Free Rabbit to Good Home
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Freightdog
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Re: Free Rabbit to Good Home
I’m conflicted.
I have eaten rabbit, and it isn’t disappointing.
And then, later in what is now a former life, a relationship long since killed off by the demands of my profession and selfish families, my ex and I spent some time rescuing abandoned pet rabbits, and one or two cats.
Most people only ever see domestic rabbits in a caged environment, or wild rabbits free to do what rabbits want. Few people ever really see rabbits as they can actually be; As varied a range of characters as you get with cats. As much mischief and mayhem, and just as much fun and affection.
The caged rabbit is often just a prisoner confined to a small cell, and the natural response of rabbits then makes them somewhat introverted. Made worse by the indelicate attention of small children who are only just learning the boundaries.
A pet rabbit, given some freedom is a very different proposition.
I have eaten rabbit, and it isn’t disappointing.
And then, later in what is now a former life, a relationship long since killed off by the demands of my profession and selfish families, my ex and I spent some time rescuing abandoned pet rabbits, and one or two cats.
Most people only ever see domestic rabbits in a caged environment, or wild rabbits free to do what rabbits want. Few people ever really see rabbits as they can actually be; As varied a range of characters as you get with cats. As much mischief and mayhem, and just as much fun and affection.
The caged rabbit is often just a prisoner confined to a small cell, and the natural response of rabbits then makes them somewhat introverted. Made worse by the indelicate attention of small children who are only just learning the boundaries.
A pet rabbit, given some freedom is a very different proposition.
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Re: Free Rabbit to Good Home
In Straya, rabbits are an introduced pest. As a kid we ate rabbit stew very often. Delicious!
Back in the olden days, if you drove out to the countryside ('the bush'), there would often be shooter's cars on the side of the road with dozens of rabbits for sale hanging off the side of the car.
In my late teens and early 20s, I would go out and shoot my own, skin them, then stew them for dinner.
No furry, fluffy fluffies, just grey pests/vermin.
Back in the olden days, if you drove out to the countryside ('the bush'), there would often be shooter's cars on the side of the road with dozens of rabbits for sale hanging off the side of the car.
In my late teens and early 20s, I would go out and shoot my own, skin them, then stew them for dinner.
No furry, fluffy fluffies, just grey pests/vermin.
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Re: Free Rabbit to Good Home
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Same, growing up in a country town in a grazing district in OZ, my dad knew a sheep grazier who was more than happy for us to go bunny and roo shooting on his property.. So yeah, my mum cooked up a good rabbit stew.
But the occasional prize was if we got a hare. Now these are fine eating..a larger animal with a gamey taste which when cooked or stewed in a red wine sauce was delicious. Unfortunately, they were not as prolific as rabbits.
Same, growing up in a country town in a grazing district in OZ, my dad knew a sheep grazier who was more than happy for us to go bunny and roo shooting on his property.. So yeah, my mum cooked up a good rabbit stew.
But the occasional prize was if we got a hare. Now these are fine eating..a larger animal with a gamey taste which when cooked or stewed in a red wine sauce was delicious. Unfortunately, they were not as prolific as rabbits.
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We like it with mustard (lapin a la moutarde)...
Otherwise, yeah, nice house companion for kids, as long as you beware of the wires munching.
Otherwise, yeah, nice house companion for kids, as long as you beware of the wires munching.
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Re: Free Rabbit to Good Home
Absolutely. Rabbits should never put in solid wooden and metal cages. They should be allowed to roam free, all night too.Freightdog wrote: ↑Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:57 pm I’m conflicted.
I have eaten rabbit, and it isn’t disappointing.
And then, later in what is now a former life, a relationship long since killed off by the demands of my profession and selfish families, my ex and I spent some time rescuing abandoned pet rabbits, and one or two cats.
Most people only ever see domestic rabbits in a caged environment, or wild rabbits free to do what rabbits want. Few people ever really see rabbits as they can actually be; As varied a range of characters as you get with cats. As much mischief and mayhem, and just as much fun and affection.
The caged rabbit is often just a prisoner confined to a small cell, and the natural response of rabbits then makes them somewhat introverted. Made worse by the indelicate attention of small children who are only just learning the boundaries.
A pet rabbit, given some freedom is a very different proposition.
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