Ferrets and Bunnies

hey, my ferret and my bunny are nesting and about to have their babies, my dads being gay and I have to get rid of the majority of the babies, so I figured where would be a better place to find a good home than here... you have to be willing to come and pick them up though and I will pretty much interview you to see if you get one because these are like siblings!! their awesome I would like to release them back to the wild but seens how their the third generation of tame its not a good idea... anyways post in here if your interested

 

have they breed together... are they now FUNNIES? Im sorry that was just they way it read and it sounded so nifty....

 

haha no, I have one litter of ferrets and one litter of bunnies they are seperate!!! lol nice try though and it was nifty... but these are free to good homes! their awesome companions, and I can tell you all ya need to know about raising them and keeping them in good health my oldest ferret is 17 and a ferret is only suppost to have a life span of 8-12 years!! I've never had a ferret die either.. their my buddies...

 

well the one thats having her babies is Molly my Netherland dwarf, but I also have Angoras, Lops (mini, french and giant), English and Rex.. I have atleast a male and female of both ( we have like 17 bunnies)... I love bunnies too, ours are in a special rabbit barn we built their not in cages unless their in heat

 

I forgot about the ones at my grandmothers my mom is like "yea those are yours too.." so I also have a chinchilla 2 himalayans, and a swiss fox, I also have papers for all my bunnies! we have several ones that we do not have papers for so we just call em our heavens hehe, they were rescues but their still awesome!

 

Oh wow, that's a lot of animals. Pure breds too, must be so gorgeous.

I'm sucker for bunnies too, would gladly make a whole rabbit commune in our garden but my parent's won't let me.
So have to settle with the two. They're resecues and not fancy (part lionhead but God knows what else) but beautiful in a unique way.
They certainly won't have babies. Just couldn't bear to part with them.

Good luck, hope they all find wonderful homes.

 

Aww, bless. I'd have happily offered a home for one of the ferrets, I already own one. Sadly, Wales is a liiiiitle out of your area

 

the bunnies were born yesterday morning!!! their sooooooo cute!!! we have 6 as of right now we lost one yesterday =o( but the rest seem to be doing great!!

 

how good of pets do bunnies make? i saw the most beeeautiful golden female rabbit at the pet store the other day and got to wondering. they said it wasnt litter trained or spayed though it was also very skiddish, like when i asked to handle it the lady just picked it up by its neck she was real chil in my arms though letting me pet her, but then when i tryed openeing the cage when the pet store lady left the room she went and hid in the corner from me.

so would i have to keep it in a cage??? i would hate to keep it cooped up in a cage all day... also i have a male kitten who was neutured about 2 weeks ago, how would they get along, its an outdoor/indoor kitty during the day and indoors at night(for now)???

 

it really depends on the person the bunny is with and if they had it from when it was really tiny, just like any other animal. Personally I feel you can train a bunny to do anything you could train a cat to do, our one bunny Mittens is an indoor bunny and is allowed to run through the house she has her own litter pan and everything, she gets along with the indoor dogs and indoor cats just great but thats because we took time to train them and get them used to one another. I do keep most of my bunnys in cages at night to bed them down and everything and make sure no one gets out because Im afraid they wouldnt survive alone in the wild.... but I think bunnies make excellent pets

 

Rabbits make wonderful companions if you treat them right and they learn to trust you. Same as an creature.

Never pick a rabbit up by the neck, they should be cradled under the chest and butt. If they kick out they could break their own back (a design fault of sorts). Not suprised the rabbit wasn't keen to be picked up. They should know better
She'd only just met you and petshops are bad enviroments to judge an animal, too stressful for them.

Once in the home they should settle in quickly. Don't take it personally if they don't fancy getting picked up, ours do quite often. Sometimes they just aren't in the mood (rabbits have very strong personalities) with some trust built up she's be very happy to see you.

I recommend adopting from a rescue; older rabbits are easier to train, possibly already neutred and the staff will be able to give a better insight into the rabbit's character.

It's very easy to litter train them, just plonk the tray where they have decided their 'bathroom' shall be and they'll get the hang of it.
Definetly get them spayed, it prevents cancer and of course more bunnies (cute and all but they need homes)

Any rabbit can be a house rabbit, you'd need to bunny proof the place; cables are a rare delicacy to rabbits. Also block off behind sofas, under the bed etc, unless maybe you want to spend ages coaxing them out.

Ours stay in their hutch when we can't supervise them (if you met Casey you'd understand) then come out and play in the evenings.
They seem to like having somewhere to retire to and usually are happy to go to bed.
Make sure the hutch has lots of room (99.9% of hutches in pet shops are too small) and plenty of toys, or better yet another rabbit, inside to keep them amused.

Some sites I found really helpful....

www.rabbit.org
http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/rabcare.html
http://www.rabbitrehome.org.uk/rabbitcare.asp
http://www.houserabbit.co.uk/rwf/index.htm
forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk (very knowledgable friendly people there, so drop by and ask any questions)

Hope that helps, good luck

 

I have ferrets and bunnies!! babies are sooooo much fun

 

Do your ferrets try to eat your bunnies? You know in England we use ferrets to hunt bunnies? We put things called purse nets over all the holes of the warren, than put a ferret in. The bunnies bolt, and hit the purse nets, which (duh!) purse, and then voila! If you wanted, you could even put the bunnies in cages and not kill them. But that would be illegal.

 

Ferreting, ick, makes me want to spit! I worked in a sanctuary where we got a load of working ferrets that had been abandoned, thin, in-bred little creatures. I adopted one, who has sadly since passed, but she was skittish and it took her AGES to become calm and used to being handled again.
In Britain (note, not just England, sorry, Welsh habit of depsiing being called 'English'), not all ferrets are used in ferreting. There is a large pet trade for them now. I know, my own ferret is a pet.

 

Well, i'd say the opposite about pet ferrets, so each to their own! :-D

Did you know that 'ferret' is just a euphamism for 'weasel'? Seriously; there's no biological difference between a ferret and a weasel; the ferret is just a trained, domesticated weasel. Cool eh?

 

Errr.....no. Ferrets are part of the weasel (proper name: Mustiladae) family, but they are not like weasels.

They are a domesticated form of the POLECAT, which is much, much, much larger than the weasel, which is a tiny little creature. There isn't alot of bilogical difference between a ferret and a weasel, but there certainally isn't 'no' difference.
You think the opposite of pet ferrets? What do you think about them? People quite often pull up false images of ferrets as vicious, untameable animals...and these are the people who listen to old wives tales, and haven't had the pleasure of having a pet ferret.

 

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Well, i'd say that it's a little bit cruel to treat a ferret as a pet. I imagine they'd get a bit bored if they never get to go after any bunnies. To me, keeping a ferret in a cage would be like having a vegetarian dog. ;-) What do you feed 'em? Day-olds?

 

my ferrets were all saved and trust me they arent in cages very long! we've actually wound up expanding a room in the barn just for them now that we have as much as we do, kind of like a miniature habitat.. and when their not there their inside with us playing lol... and most of our ferrets and bunnies get along! its weird.....its just like "doesnt you dog try to eat your cat?"

 

I have two bunnies who are always loose in the house. They have a cage, but it's always open and they just go in to eat. I love rabbits, but have spent more money on them than any other pet. I think that spaying/neutering is a must. It eliminates so many problems with house bunnies.

 

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