If you are thinking of buying the Easter Bunny for your family please think again, unless you are prepared to add another member to your family. When you buy an animal you accept the responsibility to care for a living creature, who is totally dependent on you. It may be tempting to think of your children finding the Easter Bunny along with their Easter baskets on Easter morning, but please think beyond Easter morning.
Rabbits make great indoor pets, and can be litter trained, but they need ongoing care and may easily live 8 years or more. They are prone to respiratory and parasitic infections. Urinary stones are also not uncommon, and may require surgery. Just like cats and dogs, rabbits also should be spayed (for females) or neutered (for males). This is not just because rabbits are known for their ability to rapidly produce second, third and fourth generations of themselves. Adult female rabbits are prone to uterine cancer, so much so that it is the most common tumor of female rabbits. Both male and female rabbits will spray urine as part of normal sexual behavior, unassociated with elimination behavior. They may be litter trained, but as far as they are concerned this is something entirely different.
So, unless you are prepared for a lifetime of companionship, and responsibility to care for that companion, please don’t buy the Easter Bunny for your family.
The same goes for buying chicks for Easter. They are also a great symbol of the new life that comes with Spring and Easter time, but don’t forget to look beyond Easter morning when you make that decision
