Tuesday, April 20, 2010
How is a Schnauzer Like a Bunny Rabbit?
How is a Schnauzer like a bunny rabbit? ... sounds kinda like, "How is a raven like a writing desk?" doesn't it?
I have recently decided I am interested in having a pet bunny. By interested I mean the little girl inside of me is whining "I wanna bunnnny!" So today I decided that after work I would go to the pet store and look at one, maybe ask a few questions about what it is like to own one. It would be a more difficult task that I had anticipated.
In the first store, they had no bunnies, but I decided to ask a few questions anyways seeing the girls in the store were going to follow me around like a criminal. I asked whether bunnies shed a lot. Well, this girl made it sound like everything I own would be coated in bunny hair and that I would be better off owning a Schnauzer or a hedgehog. What I'd like to know is, how does my interest in a bunny equate my being interested in a dog? Bunny. Dog. BIG difference. So I looked around a bit with the pet store bouncers at my side. Let me just say, $1300 for a Pug is crazy. What happened to getting a free puppy from your neighbour?
Back to bunnies... I went around to a total of 4 pet stores only to discover that it is very unlikely that I will find a bunny in the city of Vernon. Apparently, Vernon has recently passed a by-law requiring all pet stores to spay or neuter all rabbits before selling them. It might have something to do with the plethora of bunnies running all around the town a few years back multiplying like well, rabbits. From the sounds of things if I am lucky enough to find a pet store that is actually selling a bunny I can look forward to paying $200 as that is what it costs to fix a bunny.
I might have to resort to trapping one in Kelowna, I hear there are still some lingering around the bus depot. That is if this girlish whim doesn't pass by tomorrow.
PS: In the last pet shop I was in, AJs pets, they have 4 cats that they just let roam around the store, and I stopped to pet one that was on a cat post right inside the door and he didn't stir. I thought, wow, deep sleeper, then moseyed on into the store and continued about my business. On my way out, I was curious so I stopped to pet the cat again. No movement. So I poked him. Nothing. I nudged him a little harder and still, he was motionless. I started to wiggle him back and forth a bit. I felt kind of silly so I kept going out the door. Now it is really bothering me. I should have looked to see if his breathing was raising his belly up and down. Maybe he was just a really deep sleeper. Maybe rigor mortis had set in. I think I will go back tomorrow to check in on the little guy...
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Hey Jess!
ReplyDeleteI owned two rabbits growing up(consecutively, that's how it stayed at just two!) and I loved them as pets! I totally want to get another one, but I'm in a building that doesn't allow pets (except my fish). It's true they do shed, but not much worse than a cat does (and you already have one of those.)
As for the law in Vernon, can't you just go to another town and buy one?
Hey Jess!
ReplyDeleteI had two pet rabbits growing up (consecutively, which is how there were just two =)) and I loved it. They make great pets. I would love to have another one, but I'm in a building that doesn't allow pets (except for my fish.)
It's true they do shed a lot, but not any worse than a cat does (and you've already got one of those.)
As for the by-law, why don't you just drive to another city and buy one?