Boating Bunnies?

[smee]

I have two house rabbits which will eventually move onto my boat with me, and I have seen mentions of liveaboard rabbits, but does any one know any/have any, and how do they get on with life aboard the boat.

I have heard they were considered unlucky on ships of yesteryear, but am ignoring that on the basis they were on wooden ships, and probably the rabbits munched through the wood, and I can't see them munching through steel!!

Also does any one know about the new EU ruling regarding free movement of domestic pets through low risk (rabies) areas? And what requirements are needed to take said rabbits from UK to Spain (via road) to get to the boat?



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[Mollari]

Am trying to find out about cats, as they are both domestic pets, I will let you know what I find

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[tcm]

eh? are rabbits domestic pets? I though they were food! I've never heard of a "House Rabbit"! Put the rabbits in boxes marked "lunch" and "dinner" and say you like them raw.

(a bit) seriously I would be v intersted to hear wot sort of rabbiots they are - praps Dutch ones with black or brown "waistcoat" markings?



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[BrendanS]

Kids and their mother think I'm barbaric cos I regard them as food animals, and shoot the damn things cos there are a multitude of them in surrounding area, and dig my gardens up. Came out one morning and mother bounded off, leaving 7 little one trying to get back into burrow that had suddenly appeared 2 ft away from front door!

Source of much agonised face pulling and yuck sounds, and calling me 'horrid' Little one is getting a hutch and pet one in a few weeks time, so I'm getting my gun out if its a lop

The Bunny Murderer

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[Shakey]

There might be some useful info here:

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[tcm]

i used to keep bunnies as a teenager. Mum and dad were ok about it cos we had lots of space, and it was quite "responsible" looking after the thing, building a cage, going round the garden scavenging for dandelions (note - almost never lettuce!) and even charging other people for clearing the weeds but actually only lopping off the tops and letting them grow for next time.

Anyway, the first two i bort had a failry furious fight with each other each time you puttem in the same cage, whioch i was fairly sure wouldn't make them pregnant, but then men and women don't invariably get on very well do they? This happened a few times. Anyway, eventually i got another rabbit and it became obvious that the first two were the same sex, and soon after that it became obvious that they were female.

I am afraid to report that in the ensuing months lots of mates came round to see the rabbits perform and we fell about. But then, i had to start making more rabbit cages, and soon sell the damn things to pet shops. Even so, by the time i left home i/they had.... 67 rabbits.

the bunny pervert
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[MASH]

Stewed with white wine, garlic, sour cream and rosemary.

mmmm!!!

ps. What in the name of heaven is a "house rabbit"????? My mind is beginning to boggle at the thought of what it might be...surely not! Tell me I'm wrong...It can't be, surely?<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by MASH on 06/05/2004 12:59 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Trazie]

Hi,
My sister has a house rabbit but has failed to train it very well so it leaves its mark all over the place. I have a strong suspicion it is soon to become a normal hutch rabbit.
Traz

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[smee]

In answer to the various questions regarding my house rabbits:

House rabbits are rabbits that live in the house, and not in some cold miserable hutch outside! In my case they have a big cage as a permanent residence inside, and have the run of the house under supervision, as they are litter trained like cats. On the boat they will basically have the run of the boat, and hopefully I will be able to dispense with the cage completely.

THey are both lops, one German lop (Smee) and one dwarf lop (Tinkerbell), and are silver and gold respectively and weigh about 8lbs each. They are neutered Male & Female and get on like a house on fire but without the humping!!! Smee is Tinkerbell's second cage mate, having lost her sister (Tigerlily) young, whom she also got on very well with, both were neutered, so no fighting. The only fighting problem I have had was when I had another male dwarf lop Tootles (who also died young), and he fought with Smee over Tinkerbell!

The boat is called Peter Pan, hence all the names!!!

Rabbit with garlic indeed!!! What next hamster pie??? (Mind you they do stew rats in Mallorca!)







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[BrendanS]

>>What next hamster pie??? <<

Had very nice Guinea Pig in Peru not long ago. They breed them as a staple food source

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[Tomsk]

Always longed for a house rabbit or two.. but prefered Flemmish Giants - weighing upto a couple of stone and capable of taking on the average dog!

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What the hell... it's only money!

 

[smee]

Yes I have read that! Apparently it was the Conquistadors (?) that discovered them and brought them to Europe, but as Europeans had big meat such as cows (!!) they didn't use them for meat here, and then the British decided to make them posh pets. Originally they were only pets for the aristocracy and upper classes as they cost a bomb back then!!!



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[Mollari]

To TCM, I don't have rabbits, I have cats (taste like lamb, allegedly)

A few people have birds, what about them, do you classify them as snacks also?

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[tcm]

pets: budgies, canaries, parrots and mynah birds
vermin: sparrow, starling, pigeon, seagull
food: duck, partridge, turkey, pheasant
illegal but tempting food: swan
egg-vending machines (edible in event of failure to perform) : chicken
threat to be avoided or turned into food by others with a gun: Ostrich
snack: McAw (heehee)




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[Nauti Fox]

Ahh,attack bunnies if The search for the Holy Grail is anything to go by, be careful.

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[Ric]

Rabbits are considered to bring instant catastrophe to a boat in France. I once had teatowels with a vaguely rabbity looking drawing on it and a french friend was absolutely horrified and instantly threw it overboard. So don't bring your boat to France...

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[smee]

Aah well, that won't be a problem, I have no misgivings about completely missing France out of my eventual itinary!!!

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[Danthegorrila]

So this is about rabbits?

Not bunnies in the 'beach bunnies' style, a biki clad tart rigging your board for you!

Are well never mind.

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[smee]

Yes this is actually about rabbits, with real ears, furry noses and cotton tails (oh and very sharp teeth and claws - ouch!), not Playboy style imposters with powder puffs attached to their bottoms!!

However, the rabbits do have a bikini clad blonde babe as an owner!!!

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[MASH]

It is hard to believe anything this bizarre could be true.

I keep a dog in a treehouse.

I keep a horse in a theatre.

I keep a seal in the cellar.

Any of the above would cause outrage in the press (particularly amongst the "bunnyhuggers") and certain prosecution by the RSPCA.

How then is it different for a subterranean herbivore to live in a boat?

The mind boggles!



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