if you sign up for their pet club youll get 5% off as well

Andrea, yeah, I have heard that about bunnies. I had a friend in St. Paul who had a big one for a pet and what a cutie. He used a litterbox and was fairly fastidious, but did need to be watched! It was kind of funny seeing this gigantic rabbit hopping down their beautiful staircase. But yeah, I’m not too wild about their wild cousins either…fortunately they keep their distance from the gardens.

Angie, of course after getting him, I immediately did a search on your site because I knew you had one too! And he was warm enough in your critter barn: that’s good news. I’m sure to be bugging you about Bunnies 101 soon enough.

Cheryl, looks like Geomom has your answer for you! I would think they would get along fairly well in the henyard. As it is now, this guy’s kennel (temporary) is on the floor of the shed and Patty and her babies use the shed at night…they sniff at each other. He seems to like their companionship as they sleep right next to his cage. But yeah, you might want to do a bit more research about co-housing!

Ed, sure we do. She’d need to do critter chores too, would she mind?? And we’ve got a pool and the beach, quite fun for 9 year olds.

Thanks, Linda! He’s really fun so far. And I like anyone who likes my produce…

Jules, if it were up to my daughter this guy would likewise share her bed. As it is, he’s an outdoor bunny, complete with litterbox! I like the name Twinkie though…

Ugh, Geomom, I got your comment too late to put it into action. What we knew is we needed to get another young rabbit, pronto, to avoid the fighting…so that is what my husband did. Normally I avoid the puppy- and bunny-mills too but this was so not my doing. And it sounds like people aren’t quite always prepared to handle how rabbits just “are,” as in, they chew, they do need exercise, etc. It’s too bad really; I am glad to hear you lent your time to the rabbit rescue…and thanks for your information, about cohabiting with chickens as well!

Laurene, yep, that’s what they do. Though I haven’t seen Edie bring home a rabbit, squirrels, gophers, voles and mice are fair game. (She’s not caught many birds though thankfully, just a sparrow or two and we have plenty to spare.) Don’t dally on the spaying of Shaft, though! That’s how we got our first (evil) black cat, Echo: my friend waited to get her barn litter spayed and in the interim mama cat went catting around! Have fun with them all. I love cats, but do have limits, like Echo. She’s truly evil.

I just picked up half a rabbit carcass neatly severed across the spine that our recently adopted (’cause I fed her all winter) little black outdoor cat — Shaft — left on the back porch. She had 6 kittens the last week of April and has been teaching them how to hunt to the tune of several birds, rabbits, moles, voles, a chipmunk & God knows what else. (This is what cats do, so folks at PETA, please don’t write me). And this is all in addition to being fed both kibble & canned food twice a day (as she’s still nursing).

I’ve fallen in love with her & her kittens & hope we can keep at least a few. I have pics of them on my Facebook page, if you’re interested. I’m waiting for her to wean her kittens so we can take the whole bunch to the Humane Society & get them neutered/spayed.

And they can live with chickens. I just saw some happily co-existing fowl and rabbits at a strawberry farm.

She moved out to her bunny condo when she insisted on peeing on the bed. She had it made, big condo, warm house, lots of old hard biscuits, cardboard and cheerios to chew on.

I love the cat/bunny pic. She looks like she’s hunting.

Good luck with the bunny, they are great company.

Linda
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