30-06-2009, 09:44 AM
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Re: turned a buyer away today
You did the right thing, I think a 2yo is way too young for a rabbit. At that age they are still learning to take responsibility for themselves let alone a rabbit.
I'm not totally against people buying pets for children IF (a big if) the adult is prepared to fully supervise the child and to do the jobs that the child forgets or can't do. provided the child is mature enough it can be very good for both child and animal. My daughter had Pepsi for her 6th birthday, we had many many talks before hand, read lots of books together about the things he will need and jobs we must do and it's worked well (apart from his distructive nature) every morning she tops up his pellets, water etc, cleans up any poop spills that come out his tray. She even plays hide and seek with him under my bed! It has given her a great sense of responsibility. I do the things such as cleaning out his litter tray and picking him up when needed (he tends to kick up a stink) when she was much younger we had goldfish, nice and easy, pinch of food and I cleaned the tank out.
All in all, I have a happy child and a happy rabbit. So long story short, you did the right thing 
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