Keeping animals at home is a big responsibility. Pets need attention, care and love. Before you get an unusual furry animal, you need to familiarize yourself with the positive and negative consequences of such a choice. The presence of a rabbit in a house or apartment has pros and cons. Therefore, it is also useful to listen to the opinions of pet owners.
Pros of keeping rabbits at home
Not everyone can afford to keep exotic animals at home. If you want to get away from the traditional cat-dog option, you can get cute decorative rabbits. Moreover, there are several positive aspects of keeping animals at home:
- Due to their cleanliness, rabbits always allocate a “toilet” area to the cage. Therefore, it is not difficult to restore order in the home of fluffies;
- animals do not show aggression. If you constantly feed animals by hand and pay attention to them, then after a while they will become attached to their owners;
- fluffy and incredibly soft fur is pleasant to stroke. This procedure always brings pleasure not only to pets, but also to owners;
- Caring for rabbits is not difficult and does not take much time. There is no need to bathe them regularly. Therefore, you can entrust older children with caring for the animal.
Advice! The pet's diet is simple. You can purchase special inexpensive food. To diversify the diet, the animal is fed carrots, apples, cucumbers, and fresh grass.
Rabbits live on average 10-15 years. During this time, pets become real family members, with their own habits and habits. Thanks to the unpretentious lifestyle of fluffy cats, owners often take them with them on trips.
What are the disadvantages?
The appearance of any animals in the house has positive and negative sides. And, if everything is more or less clear with regard to cats or dogs, then caring for unusual animals raises a lot of questions. Before you get cute and harmless rabbits, you need to familiarize yourself with the disadvantages of keeping them:
- You should not count on manifestations of rabbit “intelligence”, even after several years of training. You can teach your furry pet to respond to its name. But you shouldn’t count on the “mutual understanding” shown by dogs or cats;
- To keep a pet you need a spacious cage. The animal also needs time every day to move freely around the house or yard. Therefore, every day you will have to monitor the movements of the fluffy for 2-3 hours;
- In terms of smells, you need to keep in mind that rabbits “mark” territory. The pet does not always get used to the tray; sometimes it may relieve itself in the wrong place;
- Rabbits are rodents, so it is impossible to wean your pet from the need to constantly chew something. It is important to remove all wires and cords from the floor. There is still a possibility of damage to wooden furniture.
The animals are characterized by a nocturnal lifestyle. Therefore, the pet can sleep most of the time during the day, and eat and rustle at night. Rabbits also need daily grooming. If this procedure is neglected, wool will eventually appear on furniture and clothing.
Some notes from the owners' experience
It is the reviews and experience of owners of furry animals that help them decide whether to get a rabbit or not. A few recommendations:
- when traveling with rabbits, you need to prepare the same package of documents as when transporting cats/dogs (a passport with vaccination records and a “fresh” certificate from a veterinarian are required);
- Rabbits are social animals and if the owners are constantly at work, then the animal may not fit into the family, will be scared of everyone and may even bite. Some owners note that the rabbit recognizes one owner and is reluctant to go into the arms of other people;
- If there are small active children in the family, then it is not recommended to have a small pet. You can purchase an animal for a child aged 10-13 years. Small children will not be able to seriously care for the animal and may frighten it;
- rabbits are calmer than female rabbits. Although this feature is also determined by the character of the individual. Fluffies get along well with other pets;
- owners like that the rabbits are not allowed to walk outside, and that minimal time is required for servicing the animals and cleaning the cage.
It is possible to train the animal to respond to its name and to its litter tray. It is worth remembering that a rabbit is an animal that bites and is capable of throwing itself in the face. They also take into account the timid nature of animals; they should not be left alone for a long time. Cute creatures evoke affection in both children and adults. Animals require a minimum of care and always respond to affection and attention. In order for animals to fully develop, it is necessary to choose the right food and arrange a suitable place for keeping them.
