What Exscuses for my parents to get me a baby rabbit?

Question

i realy want a baby rabbit or just grown which ever one looks cuter lol i realy want one and my mom is like almost in to it and my dads like BLAH BLAH BLAH.help plz?

Answer 1

Tell them it will be YOUR whole responsiblity to take care of the rabbit. If you have some cash, tell them you will chip in some money.

Try to behave well so your parents will know you are a responsible person.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

First things first: just because rabbits are really cute, you need to consider all the responsibilities with owning a rabbit.
If you're getting a baby rabbit JUST because it is cute, you may not think it's as cute when it's grown up, and you'll get tired of it. I joined 4-h when I wanted a rabbit, and at fair, when it was grown up, I sold her for $400. It was hard.
Never get an animal just because the babies are cute.
But if you are sure that you want to get one, do not go on and on about it. What I did when I wanted a pet is look up good information about them on the web that your parents would approve of. Show it to them, and tell them how you could take care of it.
Make sure they know that you can handle the responsibilities that come with it, and make sure you know everything you need to know to take care of it.

Answer 3

Not another "My parents won't let me get a _________, how do I convince them" You need to listen to your parents, it is Thier house and until you are an adult then what they say goes.

Lying about the care of rabbits and only focusing on the positives is wrong. There are too many unwanted animals in shelters because people purchase these animals and then when the care is difficult and not what was expected the animal gets given to a shelter.

There are plenty of kids on here that will give you advice on how to lie to your parents, but they are wrong in giving you this information. There is nothing worse than an unwanted pet in a home.

You can tell them that you will be responsible and take care of it, but you know(and I'm sure your parents do as well) that the majority of the cost, care and responsibility will rest on them.

Rabbit Care Info:
Rabbits are high maintanance pets. They are not the cute nose twitching fluff balls that people think. There are many things to consider when purchasing a pet.

The start up for a rabbit will be around 500 dollars, and you should always have about $1000 set aside for emergencies. You need cage, bedding, waterbottle, bowls, hay, veggies, pellets, toys(expect these to be ruined, I replace toys once a month), litter boxes, etc.

Not all rabbits are friendly. Most do not like to be held or cuddled. They freak out if they are picked up incorrectly and kick with thier back legs.

They are farily independant when they are out of thier cage. I consider mine pretty friendly, tolerates being picked up, pet in cage, but even she will not let me pet her once she is out. If you don't mind watching a rabbit run and hop, then they make good pets.

Rabbits have a specific diet. Under one year they need alphalpha hay, and pellets, with veggies introduced one at a time. After one year they need mostly veggies(mine gets two cups of assorted veggies, half cup pellets and timothy hay),no more alphalpha past one year. Weight needs to be maintained, as over weight rabbits will have health issues.

Rabbits need to be spayed/neutered. Males will have sexual agression, and females can get cancers if not altered.

Rabbits need a cage large enough to hop around and should be out of thier cage for several hours per day. They must be supervised as they chew wires, books, carpet, etc. They are destructive, I knew a person whose rabbit ripped the wallpaper off the wall. Be prepared to have bare spots in your carpet from chewing and furniture ruined(will mom be happpy with that?)

Keeping a rabbit outside is not advised as they can be killed by predators. No hutch is completely secure against dogs, raccons, etc. Your rabbit will need to be kept inside.

They most certainly smell, the urine is very potent. They urinate frequently, my rabbit can sometimes drink an entire water bottle(32 oz) in one day. There poo gets everywhere. They can be litter trained, but are not like cats that will seek out the litter box. You need several boxes all over and even then they might not use it when out of the cage.

Rabbits are messy, they like to dig and throw out litter, I find poo pellet everywhere around the cage.

I have a rabbit and love her, but that is because I respect and understand the kind of pet a rabbit is. Rabbits are not for everyone, and it depends on what you are looking for. If you don't mind a pet that is not too cuddly, does thier own thing, than a rabbit may work for you. Reversely if you are looking for a pet that can be held and pet that you may want to go in a different direction.

Answer 4

With that attitude you don't deserve a rabbit. It's a big responsibility and it's obvious you're not ready to take care of anything!

Answer 5

Well if your responsible enough to handle it..
They do multiply like.. errr.. rabbits.
Maybe you can start your own small business and sell rabbits?
That could be a good excuse.. teach you also how to have your own business..

Maybe??

Answer 6

Tell them either it's a rabbit today or a baby in the future....
your parents'll definately cave on this one

Answer 7

sure ^.^ i'd love to help. tell your parents that your ready to have a pet; unless you already have one then say you want to be more responsible. say that you clean after your pet, you feed it and take it a bath, also tell them when your feeling sad they make great listeners(spelling) :3 i hope they say yes ^.^ good luck

Answer 8

I'll take care of it every day...clean its cage..
give it water and food and you WON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING...I PROMISE
hope that works for you.