#you don't know SHIT about my rabbit husbandry keep out of my business

[hungarianmudkip69]

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't put rabbits in small, enclosed areas, nor keep them in cages.

Additionally, generally, you shouldn't pick them up.

Lennon the Bunny on YouTube (link) is an amazing resource for learning about how to care for them.

Look, I know you mean well, but this message is not at all a good thing to send.

You do not know all the details of how I care for my rabbits. Rabbits DO NOT need to be totally freeroam to be happy. My rabbits get time to run around the room their cages are in every day, and their cage is spacious with multiple levels and places for them to hide. I have discussed their living situation with MULTIPLE vets and received nothing but praise for how they are kept.

I do not pick up my rabbits unless they LET ME or it is NECESSARY. Emmet needs to be held to take his medications sometimes (and he doesn't give a shit about being picked up anyways, he never tries to avoid it.) They need to be picked up to be put in the carrier to go to the vet, or to be brushed when they're shedding (they will NOT stay still for it.) The girls don't like being held much, but they love to be taken to the couch or bed to cuddle, and have accepted that means having to be carried. Sometimes they even come up to me to be taken when I open the cage. And every time I go to pick them up for cuddles, I give them the option to leave - they know that if I put my hand under them, I want to pick them up, and if they don't want to be picked up they hop away!

Lennon the Bunny is a fine resource for basic info, but not at ALL the gold standard for bunny care, especially regarding her "playdates" for other rabbits with Lennon and her disdain for people who don't care for their rabbits exactly how she does. I have owned rabbits for nearly EIGHT YEARS now. I have done extensive research, talked with vets, and talked with many other rabbit owners, particularly in the r/rabbits discord. The vet we took Emmet to for his recent surgery said we seemed like some of the best rabbit owners she'd seen. You don't know anything about how I care for my rabbits, and I'd thank you to keep your nose out of people's business unless you see them actually harming their pets.

I don't know, I think they're pretty happy with how they live.

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