According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, as of 2007 there were approximately 1.87 million households in the United States with a pet domesticated rabbit with 6.17 million total pet rabbits.
Wild rabbits eat plants, including those that people are trying to grow.
Dwarf rabbits need the same vaccinations as all pet rabbits. What vaccinations are required for your pet rabbit depends on where you live. In the UK, rabbits require two vaccinations: one against Myxomatosis and the other against VHD (Viral Hemorrhagic Disease). there should be two weeks between the administration of these vaccinations. In many parts of North America, however, no vaccinations are required (or even available) for rabbits at all. Contact a local pet rabbit organization or a "rabbit-savvy" vet to find out what vaccinations are required for rabbits in your area.
You can't buy wild rabbits for sale, only pet rabbits. Wild rabbits, like all wild animals, should be left alone and not domesticated, or caught and sold. It's one thing to hunt wild rabbits, and then sell their body or products (meat, fur), but you shouldn't catch and sell wild rabbits as live animals: there are enough pet rabbits to go around (in fact, in many places, there are too many -- overpopulation).
Pet rabbits are descended from European wild rabbits. They were domesticated in Europe over 1,400 years ago for their fur and meat, and later as pets. Today, there are many different breeds of domestic rabbits kept as pets worldwide.
You can't buy baby rabbits because they won't live; but rabbitry's sell rabbits for pets and shows. Our family does a rabbitry and lots of people buy rabbits for their 4-H kids.
Pet stores get their rabbits from people who breed their pet rabbits.
about 89% of people own at least 1 pet in the usa
Definitely. My family raises rabbits and sells them to people for pets. People are very happy with them. A number of people get it for their children.
The rabbits that are currently a national pest in Australia are the same species as the domesticated rabbit, both descended from the wild European rabbit. Because so many people think of rabbits as a disposable pet, and some people irresponsibly abandon them on the streets or in the wild when unwanted, banning pet rabbits completely in portions of Australia is understandable. One unspayed rabbit can have an average litter of 4 every 30 days.
is it that pet rabbits feet are black from below i have white rabbits and there feet are yellow :P
No, rabbits do not have the ability to purr.
Wild rabbits eat plants, including those that people are trying to grow.
Silver Martin rabbits live for just as long as other pet rabbits. Pet rabbits have an average lifespan of 8 to 10 years, although many live to 11 or 12, and some even live to 13 and 14.
You've got it backwards. The question is why do we call rabbits bunnies. Rabbit is the name of the animal. A long time ago, people used to call their sweethearts "bunny," and that pet name somehow got transferred to pet rabbits as well.
wild european rabbits
a flamingo can live on its own but people can have them as a pet or people can have them at a zoo
No.