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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Repost: What Bunny Breed? More about bunnies?

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    • BunnyRabbitMania
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        Reposting because many people misunderstood me. Please read below, and then the end in bold, so im not misunderstood. Thank you

         

        Alright, so I am going to tell you a little bit about my home and the breeds available to me.

         Housing:

        Although it is not recommended to keep rabbits outside, that is where my rabbits will be staying. Now, before anyone starts explaining the dangers, etc, lets me explain how they will be living outside.
        When I was a kid, (MOD EDIT) we had a wooden playhouse built that was more like a small house. It had a bottom level (completely closed in with windows and doors) and a top level, (completely closed in with windows and doors) The rabbits would be staying on the top level of this play house, All play items and open doors have been closed in so its just a small room now. 6 x 5 or bigger. Due to the houses pentagon shape, im not 100 % sure. There is a couple of windows and a latter that leads up to the door. We are also considering adding shutters to the doors and windows (are covered in chicken wire) to close and latch at night and in bad bunny weather.

         Loneliness:

        We are planning on getting a bonded pair of Rabbits, so when I am not outside, they have each other to keep them happy. I will go out twice a day, rain, snow or sun Once around Lunch and once around dinner. They will get veggies 4+ times a week, and each time I go out I will fill water and hay racks. On sunny days, the rabbits will have a play pen they can go out into, and I will be in there the whole time watching to prevent birds or other dangerous animals from getting them. They will have lots of toys and a box or wooden house to sleep in. They would have seperate food & water on opposite sides of the cage just in case of territorial issues.

        Our Weather:

        As living in North Carolina, we have no dry season. Our winters usually stay 20 degrees above (Fahrenheit) and our summers barely make it up to 100 degrees. Spring and Fall are Warm and Cool. Perfect rabbit temperature. If it does get below 20 or above 100, If it gets to hot, we’ll use a frozen ice pack or water bottle and ice in there water for the hot months or bring them in if it gets to cold. How cold is to cold? We are able to house them in the garage if we have do. There housing is usually very cool anyways, but we want to do whats best if the bunny. If it is just way to hot or way to cold, i could probably convince my parents into letting them stay in our bonus room.

         Breeds available:

         Which are the friendliest, and best breeds for our home?

         

        Netherland Dwarf Rabbits
        • Mini Lop Rabbits
        • Holland Lop Rabbits
        • Dutch Rabbits
        • Mini Rex Rabbits
        • Lion Head Rabbits

        ^ How big do each get? We want smaller ones, no bigger than 4lbs. I am a first time owner.

        It looks like i’ve come across completely wrong. I am not only going to be outside just to feed. I want bunnies for social reasons! One of my friends has bunnies, and thats the whole point. To have a pet as part of my family, and to play and be with them all the time. I was saying, they WOULD be fed no matter the weather twice a day, if there is thunderstorms or very bad weather, I might not want to spend as much time out there. In overcast weather, snow, or anything but thunderstorms, I’d be out there as much as possible at least 2 hrs or more a day.

         

        The Buns would be adopted from a shelter as I want to save a life, and hormonal aggression is NOT something I want to go through.

         

        Also, for those who thought the bunnies would fall right off the playhouse, it is completely walled in with 2 large and 1 small window, and a door. The 3 windows are covered in chicken wire and we are seriously considering adding shutters to the 2 large windows and the door for hot, cold, snowy or rainy weather. There was a old later that connected the 2 floors together that has been taken out and the hole has been covered with wood (no way a bun is getting through there) The door is on the outside, and we’d have a piece of wood about 2ft high in front in case a bun tried to escape.

         

        Sorry if I was misunderstood.. Some of you guys are really making me feel like I am a animal abuser. I’m glad i’ve read and done lots of research or else I probably wouldn’t have known about the high cancer risk in unspayed bunnies. Also the types of issues and unwanted behaviers you can run into.

         

        Preferably, we want a spayed/neutered bonded smaller pair, but if we find 2 bunnies not bonded, we will do our best to bond them properly.


         




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          Please do not post multiple threads on the same topic. Feel free to add this info to your previous post though!

          I’m going to lock this and direct people to the ongoing thread:
          https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/128271/Default.aspx

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