#easter psa

[laurenpiplupfluff2]

Friendly reminder with Easter coming up that bunnies are a 7-10 year commitment and are not just Easter basket presents for children.

Do your research, and please don't get one if you aren't prepared to take care of one for its whole life. Your kiddos will be perfectly happy with a plush bunny instead.

If anyone has more info or resources they'd like to share, please do!

[nyxsealia]

With Easter approaching, just a little PSA not to buy or give rabbits for Easter.

Yes, they're very very cute, and yes, you can get some adorable pictures of them in Easter baskets. But rabbits are not toys. They are little living beings. They need to be cared for and not discarded. They are not starter pets, and they are not good pets for children. A child cannot be the primary caregiver for a rabbit. They're very fragile, have complicated diets, and can be quite expensive. Rabbits can live to be 10+ years, they are not a short term commitment. They are not low maintenance, and can't live in the kind of cage you most often see advertised for rabbits. They either need a large exercise pen or to be free roamed, aka let them live in your home with you like you would a cat or dog. They are very easily litter trained and can become a member of the family just like any pet if taken care of properly.

Rabbits are very social animals and require a lot of attention, they can't be left in a small cage until your kid comes home from school or you come home for work to play with them for an hour. Rabbits are also not cuddly. They're prey animals, and slow to trust. Getting picked up scares them and they need a lot of time to warm up to you. A rabbit that's constantly picked up or grabbed can become aggressive out of fear, you need to approach them differently than you would cat or dog.

The majority of rabbits given as Easter gifts are either surrendered to shelters or abandoned outside. Please please never set a domestic rabbit free in the wild. Domestic rabbits are not wild rabbits, they do not know how to survive. They will likely die within days of being released.

They can be wonderful pets, but there is a lot of misinformation and misunderstandings about how to care for them, and there are a lot of abandoned rabbits. Most toys and treats marketed for rabbits in pet stores are actually not safe for them.

If you are considering getting a pet rabbit, I am begging you to do your research. Understand the commitment for what it is. A few great resources for learning about proper rabbit care are:

The House Rabbit Society

The Bunny Lady

Sincerely, Cinnabun

101 Rabbits

[victorian-vampir]

Not so friendly reminder as Easter draws closer.

If you adopt a rabbit for you kid just for the Easter season without doing any proper research and with the intent to properly care for this rabbit as long as it lives, you are a shit fuckin person. Same goes for chickens. If the only reason you want an animal is because "it's the season" you're fucking scum and I hope you have a shitty easter.

[briarlovesclara]

easter tip: eat the chests of peeps first! their hearts are in there, which makes the kill save and humane <3

[orcinus-veterinarius]

On pet bunnies...

I’ve seen a lot of great PSAs about pet bunnies at Easter going around, but one very important bit of information seems to get left out.

Though Bugs Bunny would tell you otherwise, bunnies don’t need to eat carrots. Those are “sometimes” treats. But...

Bunnies. Need. Hay.

High-quality hay is the single most important aspect of a pet bunny’s diet. Bunnies’ gastrointestinal tracts are essentially miniaturized versions of horses.’ Rabbit pellets and treats like fresh veggies have their place, but round-the-clock access to hay is critical to your rabbit’s health. Without it, they can become fatally constipated.

[bella-the-fella]

The Story of My Easter Bunny

We got Bella one year ago, on Easter. He had lived with a friend of mine happily for his whole life. Chosen from a regular old pet shop, it was four years until he had to leave his first owner. One of the family members had a rabbit allergy, and he couldn't stay. He found his way into the hands of a biology teacher. I came across him by luck and was offered the opportunity to take him home. "She's the sweetest bunny I've ever met!" Was all the bio teacher would say about him. That's right! We thought he was a girl. Well, we found out a week later he was a boy, and we kept the name since he knew it. The trip to our home was a perilous one. He had to sit outside in his cage, covered in coats donated by my friends to keep him out of the sleet while we waited for our ride. He didn't enjoy the car very much, but finally, he was home! We had a week to decide to keep him. Otherwise, we could take him back to the biology teacher. Of course, we couldn't give him up. We fell in love with him.

Yes, we got Bella on Easter. But he's a lot of work! So if you want your own Easter bunny, make sure you know what you're getting into! They aren't cheap to take care of, and they need attention, lots of play time, brushing and nail trimmings. That's just the beginning. Plus, they live a very long time, which is a big commitment. Bunnies make great pets, but only if you have the time, effort, patience and money for them.

Happy Easter!

[flimsy-roost]

happy easter to the true providers of holiday cheer <3

[ask-sensory-sayori-blog]

Sayori: First off, the idea of giving an animal as a gift is horrible!! Animals aren’t objects, they’re living creatures with feelings and a beating heart! You wouldn’t adopt a kid as an Easter present, now would you? No? Then don’t do that for a bunny either!! The same thing with baby chicks!! You’re just gonna abandon that chick when it grows up!! How horrible is that, just to get an animal to inevitably abandon it when it isn’t cute any more?!

Now, I know some people do this with the best of intentions, but let me tell you RABBITS ARE A LOT OF WORK. They need regular vet visits and lots of room to roam around and be a rabbit! You can’t just stick one in a cage from the pet store! That isn’t enough for them! They poop and pee a lot too! You might even have to clean their litterboxes more than a cat’s litterbox!! And that’s if you can get them to go in a litterbox at all! Some rabbits don’t even like it!!

If you have done your research, and prepared, and are completely aware of what you’re getting into, then yeah! Get a rabbit before someone unprepared buys one as a gift! But NEVER BUY AN ANIMAL BLINDLY. It would be like coming home with a human baby and not even knowing what formula is.

That’s Sayori’s PSA for Easter! I hope you all have a nice holiday! And remember: Animals are people too!!

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