What to do with pet rabbit?

[jeffrefrig]

My daughter got this "free" pet white rabbit where she worked Christmas of '19. Looking for ideas what to do with it. Nobody wants it. I have a couple ideas that wife doesn't like. One includes the recipe for hasenpfeffer, but he's kinda small. Another is to build a large chicken wire fenced-in area in the back yard and set up a trail cam. I'm in the city but we still have hawks, falcons, bald eagles, and coyotes. Nature film. That would require ME to buy another roll of fencing and stakes...again, no from wife. No 'shrooms came with the rabbit so I can't put it back in the 1967 album from J A. It just seems cruel keeping it in some cage. (BTW, I would not kill Snow as mentioned above. I like some animals.)
Any ideas appreciated.
My Daisy, the crazy lovable Weimaraner would love to play with Snow, but I think she may not know her own strength, even at 13 years old.

 

[SteveA]

My sister got one when we were kids. My dad kept buying 50 lb bags of rabbit chow thinking the thing wouldn't survive a bag. As I recall, darn thing lived 13-14 years.

 

[quikdraw67]

See if there is a local domestic rabbit rescue.

I would think that in a metro area as big as the Burgh there would be some.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My youngest and her family raise show and pet rabbits. She said to contact a local 4-H Club and they can advise you.

 

[moosedog]

Since it's domestic, I guess you can either cook it or send it to a shelter.
Good luck, don't want to break the daughter's heart. 4 H Club sounds good.

 

[s&wchad]

My brother and his wife had a huge longhair rabbit. It used the litter box, but terrorized their cats and chewed electrical wiring near the walls. He named it Hasenpfeffer…

 

[soFlaNative]

I see four lucky charm karmas from you soon...

 

[PatriotX]

 

[H Richard]

The local pet rescue center will probably take it or offer suggestions. (I'm more partial to fried with mushrooms).

 

[MRB1]

Give it to the local zoo. Just don't ask what they'll use it for.

 

[billwill]

Poor cute little bunny, I bet he knows you guys are talking about him. My wife wants to wage war against our yard bunnies that think her plants are part of the rabbit drive through.

 

[sigp220.45]

I had one that had the run of the house. I locked it in the bathroom at first until it had to do its business in there, then I put newspapers down in that spot and it always went there.

Enjoy it. They are great pets.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

A friend and I raised rabbits for food in the mid to late 1980's. When we were done and the market sized rabbits were made into freezer bundles. That left our bore and three huge sows. Just one of those sows has more meat the a 25 pound turkey, and it is all basically white meat! It fed our family of 6 and guests for a main feast and several meals of left overs.

Warning: Just don't use it with garden vegetables in soup! It turns out many people don't like hare in their soup.

Ivan

 

[jimmyj]

NEVER gave a name to something you are going to eat.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

NEVER gave a name to something you are going to eat.

The guy I raised rabbits with, his 10 year old daughter had Henry since he was a little hopper! Henry was a Mini-Losopsis (sp) and was house broken, and would come to his master when she called him, he was the friendliest rabbit I ever saw! But Henry started hanging around those lusty does and that ever randi buck; and Henry started marking his territory on everything and everybody!

Being the kind hearted people we are, Kelly didn't have to watch as Henry was prepared for my freezer. She also didn't have to expierance how delicious he was with carrots, onion. celery, and potato's! I made a point to tell my kids not to mention Henry around Kelly ever again. But I think number 2 son spilled to beans, she was mad at him into her 20's!

Ivan

 

[arjay]

An older couple next door bought a couple of rabbits for their granddaughter,but they weren’t tame and she lost interest. When they moved they offered them to my 3 yr old son. We weren’t able to tame them either so they lived out their lives in the hutch,eating and pooping up a storm. They died a few years later in midwinter when the ground was frozen so they got shallow graves. A few days later the neighbor girls were over playing out back when they started shrieking “Sandys got Barney,Sandys got Barney!!” And she did have him.Barney was one flat frozen rabbit and Sandy (the dog) was racing around the yard,tossing him in the air and just having the best time. The missus was yelling at me to do something,but I was laughing too hard

 

[LostintheOzone]

I live on a gravel road 14 miles from town. I had a neighbor who had pet long eared rabbits, lots of them. He got tired of feeding them, or maybe couldn't afford it when he lost his job. IDK. Anyway he turned them all lose. I guess there just wasn't enough coyotes, hawks and owls in the neighborhood to dent the population that seemed to double every year. They burrowed under a neighbors house and generally caused everyone in the neighborhood to be annoyed at this guy. Eventually after a genocide campaign they were gone. Same thing happened to a bunch of very large multi-colored pet rats he turned lose. They loved to nest in my tractor and chew up the wiring.

Whatever you do don't turn it lose in your neighborhood. Florida is full of pet pythons. I know you aren't in FL but it doesn't matter.

 

[Golddollar]

A friend and I raised rabbits for food in the mid to late 1980's. When we were done and the market sized rabbits were made into freezer bundles. That left our bore and three huge sows. Just one of those sows has more meat the a 25 pound turkey, and it is all basically white meat! It fed our family of 6 and guests for a main feast and several meals of left overs.

Warning: Just don't use it with garden vegetables in soup! It turns out many people don't like hare in their soup.

Ivan

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[carpriver]

Stew, carrots, celery, potato's, onions, and good brown gravy.

 

[Llance]

Wild rabbit, tastes better than chicken.