Naughty rabbits?

[sherrardk]

We have had two baby rabbits for just over two weeks and they seem to have turned naughty. I try to get them out every night so they can be handled (and tamed - so I am informed) for 30 - 45 minutes but tonight they started playing up. They were being held by two of my children and they started nibbling at their clothes and actually bit a hole in a my daughter's top. Is this normal rabbit behaviour or have we managed to get naughty rabbits?

[lcg]

is normal! i had a lovely house trained bunny when i was a kid, and they need a lot of stimulation and toys or they will chew everything and anything else. as they are babies, they also teethe...so may chew your childre, or other stuff they come across! and i bet they're soooooooooo cute x

[sherrardk]

They are cute but I can only get them out when the youngest two children have gone to bed (my youngest daughter gets too excited around them). Originally told they were girls and they were named Daisy and Sid by their respective owners but the vet says they are boys so their names are still 'wrong'. They're a right bugger to catch though!

[beso]

Rabbits are highly overated as pets. Nasty violent creatures really. Better put in a stew.

They will be more than a *bugger* just to catch as they get older too so you might want to prepare something to answer the kids when they ask why one is jumping on the other and shaking its bottom like that.

Funny the language police here don't have a problem with "bugger" but suppress words like H0m0.

[sherrardk]

Hi Beso - have you had a 'bad' rabbit experience?