Can you teach a bunny tricks? Talk? Rollover? Play dead? :P

[PeeluckyDuckee]

It'd be nice if we can first train her not to pee all over the place when we let her out of the cage, especially when the potty's just right beside the corner where she mostly pees at!!!
They don't say much, do they? She's all by herself right now, if we bring in another "boy" will they talk?

Don't really know much about pets, this one's my sis'

Plucky

 

[Aenygma]

Yup.

We have a minilop, she is never caged. She has free roam of the house, and 3 places to do her bizzz ness.

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

lucky you we have to wash the floor every time after she's let out.

they seem to lose a bit of fur, is it seasonal??

 

[telstar1]

Step on it to get it to play dead.

 

[tcsenter]

<< She's all by herself right now, if we bring in another "boy" will they talk? >>

Well, yes! They'll do more than talk. Bunnies are funny, its very difficult to train them to do anything other than do their business in the right place. They can be very fickle and fidgety. We had a bunny that LOVED to play, but he had an attitude too. If you messed with him when he wasn't in the mood he would THUMP the floor with his hind leg. That's bunny talk for "I'm not in the mood for your crap today", I guess.

Some reading:

House Rabbit Society

Rabbit Care

Rabbit FAQ - Litter Training

Complete Rabbit Care

Even though our bunny was litter trained, he still left an occasional pellet or three around the house. Not sure if that's normal, but as long as he didn't urinate anywhere but his "designated" area, we didn't mind.

 

[JayHu]

thanks for the links.. ive been wanting to train my rabbit for 9 years.. it might be a little late for this one though

 

[erikistired]

when i lived at home we had a rabbit that lived in the kitchen named jack. he was trained to use a litter box, and to not leave the kitchen (not sure how mom pulled that off, but i have a feeling being whacked with a broom helped him learn). then he decided to chew on the cabinets and he had to go.

~erik

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Oh, a bunny with an attitude problem eh Well, maybe you should take him to one of 'em anger management programs hehe
funny, never seen a bunny stump before.

But with ours, when she was young (4 months), she's so hyper, always running and hoping around, banging into walls and stuff. Used to do a lot of biting on wood and paper as well, not so much now. She really likes being pet, whenever we let her out, she'd come running licking our feet, standing between our feet and waiting to be pet

Its funny how they use their nose and push your hands away when they don't want to be bothered. I don't think bunnies are very good at analyzing their environment and surroundings, to sense danger and what not. Wild bunnies are better at that. There's a few bunnies at this hotel down in SD, I try catching one of 'em, but always run away before I can get to them. Darn!!

Plucky

 

[veryape]

I have taught every type of animal I have ever owned to play dead. It usually takes about ten to fifteen years but once they learn it they never seem to want to stop "playing" dead. Go figure, I have had this bunny of mine playing dead in my bedroom for five years now and she is starting to stink. God knows how it goes poop and whatnot but I guess it's part of the trick.

 

[MichaelD]

<< Step on it to get it to play dead. >>



Ahahahaha!

Squishabunny; The new Game of the Year for XBox...coming soon to a store near you.

 

[jjones]

<< Step on it to get it to play dead. >>





<< I have taught every type of animal I have ever owned to play dead. It usually takes about ten to fifteen years but once they learn it they never seem to want to stop "playing" dead. Go figure, I have had this bunny of mine playing dead in my bedroom for five years now and she is starting to stink. God knows how it goes poop and whatnot but I guess it's part of the trick. >>


ROFLMAO!

 

[cerebusPu]

dont bring in a male bunny to keep your female bunny occupied. they are just gonna be fvking till the cows come home. you'll have tons of baby bunnies running around pooping everywhere.

 

[Dark54555]

I trained a bunny to play dead once...all you need is a .22 and...

:Q

 

[tcsenter]

<< funny, never seen a bunny stump before >>

They will stomp if they get mad enough. Ours would just take an aggressive posture and thump his hind foot once. It was loud and unmistakable - "You're gettin on my last nerve." So, we'd just ignore him, and pretty soon he was wanting attention again. Bunnies don't like to be ignored.

 

[erikiksaz]

heh, that's so bloody cute. what would happen if you didn't leave him alone?

 

[Viper GTS]

If you do decide to introduce a male, do it in REVERSE order.

Do NOT introduce the male into the female's cage, introduce the female into the male's cage.

Otherwise the female will beat the living hell out of the male.

Viper GTS

 

[tcsenter]

<< heh, that's so bloody cute. what would happen if you didn't leave him alone? >>

Well, for one, he'd urinate in places he wasn't supposed to if you made him mad. That was deliberate, because he was mad at us. They are not stupid animals, they're more like children when they act out. But, their ways of communicating are very subtle. Many people get rabbits and don't understand the 'signals' the rabbit gives. They're not a pet for the masses.

He would also chew on stuff. He did bite me once when I was pestering him. So, we just let him be when he was acting up, and he would come around wanting to be petted sooner or later. His problem was very much the same people experience with dogs that act up a lot, we didn't send him clear signals that we were the dominant "rabbits" of the house. He wanted to be the leader, and sometimes we let him, and once that happens, they can be difficult until you stop giving them mixed signals about who is boss. That was our fault, not his.