aurielssong:goodbyeglamoroushallucination:OH MY GOD FROM OME BUNNY OWNER/PET STORE EMPLOYEE TO THE N
aurielssong:goodbyeglamoroushallucination:OH MY GOD FROM OME BUNNY OWNER/PET STORE EMPLOYEE TO THE NEXT, PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND!!!!!Because that time is coming around again! Everyone please think before you buy a bunny! They are a lot of work and don’t deserve to be bought for easter and then released/neglected/or given up. If you buy one then you are committing to it for its short 10 years of life. My rabbit is 2 years old now and though we may not always get along, I still love his fluffy ass.OH MY GOD THANK YOUi was actually supposed to give a presentation to my school about this last year but then,,,, covid-Hey!!!! PSA!!!! Bunnies are a huge committment!!!! They are not easy to take care of, or good starter pets!!!! They aren’t always super cuddly either, and most bunnies absolutely hate being picked up!!!!Do not adopt a bunny for Easter. Bunnies are a big commitment! They need litterboxes, and they need to be litterbox trained. They need time outside of their enclosure and people (or other buns, if you do it properly) to play with (they’re very social animals)! They have specific dietary needs—the whole carrots thing? yeah, spoiler alert, carrots are very bad for bunnies. And they’ll require these for 7-13 years. Bunnies aren’t stuffed animals or decorations or easy or whatever. They’re living beings with a lot of complex needs.You know what’s horrifying? Every year, people adopt rabbits without knowing what they’re getting themselves into. And you know what happens then? The bunny has an awful life, sometimes in too-small enclosures, and often with no companionship! Why? Because their owners weren’t prepared and were irresponsible! You know what else happens? The bunny gets returned to a shelter. You know what else happens, arguably worst of all? They release their bunnies into the wild. I don’t know if I can explain how bad this is. Firstly, you’ve seen domestic rabbits. Some of them are like… bright white, or orange, or something like that—none of which make it easy to stay camoflaged in the wild. Secondly, wild rabbits and domestic rabbits are incredibly different—in fact, they’re so different that they’re practically different species, and they cannot cross-breed. Domestic rabbits cannot survive in the wild.You know what I did before adopting a bunny? I did months worth of research, volunteered at a farm to get experience working with them, and talked to my parents about exactly what my responsibilities would be. You know what I did before adopting a second bunny? Even more research. Bunnies are not easy. They can be great pets, of course, but they are a huge commitment, and they’re not some spur-of-the-moment thing to just… adopt for easter.You know what you can do for bunnies around easter? Encourage local shelters, farms, breeders, and pet stores not to let bunnies be adopted around Easter time. This will greatly help the problem.For more information, I would highly recommend checking out the House Rabbit Society - they have a lot of really useful info.TL;DR: Rabbits are a huge commitment! Not some stuffed animal that you can get for Easter! Do not adopt bunnies for easter, and discourage the people you know from doing that as well! -- source link
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