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My basic info
Breed
New Zealand
Color
Black
Age
Young
Size
Standard (when grown)
Sex
Male
Pet ID
–
Hair Length
short
My details
Needs experienced adopter
Spayed / Neutered
My story
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Here's what the humans have to say about me:
We are still working on her litter training and it is not going terribly well. It is always right next to her box like she is inside, but hanging over the edge, but will not lie, she needs a tile flooring. If you will PLEASE check out her video, you will be rewarded with some real laughter as she finds one of my empty bottles and has a ball using it as a toy.
Adopt her to watch her be a bunny, watch TV with you and let you snuggle her. Be prepared to clean her area, give her hay, hay, hay and chase her to get her pick her up, but she settles in once you get her and she realizes, she is not being eaten.
Spayed on May 18, Here is what we got from the original rescuer:
We rescued her and her siblings from living outside. Her parents seemed timid. I took her in at 5 weeks of age. Always a little timid but friendly. Once her hormones kicked in she became more tense and cautious. Fearful of touch would growl but never bite. I would sit and pet her anyway and offer treats. She gets very excited for breakfast and will binky and run around. She just needs to approach you on her own terms. I was really hoping her spay would change her behavior. She was never in an abusive situation, always felt love. She loves to play and when she is out will run up to you and give nose bonks then do a bunny flop. I think she will do best with a home where she can have lots of space and maybe would do well with another older male bunny.
We find that sometimes a bunny raised for meat inherits a certain personality of distrust. If you pick them up, you are the wolf, coyote, whatever that is trying to eat it. Having a prey animal for a pet is very different but incredibly rewarding. She will be great with someone who knows rabbits, has patience and is willing to take them on their rabbit terms, not try to make it act like a dog or cat.
Just to make it worse as she was being transferred here, it took just one second for a foster dog in the home to take out that piece of fur in photo three. No blood or anything but it is bald. Rabbit fur comes out very easily as a form of protection to get away when grabbed. It also means you have to understand that anything chasing it is going to eat it, including you.
She like her hidey Craisin box more than the cage because like a natural burrow, it has 3 openings, giving her two bolt holes and they love it. We are thinking after this last incident, maybe no dogs, but we are not sure.
The reward of one of these New Zealands can be great. Note that all white and all black rabbits are some of the hardest to place and we have no idea why. The same goes with with black dogs and cats...go figure.
Please go to www,tinypaws.org if you are interested.
