Hi - just wanted to come on and air some anguish!! We recently rehomed 3 buns from a sanctuary for my daughter who is 8. She desperately wanted bunnies and so we made her spend at least 6 months investigating rabbit care. She wanted a bunny to pet and cuddle. After our investigations she became very knowledgable about rabbit and realised that they were prey animal etc. and so cuddles might be out of the question.
We went from possibly purchasing a rabbit from a store with a hutch to having my husband build a massive double story hutch with aviary attached and rehoming 3 lovely bunnies who are quite timid and certainly do not want to be picked up and cuddled!!! My daughter has been brilliant and goes out to them at least 3 times a day, sitting in their run, chatting to them etc. she feeds them, changes their litter etc. However I know she is a little disappointed that the she cannot stroke them much.
Today her friend arrived, announcing she has just got a rabbit from a pet shop who is living In her bedroom and who she is cuddling and sitting on the sofa with. My daughters face really broke my heart. We really wanted to do the right thing with our rabbits, but I can see how disappointed my daughter is. We spent so long telling her that rabbits were not like cats or dogs and now she is seeing her friend having exactly that sort of relationship with a rabbit.
I'm feeling quite bad
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We went from possibly purchasing a rabbit from a store with a hutch to having my husband build a massive double story hutch with aviary attached and rehoming 3 lovely bunnies who are quite timid and certainly do not want to be picked up and cuddled!!! My daughter has been brilliant and goes out to them at least 3 times a day, sitting in their run, chatting to them etc. she feeds them, changes their litter etc. However I know she is a little disappointed that the she cannot stroke them much.
Today her friend arrived, announcing she has just got a rabbit from a pet shop who is living In her bedroom and who she is cuddling and sitting on the sofa with. My daughters face really broke my heart. We really wanted to do the right thing with our rabbits, but I can see how disappointed my daughter is. We spent so long telling her that rabbits were not like cats or dogs and now she is seeing her friend having exactly that sort of relationship with a rabbit.
I'm feeling quite bad
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