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Posts Tagged ‘pet rabbits’
Your Pet Rabbit - Spaying and Neutering
Rabbits reach sexual maturity at about age six months. It varies somewhat by breed. Spaying is the surgical procedure carried out on females in which their mature organs are removed, neutering involves removing the testes of the male but not the penis - neutering is not the same as full castration.
There are pros and cons to the procedure for either sex.
Since one of the most common cancers female rabbits can suffer from is uterine tumors, removing the uterus can eliminate the problem. No organ, no possibility of cancer in that organ.
At the same time, as in dogs, removing it drastically…
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Pet Rabbits and Children
Parents will often get a rabbit specifically as a pet for their child. Your child looks at you with those huge eyes and says “please” and the rabbit comes home. But rabbits are unlike cats or dogs and don’t react the same way to child behavior.
Rabbits have abilities that evolved in the species over thousands of years.They’re quick, have sharp claws and teeth, and an flight response that propelss them to flee at the first sign of danger. But those very aids to the rabbit can be harmful to the child.
When a rabbit feels threatened it may bite. Rabbit teeth and…
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Pet Rabbits- Life Expectancy and Other Interesting Rabbit Facts
Rabbits are fascinating creatures, not least becuase they seem at first blush to be so common. But, in fact, rabbits come in several dozen breeds and exhibit behavior that is surprising to anyone who hasn’t owned on.
The America Rabbit Breeders Association recognizes about 50 different breeds, though there are more types of rabbit. But, of course, as a professional association concerned with keeping things orderly they have honestly strict standards. Snowshoe hares aren’t among them, for example. Hey wait, they argue, we’re interested in only domestic breeds. Honest enough. But do the rabbits know the difference?
But all those breeds have one…
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