07-12-2019, 09:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-12-2019, 09:25 PM by Mattias Westlund.)
As you may know, when it comes to pets I'm a cat person. I generally don't dislike any animals, but cats I get better along with than e.g. dogs. Ever since me and my girlfriend moved in together a year and a half ago, she's been nagging me about getting a rabbit. My experience with rabbits is largely negative. We had a big fat specimen when I was a kid who was just boring and unsociable. A childhood friend of mine had a small black rabbit who was extremely nervous and would bite you whenever you got near it. So unsurprisingly I wasn't keen on the idea. But a few months ago I finally folded, saying "OK, fine -- I wash my hands of the cleaning of cages and litter boxes and all the chores, but if you really want a rabbit, get one". So she did. Guys, meet Märta.
Little did I know how social, silly, inquisitive and surprisingly intelligent creatures rabbits can be. She's been with us for around three months now and I must confess I was completely mistaken. Her bunny highness has really won my heart. It took some time adjusting to rabbit peculiarities -- if you know just cats and dogs they're unintuitive, since they're prey animals with very different behavioral patterns -- but once I started getting a grasp of how she works, she certainly grew on me.
Anyone else here who owns or has owned rabbits?
Little did I know how social, silly, inquisitive and surprisingly intelligent creatures rabbits can be. She's been with us for around three months now and I must confess I was completely mistaken. Her bunny highness has really won my heart. It took some time adjusting to rabbit peculiarities -- if you know just cats and dogs they're unintuitive, since they're prey animals with very different behavioral patterns -- but once I started getting a grasp of how she works, she certainly grew on me.
Anyone else here who owns or has owned rabbits?