Mickey Is One, Lovable Bunny!

                                                                                        "Mickey"

Bunnies are adorable and soft.

Like babies, everyone loves bunnies. Unfortunately, some people buy them for their children without realizing that bunnies are not toys.

That happens a lot around this time of year because it's almost Easter.

What kid wouldn't love to have a little Easter bunny of his or her own?  However, it would be a bad idea to buy a living bunny since it would require a lot of care. Better stick with the stuffed animal kind!

Bunnies are intelligent and loving but are not low maintenance pets, according to a first-class bunny lover, Jade.  She resides in a small town in Massachusetts.

Her own bunny, Mickey, is the sweetheart shown in this post. He will celebrate his fifth birthday in June. He's a chunky bun bun, weighing a little over five pounds.

Jade is shown to the right with her beloved Mickey.

Jade said Mickey is a "treat hound." He comes out of his cage, which is kept underneath the family's kitchen table, every day.

Jade also associated with House Rabbit Connection, Inc., an organization whose mission is to “take in adoptable, abandoned rabbits, provide temporary foster care for them, get them spayed and neutered, and to find permanent, quality indoor homes for them.”


Jade has had rabbits as pets for many years. She knows all their likes and dislikes. For instance, rabbits love tunnels and to be under things, like tables and chairs.


They can make wonderful pets,  Jade said. They need to be brushed because they don’t have a mechanism to help them regurgitate.


Anyone contemplating getting a bunny as a pet needs to be educated.


A bunny cannot be kept for a few weeks and then set free outside. Setting a rabbit free could be dangerous for the animal because a domesticated rabbit doesn’t know how to survive in the great outdoors.

By the way, Jade is a fellow blogger. You can read a lot more about rabbits on her blog, titled The Zen of Bun.

The photos of Mickey and Jade shown today were all taken at a rabbit education and adoption event held this spring by House Rabbit connection at Petco in Pittsfield, MA.

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS A BUNNY FOR A PET?