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Rabbits as Pets

By fthomas | January 2, 2009

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Rabbits are rewarding and adorable pets but they need a very caring and patient person to be their owner. Many people buy rabbits on impulse because they are cute without considering the life long commitment that they have to shoulder to care for the pet and when the novelty wears off they just discard them as though they are rubbish leaving the little ones to fend for themselves. As a rabbit owner myself, I felt very angry and not to mention sad to hear about this thing going on. In the first place, I also bought my rabbit plainly because of the same reason because it is cute and i also plan to discard it once my novelty wears off but as time passes, I began to love him even though I always have to clear the mess he has made to my house and it is a lot of work to be done.

Firstly, rabbits love to mark their own territory in the house such as spraying their urine or shitting all over the house. That was what happened when i first let my rabbit into my house and i had to spend quite sometime clearing up the mess.

Secondly, rabbits love to chew on wires to sharpen their teeth as their teeth grow throughout their lives. As my home is not wire-proofed at that time, he bite quite a number of my wires in the house and it took me quite a while to fixed it back again.

Thirdly, it is the cleaning and clearing of his cage where i think you and i

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