Domestic rabbit
Rabbits as pets
The domestic or domesticated rabbit—more commonly known as a pet rabbit,
bunny, bun, or bunny rabbit—is the domesticated form of the European
rabbit, a member of the lagomorph family. A male rabbit is known as a
buck, a female is a doe, and a young rabbit is a kit, or kitten. Rabbits
were first used for their food and fur by the Romans, and have been kept
as pets in Western nations since the 19th century. Rabbits can be housed
in exercise pens, but free roaming without any boundaries in a
rabbit-proofed space has become popularized on social media in recent
years. Beginning in the 1980s, the idea of the domestic rabbit as a
house companion, a so-called house rabbit similar to a house cat, was
promoted. Rabbits can be litter box-trained and taught to come when
called, but they require exercise and can damage a house that has not
been "rabbit proofed" based on their innate need to chew. Accidental
interactions between pet rabbits and wild rabbits, while seemingly
harmless, are usually strongly discouraged due to the species' different
temperaments as well as wild rabbits potentially carrying diseases.
Unwanted pet rabbits end up in animal shelters, especially after the
Easter season. In 2017, they were the United States' third most
abandoned pet. Some of them go on to be adopted and become family pets
in various forms.] Because their wild counterparts have become invasive
in Australia, pet rabbits are banned in the state of Queensland.Pet
rabbits, being a domesticated breed that lack survival instincts, do not
fare well in the wild if they are abandoned or escape from captivity.
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