People might be looking into thinking 'God I'd love a rabbit as a pet!'
it is, I think I think rabbits, bunnies make absolutely amazing pets.
They really do.
And around Easter, you see a lot of people going out
just getting rabbits and bunnies bring them home.
And I do think they take a bit more research, a
bit more work that you have to put into it.
But at the end of it, I do think they make amazing pets to bring home.
And is it all about when you say it takes it a bit more?
Work isn't all about making sure that the house is ready for the rabbits.
Or is it?
There's a lot more minding in the month.
You have him at home like you have this bad boy here beside us.
Yeah, yeah.
So we've got something that you want to go to think of when
you're bringing them home to kind of set up that you're going
to have as well as if they're going to be indoors.
They need to be a rabbit proof as well, because rabbits like
the two on cables that we kind of have around there.
So that's one thing
getting excited.
There s o you want to make sure that if you're gonna be bringing one bunny home
the size of money when they're full grown to make sure you have a crate or enclosure
big enough because these guys now so they're only about 10 weeks.
Really?
Yeah.
Does this go in your house?
This'll specific.
One would be one that would be inside of your house.
There.
Where do you Where would you generally keep your bunny actually indoors?
Well, I'd be recommended if you're able.
Tiu know there are some amazing hutch is that you'd
be able to build outdoors heated and again.
You know, rabbits do need bit of vitamin C as well and
vitamin D outside, so picking up sunlight as well.
So it's important to get outside.
But if you if you are going to be keeping them inside,
something like this works really well.
But also, if you have something like that, you want to make
sure they're getting a lot of exercise outside of it.
So you're looking about two hours a day minimum that they're
getting out and playing in a large panel like this, or house
trained where they're running around the house.
Well, So I'm thinking of Derry Girls.
You've see, in the first episode of Derry Girls, what they're
saying they're about to take the rabbit for a walk.
What access?
And you just let them.
Obviously, if it's safe and secure in the garden and they can't escape Exactly.
I mean, if you're taking out the garden, you want
to make sure that it's predator proof, as well.
That you don't have the neighbourhood cats, dogs. Things like that.
So who'd be after these girls, because they're adorable,
but not the good way.
The foxes, dogs and cats.
You know, you would be kind of worried about
those guys because they are prey animals.
So they're normally hunted by other animals.
But they're too cute for that s so if you are going to have them out in exercises,
we said, like you can have the garden inside works really well.
You want to make sure they're able to stretch their legs just like ourselves
in What about in terms of feeding them, then, like you know, the horror storeys
but overfeeding under feeling what to the east and how often
forming rabbits like when you're talking about food?
What?
Yes, so pretty much they're obligated herbivores,
meaning that they only eat vegetables.
They don't get their protein from the type of hay and things that they eat
on their body breaks down S o kind of the big pile that we have there.
There's a bit of straw that's just kind of what they would normally be laying in.
But the hay Yeah, exactly.
Betting.
But their main food that we're perfect performer they're starting to eat some
is that Hey, they eat about 70 80% of that of their whole diet all day.
Be seen a snack around all day and then kind of like your dog or cat.
You feed him in the morning and the evening would be just a little pellets.
You can see a small amount of pellets that they get, and that's
the big one that when I see some overweight rabbit that are
coming in, the owners are feeding too much palace.
How big these fellows growth.
So these air smaller ones, these air lops, they usually not a very specific
breed that kind of mixed breeds, but they're probably going to be getting
about maybe two kg in size, so not too much bigger than these guys.
What about, you know, life expectancy like s.
Oh, that's one of the biggest ones.
People think that they're bringing home a rabbit.
That's only going to be there for a couple of years.
They could live on average, up to 8 to 10 years.
And I have a colleague that has seen one that was a 19 year old rabbit.
So it's a long,
long commitment.
But you know what it is, it's It's a commitment to you.
Don't just run out.
As you say, get a rabbit in a home where we're
gonna put you need to put the homework in.
Yeah.
See what you need to see how the house is set up on.
Make sure your friend like we like we never had pets.
And we've only just welcome Cem pats into our world recently
Luca, Teddy and Ronaldo Pedro, which are two fish on.
It's been a lot, you know?
So to me, you know a another rabbit.
Adnan, There were probably a lot recommend rabbits, but if you would,
I would I think Yeah, again if you as long as you're prepared.
I think the big thing is that they're not just for Easter,
you know, they are, as you said, nearly 10 years.
And I think a lot of people think that they make amazing pets
for really young kids, which wouldn't be recommended.
I think they do make great pets in terms of handling and because,
you know, they are small, you know, they can jump.
You know, this would be good, but generally recommend even when I'm seeing
patients in the clinic will actually sit on the floor with them.
Just because you want to make sure if they do jump, they're not
really appreciate you coming in, Doctor.
Thank you, ladies.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.