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From: daroloson@watmath.UUCP (Dani A. Roloson)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Rabbit advice wanted
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 20:52:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 20:52:39 1985
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[ What do you mean you don't have any saber-toothed rabbits in stock??]

Next month, I am moving into a bachelor apartment and am seriously considering
the purchase of a guard rabbit.
I am considering perhaps a non-albino Dwarf rabbit and would appreciate any
advice from net rabbit owners/breeders.
  
  - Where is the best place to purchase a rabbit?
    Are pet-store ones really healthy?  How do I find a local rabbit
    breeders club? How do I make sure it's a Dwarf?  Are there breeds
    that are more suitable for apartments?
  - I am considering a large wire cage with a deposit collector tray.
    Does the rabbit need a house to sleep in or a place where he can
    sit off the wire floor?
  - Is wise to take a rabbit outside?  Will dogs, cars and other noises
    be too terrifying?  Is park/campus grass sprayed so much that it
    may be harmful?  Does a domestic rabbit have enough instinct not
    to consume something harmful to it, such as a poisonous plant?
    Is worth trying to grow grass or other plants in an apartment
    for the rabbit?
  - Will the rabbit need to breed (like Spock in Amok Time) or will
    it be content with a subscription to Playbunny?
  
Also wanted - name suggestions:
   How about...    Starsky ( ... in Hutch )
          or...    Feature ( It's not a Bugs, it's a Feature. )

 
   Barely resisting buying one now,
             Dani Roloson

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" O.K. no saber-toothed rabbits, how about one that growls loudly? "