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*shows a video of a rabbit moving on tiptoe and a hare running on its hind legs*.

People: Oh this is so abnormal that scary, don't do that :(((((

Me: Ok

*Handstand rabbit screamer*

(This is real, it's not a paralyzed rabbit nor is it trained. It's a variety called sauteur d'Alfort that has a genetic mutation that affects its locomotion)

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Tiny bun doin' bun things

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Commission for Teftuft ! My first time doing a hare and I am so happy with how it turned out. Airbrushing soft tones on this guy was really fun.

Credits!

Resin blank, jawset, and tongue from MotleyCrowMasks

Foam toe forms sculpted by Brushwolf

Everything else fabricated by myself!

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Y'all are amazing. Reblog to hug the person you’re reblogging from.

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The person I reblogged this from is awesome as fuck.

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Every day of my life feels empty and uncomfortable because in all of them I always keep thinking about the lousy decisions I have made and how despite everything I keep falling into the same rut over and over again.

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How wary are you of pet store rabbits?

Extremely.

1. Pet stores generally cater to the audience of people who don't actually do much research on the pet they want to buy in the first place, and considering how difficult it is to find genuinely good care advice for rabbits, that means it's even more likely that those rabbits will end up in the wrong hands.

2. Generally, a breeder that really cares where/who their rabbits are going to won't sell to pet stores because they know the people who are buying rabbits from there are likely people who won't properly care for those rabbits.

3. Because most reputable/responsible breeders won't sell to pet stores, the rabbits you buy at pet stores tend to be from irresponsible breeders. These may be people who otherwise breed for good reasons just genuinely don't care what happens to their culls (this is somewhat rare, but it does happen), or they may be people just throwing together whatever random adorable bunnies they come across together in order to pump out even more adorable babies to sell to pet stores or to literally anyone who wants a pet rabbit. Either way, by purchasing rabbits from pet stores, you're telling those pet stores that there is a demand for rabbits to be bought from them, which means they're going to continue to give those irresponsible breeders more business and encourage/fund them to keep going.

4. You have no idea what you're getting when you buy a pet store rabbit. You don't know what medical conditions might run in its lines that it may either express or carry, you don't know what the temperament of the rabbit might turn out to be. Chances are, a rabbit bought at a pet store will have something wrong with it, and you as the pet owner have to decide whether you're willing to/have the financial ability to potentially go through all of the vet bills or if, should any issues arise, you are willing/able to euthanize that rabbit.

5. Just as a general rule, I would say the vast majority of rabbits found in shelters or found released/feral either come directly from irresponsible/non-reputable breeders or from pet stores. By buying from a pet store, you may either directly or indirectly be contributing to the amount of rabbits in shelters and/or found released/feral, and therefore giving rabbits rights groups such as House Rabbit Society more fuel to push their agendas by proving their point that 'there are too many rabbits in shelters/too many rabbits released, and that means all rabbit breeding needs to be stopped' - which then affects all breeders and all rabbits of all kinds.

Basically... Pet store rabbits are generally a huge no from me. They're irresponsibly bred and irresponsibly sold, and really probably shouldn't be a thing (at the very least not until more work has been done to make accurate rabbit care guidelines and facts about what it's like to have rabbits as pets way more accessible).

It gets a little complicated because yes, there is still a market for pet rabbits, and if reputable breeders generally don't sell any pet rabbits then where is anyone supposed to get one? I think the answer to that is... If you already prove yourself to be somebody who is open to listening and learning from folks who have been raising rabbits for years (or who have been taught by folks who have been raising rabbits for years/generations), then folks might be more willing to sell a rabbit that could be suitable as a pet to you. Idk how other breeders feel about this, but personally I think it would be cool if somebody really interested in a well bred pet rabbit came to a rabbit show and talked to some breeders that work with the breeds they're interested in. If somebody came up to me and said they were looking to get a pet rabbit and wanted to learn more about my breed and the general care of rabbits, I might be willing to take their contact information so I can let them know if/when I have something available for them if they're still interested. Again, that's just me personally, and idk how other breeders would feel about this, so I wouldn't say that's the be-all-end-all for how to go about buying a pet rabbit from a reputable breeder.

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mononykus,silly lil dinosaur

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Mumma to the Rescue

The inexperienced hunter hatzegopteryx accidentally dropped its prey. The baby tethyshadros fall to where its mother is desperately trying to catch it.

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I wonder why

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occasional posts from users

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I have one trick and that's it (it's drawing a rabbit)

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Do you have any photos of your pet cats or new rabbit?

What names did you give them?

My 3 main cats (I have others but they are elsewhere). Loretta, Morgana and President Meow. Loretta is loving and likes to be petted but gets upset easily when she is grabbed, she also doesn't like the other two and they take the opportunity to tease her.

Morgana was adopted, she is affectionate but a bit indifferent, she needs to be loved first to give it back. Sometimes she likes to crawl under my blankets to sleep and then leave.

President is the most affectionate, also adopted. But he is also very messy and chaotic and is responsible for some accidents (the other two are not spared either). He is the most affectionate of the 3 and that's why I still love him the way he is.

They have a love-hate relationship

My newest doe is named Hyzenthlay or Hyzen.

Although I thought about giving her some simpler nickname because no one else besides me locates that reference. She's been here for a month now, has grown a lot and is in good condition. She's not super affectionate but she gives kisses every now and then and is pretty clean and smart. I love her dearly.

This was Threar or Toast, her companion. I didn't think about giving her one as she seemed fine on her own and if she likes to be, but I got one. He didn't get along with her and in if seemed to be more of a problem so I traded her for him. He was affectionate and very patient, he could be grabbed.

Threar passed away last Monday, something tells me he was suffering from Megacolon as he had the symptoms, he was not gaining weight and his dropplings were large and watery. I felt very helpless because I couldn't do anything about it. If in itself that disease is very rare, here the options to deal with it are almost impossible. When I looked for him in the morning he was already lying lifeless.

I couldn't give him a proper burial either, which made me feel worse and brought back the previous melancholy. He joined the line.

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I still miss my rabbits

I still miss my pets

I can't overcome this feeling no matter how much I try

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I love, love, LOVE the…de-rabbitization of General Woundwort in Watership Down…It’s fully deserved, too, of course. He’s so monstrous, no one can really percieve him as a fellow rabbit; he’s a boogey man sent after unruly kittens who won’t go to bed, he’s unfit to be called a rabbit, he’s “embleer”, a word most associated with The Thousand, the great enemy nations of rabbitkind. He’s also compared in size and strength to a hare at one point for good measure. He’s more elil than rabbit.

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I made this work of art and feel the need to share it so that it can be appreciated.

TV Series Hannah being grabbed with the two styles of the series.