Let's get a bunny for Easter!
By 911Ricki
@911Ricki (13588)
Canada
March 19, 2013 10:13am CST
This is getting tiredsoome to read online, especially friends on Facebook. They decide to get their kids a rabbit for Easter.
They siimple go buy it, and don;t research it. Rabbits can live 10 - 14 years or longer, they need a lot of attention, and a special diet in the end cost money and time.
I can;t believe the number of stupid people who think their 3 year old is going to care properly for an animal.
I just posted on a friends status, how she should rethink her deicions and I sat and wrote down everything. The cost, the time, the things that need to be done, this including cleaning cages, medical expenses, things that may come up.
I would never leave a rabbit with a child, I had a friend bring her kids over, and I told her kids if they touch my rabbit they are outside. My rabbit will attack stupid kids, most rabbits will they arn't cute a cuddle they can cause serious harm, I have broken a rib from my rabbit, and imagine if a stupid kid goes and picks up a rabbit (most wont know how to pick them up), and get kicked in the face, or stomach.
She said having a rabbit isn't that much work, so I can guarentee in a few weeks, even month she will be calling me to get rid of it.
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11 responses
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
19 Mar 13
Well that is one pet I wouldn't never want. A rabbit reminds me too much of a rodent and I just know its something I would not want in my house. Any animal you have as a pet is alot of work but a rabbit for a small child is crazy unless you the parent will be taking care of it. I think having a rabbit around a small child can also be very dangerous because a child can be wild and the rabbit could end up attacking the child. 4 people like this
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
19 Mar 13
Is history repeating itself here? It seems last year was a similar thing. It might have been a rabbit or a dog or cat. I remember you trying to talk her out of it. Then in no time she didn't want the animal anymore.
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@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Mar 13
Maybe she thinks since she doesn't have to take it for walkies every day, it's not a lot of work.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
19 Mar 13
You don't see then buying a child a Reindeer at Christmas..so why a Rabbit at Easter? Makes me mad...these people are "hare-brained!"
Surveys estimate...the child loses interest in 10 days! Then, the poor thing becomes a liability...there is a glut of them looking for new homes, and the same hare-brained people that bought them...then let them loose, to survive on their own.
I feel there should be laws that if sold...they must be neutered. Sad, I'm sorry but in my area of Canada...we have 2 areas totally over-run with thousands of feral rabbits..NO homes, NO food..and multiplying. 2 people like this
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
19 Mar 13
I remember seeing a picture with that saying on Facebook.
I vounteer at a local shelter with the smal animals and there are so many that we get from Quebec.
I have 2 rabbits, 3 cats, 2 guinea pigs and 1 hamster. I am sure there will be more in the future.
You are absolutely right people will get them, the kid doesn't want it, so they let it outside, or bring it to the shelter like it's nothing.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Mar 13
hi Ricki you are so right and parents obviously just do not think about caring for the bunnny after Easter. So many get
carried away then want to dump the poor bunnies out in the country or on some ones lawn and just leave. That's no way to treat live rabbits.If they get a rabbit they must learn all abouj what it takes to feed and care for a rabbit.
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
19 Mar 13
Yep, they take care of it for 5-6 days.. then the bunny suffers. I hate easter for that reason.
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@r0ck_r0ck (1952)
• India
20 Mar 13
Well researching beforehand is always beneficial. As i can see all the details you have provided the rabbits doesn't look so cute anymore lol. Anyways, i never had a rabbit and i have always wanted one right before now. I guess i would stick to the plan of getting a dog. :]
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
20 Mar 13
Getting a bunny just because of the Easter. 
I will not do that. In the first place, I don't even participate in that paganistic ritual. Easter is all about the resurrection of the Lord more than ever. It is not about bunny or eggs. So if you will buy bunny just for the Easter and then just let the kids attend to its needs, it is just like being cruel to an animal.
I will not do that. In the first place, I don't even participate in that paganistic ritual. Easter is all about the resurrection of the Lord more than ever. It is not about bunny or eggs. So if you will buy bunny just for the Easter and then just let the kids attend to its needs, it is just like being cruel to an animal.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
20 Mar 13
Just because something looks cute doesn't mean it is easy to take care of it.. just like a baby. I do have friends who thought of this way too but i am not one of those who buy rabbits as well.. i would rather get my kids toy rabbits! 
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Mar 13
One of my cousins has a 5-year-old child and he decided to buy a rabbit for his son. In the beginning his son was happy and he spent a lot of time on the rabbit, but after some time he lost interest in the rabbit. My cousin and his wife didn't want to take care of the rabbit so a few months later the rabbit ended up in s shelter 
I would never give a rabbit to 3-year-old child and 5 year-old child. They just aren't old enough to take good care of a animal
You need both time and money to take care of a rabbit and some people don't really look for information about rabbits, they just decide buy one because they are cute or because they want to use them as a present for the children. It is so sad when people don't think carefully about it before they decide to get a rabbit (or another pet).
I would never give a rabbit to 3-year-old child and 5 year-old child. They just aren't old enough to take good care of a animal
You need both time and money to take care of a rabbit and some people don't really look for information about rabbits, they just decide buy one because they are cute or because they want to use them as a present for the children. It is so sad when people don't think carefully about it before they decide to get a rabbit (or another pet).1 person likes this
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
19 Mar 13
It is, I can a girl I worked with who wanted a rabbit. She thought about it but really didn't the same time. She had it for about 3 months, she did get it fromt the shelter, then complained how much work, and time it took. She suddenly realize having a rabbit, was digging into spending time with her boyfriend or she will be going to college in a year, and doesn't want to bring it with her. She was 19, not this would be worse for a child. I am sure there is an acception, the odd child doing this and caring for it.
I hear a lot of parents complaining of the cost I spend about $800 each month on my animals on necessities. I budget around this, and working other jobs to make it work.
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@catchpazuzu (99)
• Portugal
19 Mar 13
Kids lose interest in thing really fast, animals included. Its kind of a stupid idea to give a kid an animal. Most parent regret it because they're gonna have to take care of it later.
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