{"id":570,"date":"2009-04-03T19:14:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T00:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2009-03-24T20:31:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T01:31:46","slug":"a-very-lucky-easter-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2009\/04\/03\/a-very-lucky-easter-bunny\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Lucky Easter Bunny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people might remember that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2007\/04\/08\/i-am-an-easter-bunny\/\">I&#8217;m an Easter Bunny<\/a> &#8211; that is to say, I was given as an Easter gift and then abandoned and rescued shortly after by my mom.<\/p>\n<p>Around Easter time, I always think about other bunnies who might not be as lucky as I was &#8211; and I was <em>very <\/em>lucky.<\/p>\n<p>I like to remind people who might think that they need to get a rabbit just because it&#8217;s Easter that getting a real, live rabbit is a lot more responsibility than I think most people are ready for.<\/p>\n<p>I know my dad wasn&#8217;t ready for the responsibility of having a rabbit in his house when my mom found me wandering around the parking lot of their house, way back then. But my mom and dad were always &#8220;animal&#8221; people who took good care of their animal family, so they rose to the challenge of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making their house safe for a bunny who likes to chew EVERYTHING<\/li>\n<li>Buying and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2008\/03\/01\/making-our-dinner\/\">preparing fresh vegetables<\/a> on a regular (weekly) basis<\/li>\n<li>Spending time with me to make sure I had exercise<\/li>\n<li>Making <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/keithius\/3244580657\/\">fun things for me out of cardboard boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cleaning the litter box (frequently)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I realize that taking care of me (and Betsy) is a big job &#8211; a full-time job, if dad is to be believed. So it&#8217;s not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking of getting a bunny for Easter &#8211; or for any reason &#8211; you might want to think twice about it. You can see by all of the other stuff here on my blog that it&#8217;s a lot of work to keep up with a bunny!<\/p>\n<p>But if you think you&#8217;re up to the challenge (and it is a challenge &#8211; though the rewards can be good too), might I recommend adopting rather than buying? So many of my cousins and more distant relatives live tough lives, being abandoned after Easter time, or just given up because they&#8217;re not small and cute babies anymore, that they really need a loving home like my mom and dad gave me. If you can give a bunny a similar home, please adopt one of my bretheren &#8211; I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a shelter near you somewhere. (The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbit.org\/\">House Rabbit Society<\/a> can probably help you find one if you don&#8217;t know where one might be.) Oh and be sure to spay or neuter your rabbit so you don&#8217;t contribute to the overpopulation problem!<\/p>\n<p>Remember, not all Easter bunnies are as lucky as I am &#8211; but maybe if you&#8217;ve got a big heart (and a big home!), you can help another Easter bunny get lucky and find a great home.<\/p>\n<p>-Gus<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/2008\/02\/28\/dads-been-taking-pictures-again\/guss-newer-portrait\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gus-portrait.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"212,158\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"[]\" data-image-title=\"Gus&amp;#8217;s Newer Portrait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gus-portrait.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gus-portrait.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-128\" title=\"Gus's Newer Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gus-portrait.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Gus's Newer Portrait\" width=\"128\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people might remember that I&#8217;m an Easter Bunny &#8211; that is to say, I was given as an Easter gift and then abandoned and rescued shortly after by my mom. Around Easter time, I always think about other bunnies who might not be as lucky as I was &#8211; and I was very lucky. 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