Selecting a Rabbit Breed

Now that I have gone through rabbit personalities and genders, I would like to go over finding the right breed for you. I feel that many people looking into rabbits look for how the rabbit looks, but what about their way of thinking and personality. So today, I will be going over the selection process of a rabbit breed.

1st: Personality

Even though the looks on the outside seem to rule over, what’s on the inside really does matter. If you would happen to choose the wrong breed, the personality would probably differ from your plan that was put together. Personality can really differ from any rabbit, but most breeds have certain characteristics that stick within their genes. Rabbit personalities can really determine whether you will be keeping that rabbit or not.

Even though personalities could differ, I find that you will see a consistent personality within that breed. So please, when you are looking for your rabbit, care more about the rabbit’s personality over their looks. It tends to be the usual colored rabbits that are the sweetest by nature, at least through my experience.

2nd: Health Problems

If the rabbit has health problems, make sure that not only the rabbit, you, and your budget are up for this adventure. Since rabbits are considered “exotic pets,” they cost much more for a check up or procedure. If you would really like to help a rabbit with a health problem, go ahead, just be aware of the money that may be sent on that rabbit.

Health problems that you may find in rabbits could include: Torticollis, arthritis, overgrown teeth or nails, stomach issues, mites, ticks, etc.

3rd: Past Living Situation

Many rabbits will be found to be very defensive and antisocial until the past is revealed. Rabbits can really use one event from the past to affect their temper, personality, and activity level for the rest of their life. Aggressiveness in rabbits isn’t a fun situation to ever deal with, so knowing whether the rabbit used to be in a good situation is important.

Aggression in rabbits can be tamed down after a lot of bonding and patience. I, personally, would love to work with an aggressive rabbit, or just a hard rabbit in general, and see what I could get done deep with that rabbit. Aggression isn’t a nice sight, but turning that around can be a pleasant.

4th: Current Living

Determining whether the rabbit is being housed and taken care of properly in their current home can really determine five main factors:

Sociability
Aggression
Bonding Abilities
Personality
Life span

Sociability: If there happens to be a situation where a rabbit is with an owner that isn’t doing much to socialize, the rabbit will be very lonely, antisocial, and timid near a newcomer.

Aggression: When a rabbit has been treated poorly in the past, any thoughts of aggression will lock in and pretty much take over the rabbit until proper training, bonding, and socializing has been done. Most people that come across an aggressive rabbit would probably agree to avoid the situation, which is what makes this so difficult to deal with, it is a difficult concept.

Bonding Abilities: Any rabbit that you will run into will have a different bonding ability. For example, Oliver is very open to being held and interacted with, while Luna on the other hand, would much rather just be with Oliver and hang out with my sister and I every here and then. Like I said, all rabbits have different bonding abilities, all rabbits will bond in different ways.

Personalities: The personality stated by the adoption worker, breeder, etc. will really tell you whether this is the right rabbit for you. Rabbits can be very submissive, but still hyperactive, it’s just how the rabbit is. You will have to accept your rabbit for who they are.

Life Span: The quality of care from the current owner can determine how long your rabbit may live. If the rabbit is poorly fed and has bad hygiene, feel free to take that rabbit, properly take care of it, and educate the current owner. Contacting animal control could help this situation as well, in any extreme case.

5th: Looks

Last of all, looks. Rabbits can be extremely deceiving. they can look very sweet and innocent, but they really could be an aggressive and antisocial rabbit. Just really be careful and don’t let the looks of a rabbit trick you into getting into an unexpected situation.

Thank you for coming back once again. I will be going on more about rabbit breeds, so make sure to stick around for that. Please come back every other day for a new post and I will get back to you then, bye!

Should I Bring My Rabbits Somewhere?

There is a pretty large project going on in my communications class that has it that I have to do a demonstration speech. I was wondering what you would like. Do you want me to bring Oliver and Luna in for it? Should I do a post on it? What was my experience? Make sure to let me know.

The Good Side of Bringing Them:

A new experience
Teach others hands on about rabbits
Show how great it is to own rabbits
Allow the rabbits to see that meeting others can be good
Allow the rabbits to make new friends
A few posts can come out of it
Oliver and Luna may change my classmates’ views on rabbits

The Bad Side of Bringing Them:

Stress
Anything could go wrong
Aggression

My Take on it All:

The bunnies will be able to experience something different, and I will be able to tell whether they like this kind of event. It could really help me decide whether I would take them for outings and enjoy the land outside of their room. I would also like to see how they do with other people, at my age, petting them. I don’t plan on holding Luna since she won’t tolerate it, but I would like to be able to bond more with Ollie and get him to the point where picking him up and holding him isn’t a bad thing. At this point, Oliver thinks that the moment I start walking with him in my arms, he’s going to die. I can’t blame him for that since that is a natural instinct of rabbits. As long as I stay in one place, he’s completely fine with me picking him up. I really do want to break this habit, which takes time.

Another Point to Add:

I have a person in my communications class that is also dedicating her project to her rabbit(s). She shows her rabbits in the fair and would like to give her recognition for what she is doing for rabbits. I hope that she can also show the positive relations rabbits can give humans as well as I hope to as well.

Thank you for coming back again. I just wanted to make this post to show how there is really a rabbit community and how positive it really can be. If you would like me to bring Oliver and Luna into my class for the presentation, let me know by leaving a like or commenting. As always, I’ll talk to you in two days, bye!

What Gendered Rabbit is Best For You?

As promised, I will be going through the personalities of people and matching them to a gender of a rabbit based off of my experience with rabbit personalities. This will be a reference for anyone looking for the correct gender and age of the new-coming member of the family.

Human Personalities:

Laid back but still energetic. You enjoy a fun and overactive pet to match you and still like the relaxed side of an animal.
Very energetic and likes to go overboard on doing a bunch with your pets. You really would like a good, athletic rabbit with a good bond.
A more laid back person that likes to do a lot with their rabbit but in a more low key way. Taking your rabbit out in public is something more for special occasions.
Someone very willing to take their rabbit with them anywhere, whether others care or not. As long as the rabbit is behaving and doesn’t get out and make a disaster.
Someone who doesn’t want to take their rabbit anywhere and just wants to chill out with their rabbit during evenings for fun.

Rabbit Personalities and Genders to Match the Owner’s Personalities:

A young and energetic male or a more relaxed female rabbit.
A young and very tamed female or a very energetic male rabbit.
Either male or female. It depends on the owner and how energetic the rabbit may be. It also depends on the owner’s handling skills.
A tamed female rabbit or a more adventurous male rabbit, both energetic if anything.
A very tamed male or female rabbit, or senior rabbits of either gender.

Make sure to leave a comment below if this helped you out!

Classifying Rabbit Gender and Personalities With Rabbit Owner’s Personalities:

A young female rabbit: An owner that is around home a lot and is very willing to spend plenty of time taming and taking your rabbit out on adventures.

A young male rabbit: An owner that likes a more relaxed and naturally tamed and social rabbit that is still energetic and likes to go on adventures.

An adult female rabbit: An owner that like to take their rabbit out for long adventures once the rabbit is very tame and used to being handled and transported by their owner.

An adult male rabbit: An owner that likes to take their rabbit out for longer adventures, but more on the safe side since the rabbit will probably be more calm with the entire transportation, but possibly overprotective of their owner.

A senior female rabbit: A great rabbit to keep around home that is still quite energetic for their age and likes to be snuggled and cuddled during spare time.

A senior male rabbit: An amazing rabbit for anyone around to cuddle with a nap-willing companion. Senior males tend to enjoy a lot of time with owners and other rabbits their age, constantly calm and quiet.

Thank you so much for coming back again today. I will be posting more on gender and choosing the correct one for you. I will be posting every other day on this topic, so make sure to come back in two days for the next post. I will be doing a lot more with the bunnies, so make sure to leave a like for new bunny pictures.

What Gendered Rabbit Is Better? Is There One?

Today, to connect with last post, I will be going over if there really is a better gendered rabbit. Last post, I favored both genders, so I would like to go over why I did that post and the importance to the gender.

Why Did I Do Last Post?

Last post was hard for me, knowing that many people would have different opinion and how not every rabbit will be similar if they are the same gender. I was just making the facts based off of my experience, and along with what I’ve been told by other rabbit owners and caretakers.

Why Does Gender Matter?

Many rabbit owners feel that one gender is way different when attitude comes along. I don’t want to side with one gender, because that wouldn’t be fair or rightful. Gender can also play a large toll into how you treat your bunny. Rabbits could be defensive based on gender, which that act will need to be broken. Rabbits are more complex than many think, and I feel that choosing the correct gender can really help.

Is One Gender Better Than the Other?

I don’t feel that one gender is better for everyone, but one gender could be better based on your time, patience, and cooperation. Your rabbit’s personality can play a toll on yours, so I feel that everyone should get a rabbit like them. Some rabbits are more willing but fussy, others are chill, but sometimes too lazy, this can be part of the gender of your rabbit, believe it or not. So in other words, one gender isn’t actually better as a whole, but there is the potential that one gendered rabbit could be better than the other for your personality and time.

Which Is Best For Your Personality?

It all depends on you. Use my last post to compare your personality to the personalities that I listed and explained for the different genders. This way, you could get a rabbit like you. I will be making another post soon explaining human personalities and comparing them to rabbits and matching human and rabbit personalities to see what rabbit is best for one person or another.

*DISCLAIMER* I know that not all rabbits will act the same based off of gender. Some rabbits that are known to be docile and sweet may be the worst rabbit in the world, that’s when the time, personality, and the past problems come in. It really helps to take in those rabbits and help them out so that others don’t get a bad vibe, because there really shouldn’t be anyone afraid of rabbits, they are peaceful animals that can be great for pets.

Gender is all based on you. I feel that my sister probably should have gotten a male, I could have gotten the female. This is because males are more laid back, and females are more fussy. I’m much more patient, so watching my sister try to tolerate Luna sometimes is like torture to my eyes. I absolutely love having Oliver, and my sister enjoys Luna, so it still did work out in the end, but for some people, this would not work out and this is why I did this all on gender, because it can be the break point.

Thank you again for coming back for another post. I will be continuing this little series on picking out the rabbit for you, along with more details on certain breeds, and just more on everything in general. I will be posting every other day so please make sure to come back then, as for now, keep spreading proper rabbit care and I will talk to you next time, bye.

My Experience Between Male and Female Rabbits

Since this topic is very popular when choosing a rabbit, I would like to go over the differences that you may see between a male or female rabbit. Whether it’s characteristics, or even attitude, I’ll fill you in.

Energy Levels:

Female Rabbits: Female rabbits tend to be more energetic and crazy, which can be good or bad. It’s good that the rabbit will be very active, but sometimes it can become a little too much, leading to aggressiveness if you don’t get out of their way, or they get bored.

Male Rabbits: Male rabbits tend to be a little less energetic. They still have the energy in them, they just choose to be more relaxed, compared to hyperactive. This isn’t true for all males, though many, as they get a couple years older, tend to slack off on the energy.

Submissiveness:

Female Rabbits: From what I know and based off of other rabbit owners, female rabbits are NOT submissive. Luna doesn’t like to stay in one spot for a long time, and acts like she’s the queen of the world pretty much all of the time.

Male Rabbits: On the other hand, male rabbits are super submissive. Oliver loves to stay in one spot and just continuously get stroked. I find this is what most male rabbits are like. They will also submiss to other rabbits more often as well.

Sociability:

Male and Female: Sociability has to do with the rabbit itself, not the gender. Though this is true, many find that females are more social and active, but males stay around their owners longer and interact longer.

Willingness:

Female Rabbits: Female rabbits tend to be more willing to do things if they know that it won’t be dangerous. I find that this is because female rabbits tend to be gullible.

Male Rabbits: Since males are more laid back, many of them will be a little more on the lazy side when it all comes to the willingness. Sure they will do what you want them to do, but sometimes, they just don’t want to go above and beyond.

Thank you for coming back once again. If you want more about the social differences in rabbit gender, please leave a like and I will make sure to go into more detail. This will also include what you may match up to best for what rabbit gender. I’ll talk to you in two days, bye!

My Experience With K&R Animal Sanctuary

If you didn’t know, my sister and I got Luna and Oliver from K&R Animal Sanctuary. Since I am going over more story time based posts, I thought it would appropriate to go over my thoughts and experiences with this sanctuary.

What is K&R Animal Sanctuary?

K&R Animal Sanctuary is a shelter, in a way, that will house rabbits, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, and parrots. They focus on finding the best care for strays all over the area. Believe it or not, small animals are dumped on roads when bad owners don’t want their pet anymore, this is where sanctuaries will come in and take care of these rabbits until adopted.

What Was My Experience?

Personally, I had an AMAZING experience with K&R. When we emailed and asked them questions, they were so quick and easy to answer. They would get back to us as soon as possible, and if they didn’t get back when they wanted to, they made sure to make up for it. They were so good about giving us reports on the news for our coming bunnies and they really did show how amazing it is to own rabbits and how following proper rabbit care can make it even better.

How Did They Portray Rabbit Care?

Their rabbit care was amazing for a sanctuary. They made sure to give special attention and time to every rabbit, even on a very traumatic day and schedule. When the worker from the sanctuary was handling Oliver and Luna, you could tell that she really had a gigantic bond with the both of them that was now formed into our bond with the two of them. I feel that if anyone reading this works, wants to work, or used to work at an animal shelter of some sort, make sure to give each animal an equal amount of love and care, because without it, they will never be able to become the pet you, or anyone else would want. They also gave us every little bit of past information on Ollie and Luna and gave us rabbit care instructions and product recommendations, along with good and bad brands to shop and not to shop.

Would I Recommend Getting a Rabbit From Them?

YES! I could just say yes to answer it and be done. They gave amazing care, showed it to us, gave us all of the information and detail we needed, and now we’re here with two little bunnies, to live for years and years to come. I hope that anyone in the U.S that lives in the northern Midwest would be willing to go there because of all animal shelters handling rabbits, I’ll have to say that it’s definitely, with no doubt, their specialty.

Thank you once again coming back for another post. I will still be posting every other day, so make sure to come back then. Please look into different rabbit owning shelters and sanctuaries and tell me what you think, because if anyone from K&R is reading this, they need to get a shout-out because that is how rabbit care should be.

Something I Ran Into Today Playing a Game From My Childhood

Today, after school, I was bored and went on the game Webkinz, which is an online game that you need to get a plush toy to access the code for the animal to be yours. I was on a trivia game and realized one of the questions brought up house rabbits.

What Did I Go To?

First of all, I would like to note that I’ve been working on completing all of the daily questions on the calendar questions in Quizzy’s Corner. I was in October of 2006 (I think) and a question came up about rabbits. This was what I was really happy about.

What Happened?

So if you don’t happen to play Webkinz, you wouldn’t know that after each trivia question, there is a small fun fact about the topic of the question’s answer if that makes sense. When I was in that screen, the fact was that the average lifespan for a house rabbit was 7 to 10 years, and some live to be 15. I was mainly just happy that the game emphasized house rabbits.

What Is So Major About This?

First of all, congratulations Webkinz, you got it right. Even though the span is usually higher, 8-12, they got the right idea. The fact is that this information is out there for anyone who plays the game, meaning that if they would end up running into that question, they may tell it to someone else as a fun fact, or just keep that fact to memory.

Even though this is a very small percentage of people seeing this, I still feel that it is important that fun children’s games can still be very educational and true. So if you are bothered constantly about planning noneducational games, just play trivia games because you never know what type of rabbit care facts you may run into!

Thank you for coming back for another story time based post. If you enjoy this type of post, please leave a like and share this blog with family and friends to spread the word of proper rabbit care. I’ll talk to you in two days, bye!

Oliver Wasn’t Actually Supposed to Be My Rabbit in the First Place… Here’s Why

As many of you know, Oliver actually wasn’t going to be my rabbit in the first place. Today, I will be explaining the situation, why this happened, and how I feel about it now that I have officially had Oliver and Luna for a year.

What All Happened?

Since my sister was already planning on adopting Luna, I was planning to adopt her sister Orla. They were meant to be sold in a pair, so it was all supposed to work really well. That way, the two of them would already be bonded and happy together. The only thing is that Orla still needed to be spayed since she was delayed on getting the procedure. When she was out of the procedure, she wasn’t dealing well with the pain, even though she was getting the pain medications she needed. On the way to the vet for a checkup, Orla died of the spay pain in her carrier. We got an email about it and trust me, it was not the type of news you want to hear after a long day at school.

Why Was Orla So Important?

Since Orla was Luna’s sister, she had a significantly strong bond with Luna, causing Luna to be lonely, which is not what any rabbit owner would want for a bunny. Since Orla was not longer alive, I obviously still wanted a rabbit, (duh, why wouldn’t I ;)? so I went back on the rabbit sanctuary’s website and found a little satin breed black rabbit named Dalston. Dalston is now Oliver if you didn’t pick that up.

Why Did I Choose Oliver?

Oliver was first rabbit that really caught my eye. Even though he is one solid color which many would find boring, I read his description and instantly fell in love. He was described to be a sweet and gentle little rabbit. He is fine with being picked up once he’s in your arms, which is 100% true, and will never neglect a nose rub, which is also 100% true. I knew he was the chill and sweet little bunny I wanted, so my mother contacted the sanctuary and told them that he was the bunny I wanted and they said they would get straight to bonding Luna and him.

How Do I Feel About the Whole Situation Now?

Now that I have Oliver as my rabbit and have always spoiled and loved on him, I don’t see any other lifestyle without him. I obviously still miss Orla and wished I didn’t have to go through so much hurt knowing that the one possible rabbit I was going to get was just so happening to die. I know that this all happened for a reason, and I’m honestly so glad that Oliver is my little bunny buddy.

Why Is the Day of This Post So Significant?

As you may have caught on, this was the day that my sister, mother, and I went down to Appleton, WI to meet up with a worker at the sanctuary and adopt Oliver and Luna. This will always be a day to remember, not to forget that this also happens to be the 100th post on my blog. Thank you for everyone who has been supporting me, from the start, or even if you just joined the journey today, THANK YOU! Your support means so much to me and I really do appreciate it.

As said many, many times, thank you for coming back. If you would like to continue to support my blog channel, along with Oliver and Luna, please continue to come back every other day for rabbit care, story times, and more!

How I Relate To My Researching

To finalize the subject of researching, I would like to go over how I always seem to relate to my research and how it helps me.

How Do I Relate?

Choose an interesting topic
Find some way to connect to the subject
Remember an acronym or phrase

Why Does Relating To Research Matter?

When relating to research, the availability to remember something is opened up. When relating to research, I find that it is more fun, it feels more important, and it allows you to think of other subjects to study that branch off of the first idea.

My Example of Relating to Research

As many of you may already know, I one of my head tilt explanation posts I had talked about how I could relate since torticollis is in humans as well. I happen to have torticollis, causing me to look into it more and be able to relate to some symptoms. Even though my head isn’t 90 degrees tilted, I can still connect to the studies that connect with torticollis problems.

*If you would like me to go over more about my torticollis and how it is compared to rabbit torticollis, let me know in the comments and give this post a like to let me know if you think that it’s a good idea.

Thank you for coming back again for another post. I will be going on to more story time posts so stay tuned for that. I realize that this was a very short post, but I just needed a small summary to wrap up researching. Please share this post with your family and friends to share my word and yours as well.

How to Make Rabbit Researching Fun

Since researching can get pretty boring, here are some ways to make researching more interesting, fun, and relaxing while still getting it done.

Ways to Make Researching Fun

Take breaks in between
Watch YouTube videos on rabbit care
Look at different sanctuaries/shelters, adoption centers that you want to get your rabbit from as a break session
Look at different breeds
Keep the fact that you could be getting a rabbit as your inspiration
Research when your happy

Why Do These Matter?

When you take breaks and look through different shelters on free time, it’s easier to keep going. When you also research when your happy, it makes it easier to continue because it’s a happy and positive thing. By watching YouTube videos, it gives so much to look for when researching for rabbits. There are also very cute rabbit videos for when you are taking breaks.

How to Stay Positive When Researching

Watch cute rabbit videos
Encourage yourself to keep going
Remember that good will come off all the research

Researching is fun if you make it fun. Just remember to always stay positive and researching will be way more smooth and simple!

Thank you for coming back once again for another post. I’ll talk to you again in two days. Until then, share this post with you family and friends.