Rabbits!

[Bunnylady]

Gooood boy, Lewis! (and good on you, too!)

 

[User395221]

Gooood boy, Lewis! (and good on you, too!)

He was good when I picked him up, he didn't try to jump down, he was quite "cuddly". I suppose it was a bit of an "adventure" for a domestic pet to spend a night in the "jungle" but he was happy to go back to being cosseted.

 

[AxolotlLove]

He's fine, I went out first thing and he went into the back shed.  Went in behind some "stuff" that wouldn't let him keep going out the other side, he had to turn back towards me and I picked him up then.  He more or less followed your instructions, all by himself 

They had some huge bird nets up at a bird shop I visited the other week.  I was going to get one in case I needed to use it on a chicken (my big girls are tamed, but my young ones maybe not so much).  It is now top of my "to buy" list.  Lewis isn't wild, as you say he was just doing his bunny "I'm prey, better get away" thing.  He would come to me and take some treats, but he didn't want to be "grabbed".  A foot out of reach is enough to have succeeded with that. 

(I've no doubt that my anxiety to get him inside was being semaphored to him.)

Have you researched how to look after bunnies?  Will you keep them separate?  They won't automatically "get on".  You might be better off looking at adopting a bonded pair rather than 3 girls. 

Anyway, to answer your question, you might like to consider the same breed as my star of "Prison Break", Netherland dwarf.  Lewis is a black otter, but there are other colours. 

(You should consider temperament over looks.  Although bunnies look "sweet and cuddly", they may not be, and some breeds are very independent and shouldn't be the first option for a new owner.  Hopefully any responsible breeder won't sell you a "non-pet" type, but also do your own research first)

Looks aren't why I need shorthair. I'm getting rabbits that have been together forever. My local farm store (very reliable, most my animals are from there, they have a breeder for every animal) has a lot of rabbits. I've done all my research. I'm thinking if the names April, Maya, and Clover

 

[User395221]

I'm getting rabbits that have been together forever.

Are they adults, or young buns? Things can change when they "grow up". Anyway, not trying to suggest you haven't done your research, just sounding a warning in case you didn't know. I know I adopted my bunnies without knowing many things that I found out after I had them. Too much information is never a problem, IMO. I'd rather people tell me stuff I already know than miss learning something I didn't know and needed to.

Where are you going to house your bunnies? Indoors? Will they be "house bunnies" or outdoor bunnies?

 

[tracyjg]

It's always better to research. And look around. Really look at the rabbits. Not just color size or sex but how the rabbits move about. With siblings or in the cage for sell like pet store your local feed store. If your getting it from experience breader look up frequent questions start asking them. Read books read about them on the Internet. Try to get rabbits close together in age .or the social or they loud or mellow.or the class clown. Or they in popular group or they in bottom group or therapy rabbits group. There's different groups ( like seeing eye dogs but in a rabbit) what I mean therapy animal or an animal that will be trained to help people like children sick or injured people older people. Or you going to breed them. Or they going to be food when they have kits. Ect or just pets.

 

[blondie34]

Hi! I'm new to bunnies! I'm getting 3 before Easter, id like 1 rabbit with small ears that stick up (I'm so sorry I don't know breed names all I know is English Lops and LionHeads) and 2 lops. All different colors, I'm getting all does. Anybody have any suggestions on what breeds? I want short hair!

There's a lot of factors that go into selecting breeds.. will you keeping them as pets, showing them at fair, eating them, etc? If they're to be kept as pets, do you have small children? If so I've found lops to have some of the most calm temperaments and are very docile as far as handling goes. No matter what, if you want to bond with your pet rabbit you've got to put some time into it. If you're planning on bonding the three does together I'd also suggest getting them altered as that really helps with any hormonal aggression. Bonding unaltered rabbits can be done, it just takes a lot of time and A LOT of patience. I have a doe and lionhead lop that are unaltered and are now inseparable but it took a long while before we got to that point. (Lots of supervised bonding sessions and watchful interactions over months of working together with them)

 

[tracyjg]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Large-16-Pane...ypen-Kennel-Yard-New-/381337314865?nav=SEARCH It will be here March 8 2016. I can separate into two. How would I split for all 8

 

[tracyjg]

It all I can manage at the moment. It's better then it is now.its half of my check these week.

 

[blondie34]

I wanted to share a picture of my little diva Lionhead

she's a real hoot. So much personality! .. she was sold to me as an aggressive little thing but after a lot of one-on-one time I've gotten her used to handling and snuggles. She took extremely well to litter training and even gets to come on the couch for TV time at night

 

[crissycriss]

She is beautiful!!