Easter is Coming!!

As everyone knows it's that time of year again! Mum said the other day that she went into the pet store to get us some hay and she said that there was triple the amount of bunnies at the store! This obviously upset me, as I myself was brought in for this purpose. Many people every year see these cute little bunnies in the stores and bring them home as Easter presents thinking they'll make great pets for their children. What they don't realize is that the cages that are marketed at the stores are far to small for us once we grow up, that we CANNOT be fed just a pellet diet, and that we need a lot of attention and care! We cannot be left in a cage all alone all the time and ignored. We are very demanding creatures.

Rabbits must be fed a mostly green diet, supplemented with hay, and pellets and the occasional fruit. We need a large cage to stretch out with a litter box and preferably a place to hide. Wire bottom cages often hurt our feet and can cause orthopedic malformations which cause us lots of pain which often goes unrecognized as we like cats, tend to hide our pain. We need attention! We are social creatures that love to be around our owners, and we need to be carefully monitored because we get into trouble if left to our own devices! I myself love to chew on carpet, and Poptart enjoys chewing everything in sight!

I was bought as an Easter present, but Mum had had a bunny before so she knew what she was getting into. Mum thinks that Poptarts mom and dad were Easter bunnies as well. They were abandoned on the side of a road with other buns.

Every year several buns are surrendered to shelters, abandoned on roads, in parks etc because they are not wanted anymore. Children get bored of us because we get scared and are afraid of their rough handling. We cannot survive in the wild, we do not know how to scavenge or find water on our own! Many rabbits in shelters get euthanized due to the high numbers. Unfortunately rescues are often overwhelmed with rabbits and have to turn us away.

Please my family begs of you, if you are going to get a bunny this Easter, please do your research, find a rabbit savvy vet and adopt! Check out our local rescue http://www.newmoonrabbitrescue.ca/
As always please spay and neuter your bun!!