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Rabbits are cute, furry and cuddly, and surely an ideal first pet for a child. They are (fairly) simple to care for, and children can learn the responsiblity of looking after a living creature.
Rabbits can be kept as house pets, but it is far more common for rabbits to be kept in a hutch in the garden.
Being simple undemanding creatures rabbits can suffer from neglect, especially if their sole carer is a young child.
Rabbits can be kept as house pets, but it is far more common for rabbits to be kept in a hutch in the garden.
Being simple undemanding creatures rabbits can suffer from neglect, especially if their sole carer is a young child.
Rabbits
To keep a rabbit you will need a hutch, and preferably one with a run attached to give it more room, or a separate run which you can move around the garden. Both sexes of rabbits will burrow, so a rabbit may well escape if you keep the run in the same position on the lawn.
Rabbits need hard feed and greens to stay fit and healthy, and fresh water must be given every day. Rabbits are quite clean animals, and will usually mess in the same corner of the hutch or run, meaning it is fairly easy to keep them clean. Rabbits rarely stale their bed, but will eat it, so you will need to keep it topped up with straw. Hay is not a good bedding, as this is a food substance, and will quickly disappear.
Rabbits need hard feed and greens to stay fit and healthy, and fresh water must be given every day. Rabbits are quite clean animals, and will usually mess in the same corner of the hutch or run, meaning it is fairly easy to keep them clean. Rabbits rarely stale their bed, but will eat it, so you will need to keep it topped up with straw. Hay is not a good bedding, as this is a food substance, and will quickly disappear.
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Rabbits can live up to ten years if they are well looked after. Although one rabbit is normally purchased as a pet, you can breed rabbits easily at home (and in you inadvertently end up with a pair you will find it more difficult to prevent breeding!), but you will not become rich.
A warning!
And this cannot be stressed too strongly! In our experience, almost every family with rabbits suffers the same fate. The children lose interest in these soft gentle creatures, and it is the parents who end up cleaning them out week after week. Whatever the weather.
If you as a parent do not care for rabbits, or do not want to spend your time looking after one, do not purchase this pet. It it cruel to neglect any animal, and animal shelters are full of unwanted pets.
And this cannot be stressed too strongly! In our experience, almost every family with rabbits suffers the same fate. The children lose interest in these soft gentle creatures, and it is the parents who end up cleaning them out week after week. Whatever the weather.
If you as a parent do not care for rabbits, or do not want to spend your time looking after one, do not purchase this pet. It it cruel to neglect any animal, and animal shelters are full of unwanted pets.
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