Rabbits by Accident
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If you get the leather sleeves, you won't have to worry about what they do LOL
I also meant to ask, picking them up by the scruff won’t suffocate them right? I know my mom used to warn me against holding our large orange cat that way because she said the cat was too heavy to hold that way. I feel like my rabbits are close to being as heavy as that cat so I just wanted to make sure it wouldn’t hurt them.I don't like holding them by the scruff of their neck either but sometimes it's the best way to get them to submit to being picked up. You have to grip quite a lot of skin so they're held very securely. They should calm down immediately, just like a kitten does when it's mom picks it up by the back of it's neck. If I think the rabbit is going to be nervous, or say if a dog comes running up, I will lay my hand on the back of their neck just in case. That way, if they do react, I'm ready. You can usually tell ahead of time because they'll tense up.
I try everything else first rather than scruffing them. While I've never heard that it will suffocate them, picking a rabbit up by the scruff, especially a larger/adult one, separates the skin from the muscle beneath. Unlike cats, rabbits never pick up their babies by the scruff, and their bodies are not built to withstand it (and if anything would make them feel like a predator had them, it would be that!). I have seen the damage when butchering and don't want to have any part in that.I also meant to ask, picking them up by the scruff won’t suffocate them right? I know my mom used to warn me against holding our large orange cat that way because she said the cat was too heavy to hold that way. I feel like my rabbits are close to being as heavy as that cat so I just wanted to make sure it wouldn’t hurt them.
I had written a nice long clarifying answer & my ancient tablet froze up & lost it.I also meant to ask, picking them up by the scruff won’t suffocate them right? I know my mom used to warn me against holding our large orange cat that way because she said the cat was too heavy to hold that way. I feel like my rabbits are close to being as heavy as that cat so I just wanted to make sure it wouldn’t hurt them.
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