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We had a visitor in the back yard early this evening. This is a young white-tailed jackrabbit (which is a species of hare, not a true rabbit) probably from this spring's first batch, so he's probably about 3 months old. The proportions are different from an adult. This species is also known as prairie hare or "white jack", or just "jack" hereabouts.

This one was sitting in the long grass and then sat up when I came into view. He wasn't scared, but kept a wary eye on me. Pardon the lousy picture quality; I didn't get out the Big Lens so this is a tiny crop out of the middle of the frame. I have a little video I might post later.

Of course, he immediately started being cute(r), having a bath, after I put the camera away.

Pardon the weeds; it's been too hot and humid to mow lately, and I went chemical-free a few years ago.

#wildlife #UrbanWildlife #jackrabbit #hare #WhiteTailedJackrabbit #PrairieHare #jack #SK #YQR #prairies #Canada #RabbitsOfMastodon

I wanted to save this for Bunny Butt Friday, but (a) I'll forget, (b) the Mastodon web UI doesn't expose the scheduled-post functionality, and (c) I think this qualifies as toes-out.

This is George.

George is a Big Bun.

George is a Wide Load.

Sorry for the mediocre photo; it was taken in low evening light.

#sploot #ToesOutTuesday #BunnyButtFriday #HouseRabbit #RabbitsOfMastodon #WideLoad #BigBuns

I did it! I did it!

I finally got a picture of George doing his eating-out-of-his-bowl-without-getting-up without him reacting to me and ruining the pose.

He will frequently eat most of his breakfast or dinner this way, fully laid out on the carpet, almost splooted, with his head over the edge of the bowl into his salad.

This is probably one of the reasons George is so blobular.

#rabbit #RabbitsOfMastodon #HouseRabbit #blobular #TheBlob #lazy #salad #mutt #large #BigBun #BigBuns

@solonovamax

Toys / chew-things. Bunnies need to be busy, or they can get destructive or even mean. Cardboard boxes they can hide in and do "#bunstruction" on. I like to close them up and cut a little tunnel hole on two sides so it's like a burrow.

Safe chew toys - stuff intended for rabbits, not full of chemicals. Wood or wood-adjacent things like wicker. You can get little houses/cottages of thin plywood that slot together that a lot of them like, and they double as hidey-holes.

Read as much as you can about house rabbits - the House Rabbit Society (rabbit.org) has a lot of good info on care, behaviour, etc.

Social interaction. Rabbits are social creatures. Get down on the floor and play with them. Play with rabbits is different than dogs or cats - those are both predators, while rabbits are prey animals, and have very different psychology. I wrote a long thread about thinking like a rabbit (and crammed it full of cute #photos of some of our rabbits so people would actually look at it 😀 ) that starts here:
https://mindly.social/@cazabon/109882459730036423

You may want to think about a second rabbit (though read up about bonding first), because of the social aspect.

There's a good, active community of house rabbit ~~owners~~ servants in the #fediverse. Tagging posts with #HouseRabbit and #RabbitsOfMastodon will get you a lot more visibility.

But probably the single most important thing: get them #spayed or #neutered! Find a vet specializing in rabbits!

#HouseRabbitSociety #HRS

#EddieUndFred

#DogsOfMastodon #RabbitsOfMastodon
#Hund #Kaninchen #Dog #Rabit #Perro #Conejo #Hond #Konin