Are bunnies good pets? 🐰

My young daughter and I desperately want a cat, but unfortunately my husband is extremely allergic. I’ve been researching alternatives and thought a rabbit could be a good fit for our family. Something cute and fluffy and less work than a dog. However, whenever I bring up the idea to others, they all say “Oh, rabbits are terrible pets! Don’t get one! They stink and poop and pee everywhere!”

I don’t know. The internet makes them out to be sweet pets but obviously the people in my life aren’t into them. We don’t have any other pets currently.

Update! Thank you all for your thoughtful feedback. I hear you loud and clear 🙏

At this time, we’ve decided not to move forward with adopting a bunny. Main reasoning is we that don’t have the space and time for two bunnies and not just one. Several people also mentioned that rabbits can be more demanding than dogs, which was eye opening. The main challenge with dogs are the puppy years, which is where my brain was at when writing the post. I’ve raised a pup once and it was a lot!

Anyway, I have a demanding job and a five year old daughter, so I have enough on my plate at the moment 😊

To clarify, I have done a decent amount of preliminary research and understand the basic responsibilities of owning a rabbit. I did not put that in the OG post because I was trying to keep that as short and snappy as possible because TLDR.

Please know I have the best intentions and wherewithal of being a responsible pet owner. Of course the bunny would be spayed / neutered, have ample space and exercise, all the various foods and chew things, etc etc. I live in an area with several specialty vets, and I have the cash to pay 💰 What I don’t have, unfortunately, is space for two rabbits ☹️

Hoppfully, someday I’ll be able to revisit the possibility of bunny ownership 🐰 For now, I’m waiting on the cat vaccine (Hypocat) that can lower a cat’s allergy effect!

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