics) (and walls).

Laura

thanks for that laura, so there's no chance those two rabbits will have the same father? i saw some pictures of the other rabbits in that litter and almost all of them looked different colourwise and furwise. and yes, they can be unbelievably naughty - jumping up into a plantpot twice as tall as them to dig away happily, constantly gnawing away at my shoes, etc but it's all worth it to watch them run around crazily, skidding about on the floor and doing that mad fred astaire-style kick in the air.

Believe it or not, that's a patented move, adorably called the "Binky." It really is damn funny, isn't it?

About the father(s) - no guarantee that they have different fathers, but it's likely - any idea of what the mother looked like? From the above photo, I'd guess that they both have some of the Lionhead breed in them. After that, I'm not sure. But looking at the photo (again) it looks like they've different shaped ears, which likely means different genetic backgrounds. I'm not an expert on this, though.

I would get them spayed/neutered as soon as they're of age - and be prepared for some squabbling as they enter puberty, in the meantime.

Be careful of what they chew/consume - one of my buns decided to eat the stuffing out of the futon - got himself a blockage and spent four days at the emergency vet's, to the tune of ... well, don't want to think about that, so we'll just say it was absurdly expensive. Anyway, watch what they consume and watch their output - no poop for more than 12 hours and you need to be concerned.

Post more photos, when you've the time. Laura

The Rampant Rabbit C/D

£50 in Harrods pet shop!

How does it eat? Where do you put the carrot?

in your driving instructor's trousers...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7084003.stm

"He regularly groped her during lessons between August 2005 and February last year, the hearing heard."

Are driving school pupils locked up in between lessons for months at a time in the UK?

SRSLY, doesn't this mean she repeatedly went back to his lessons at well?

Who has a rabbit? How is it?

i do. she was ill last week - she wasn't eating and we noticed a small puddle on the rug where she'd been sat. if rabbits aren't eating it's a sign that something is seriously wrong, they need to be digesting constantly. we immediately took her straight to the 24 hour emergency vets and they kept her in overnight. the flat felt so quiet without her, was horrible. the vets put a catheter in her ear to pump vitamins etc into her bloodstream. i was certain she was going to die as rabbits react terribly to things involving the gut but she came round and we were able to bring her home two days later, which was amazing, so great to see her bounding and binkying round the flat.

we don't know for sure what it was that caused this. the first vet we saw thought it was something to do with spurs on her teeth hurting her tongue and stopping her from eating, and recommended an operation to grind them down - we weren't keen on this as it'd involve anesthetic and that's a huge risk in itself. thankfully the next 2 vets we spoke to said they didn't think this was necessary so long as she was still eating, so we decided against it.

a couple of days before she fell ill i bought her one of those corn-on-the-cob things for small pets, a real corn on the cob but glazed with something or other. she left it alone for a while but on the morning she was ill she'd eaten a whole load of it. i'm guessing that as corn goes through humans undigested it must have done something similar to our rabbit and caused her some pain. i later checked the small print on the corn and it said something like 'be careful how much you give to your pet, keep it in proportion'. bit odd as it's part of a cob, one huge thing, very tricky to break bits off. i think it was that though, so i won't be buying them again and recommend any rabbit owners reading don't either.

the whole thing cost about £300, totally worth it, thank god for 24 hour animal hospitals. here she is:
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Hold up . . . the rabbit goes for walks . . . on a leash?! OMG.

also . . . the bow!

Awwwww NI I hope she keeps going strong! She looks like a real sweetie. What kind of bunbun is she?

yeah we take her to the local water park! she's a house rabbit so doesn't see much grass, it's pretty funny to see her react to ducks, leaves, ponds, etc

she's a lionhead i think, possibly cross with another breed, she's a proper ball of fluff. i guess all pet owners say this but i've never seen another rabbit as cute as her

Nawwww she's WAY cuter than Super Peanut, for example.

My dog thinks Rabbits are the coolest most delicious things in the world.
Second: squirrels
Third: geese
Fourth: Bikers/joggers
Fifth: anything

I see about three wild ones every morning between the campus parking lot and the offices. They've recently had babies and this morning there were at least eleven of them all eating grass, looking at the weird ICT'ers going to work. Some of the wee rabbits were chasing the ducks who also inhabit the green space and natural waste water recycling moat type thing surrounding our server building.

I always wonder but have never searched on the internet why their tail is so white, when they run away you can see them for ages - how is this supposed to discourage predators?

Kills w cuteness.

also are they the only animal which doesn't have leathery pads on the underside of their feet? it's all fluff all the way round

and i was wondering, if you had a rabbit whose front two legs were withered from birth, would it learn to walk on its back two legs human-style, like that dog who was born with only two back legs? cruel to fuck with nature but i'd love to have a rabbit waddling about the flat like a real-life disney creature

I think they use their white tails to warn each other of baddies? Or maybe that's whitetail deer.

"fluff all the way round" suggests to me you have never actually picked up a rabbit. They will scratch the fuck out of you.

yeah apart from the claws

They will scratch...some of the time. Most lethal are growly females who don't wanna be picked up. My own black rabbit Muggs used to respond to cals, ride on toboggans in the winter, and travel in my bike basket.

Also, fleeing/running rabbits look totally inefficient. Their hind legs are too strong and they jump more than they run, with their back half pushed up way too high every time.
Will see if I can document this one of these days. :-)

what's the earworm this thread's named for from? it is bugging me, now.