Flemish Giant/New Zealand or Rex mix bunny

Beaverton OR

Description

I need to rehome a male large mix breed bunny born April of last year or about there. He was rescued off a meat farm and passed around for his first few months before we acquired him. We have had him a year now and love him, but are expecting our first child unexpectedly and need to downsize our pet collection. We haven't had as much time to work with and interact with our bunnies and know we will have even less after the baby comes, so just trying to find them all good homes. This buck is I'm guessing 10 lbs, my husband says closer to 15 lbs, but I can weigh him if interested. He is a very sweet and mellow guy, gets along with all our dogs and cats and may be able to bond with another bunny if introduced properly. He use to be litterbox trained but loved to dig in it and make a huge mess. We got a high walled litterbox that helped, but he may need a fully covered litterbox instead to keep down the mess. He is currently in a cage that he has outgrown and doesn't have room for a litterbox, so we put the pine pellets in the cage base. Like I said he loves to dig them out and makes a huge mess with it, so not the cleanest of bunnies. Keep him on linoleum or in the garage where you can easily sweep everything up and you should be okay. He does love to chew on electrical cords so will need to be kept in a bunny proof area or carefully supervised when hopping around. He has not been vaccinated for the deadly strain of virus that domestic rabbits can get from wild rabbits as he does not go outside. If you will be letting him be outside you will have to get that vaccine to protect him. It is recently a new vaccine so I don't know how much it costs, but our rabbit specialist vet charges $85 just for the office visit plus whatever care and medication they give, so keep this in mind. Rabbits are considered exotic pets so not all veterinarians will work with them, but they usually are very healthy and hardly ever require vet care. I have only needed to take bunnies to the vet three times in almost 30 years of owning them. This bunny would be a great pet for a child or just keep him for natural garden and flower bed fertilizer. He is not to be used for meat. He will come with a gallon bag of show rabbit food and some hay to get you started and some rabbit care and information sheets. If you would like his high walled litterbox we can discuss that as well. He will not come with a cage, but I do have some I can sell separately. One is a wire cage with a playpen that attaches to it, the other is a two story wooden rabbit hutch that needs to be cleaned before use for a rabbit as it was used for chickens before. My pregnancy has prevented me from being able to clean it. If you are interested in the cages, let me know and we can talk further. If you have any questions about the bunny, please don't hesitate to ask. I am asking a $30 OBO rehoming fee for him to a good home only.