I am a 19 year old teenage boy with aspergers and when I was 10 years old in 2011 my little sister wanted a pet bunny and we named him Gusten which is a common rabbit name in Sweden.
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This is a picture of him I took in 2014 using my Nintendo 3ds internal camera when I was 13 years old.
In total this little guy lived for a total of 8 years and he eventually succumbed to old age and age related health issues during summer last year including respiratory problems and issues with his teeth.
We never neutered him but I never had that big of a problem with it because the only thing I really noticed was that he was very territorial over his cage area and everything else inside it because if somebody tried to take away or touch any items in his cage he would growl and bite you as a warning.
And sometimes he would urinate on things he was not supposed to so we had to set a limit on how long to keep him in my lap but besides we mainly kept him in an outside cage so that was also not a major problem.
What he was ok with though was being handled and he was also incredibly tame and loving when sitting in my lap preferring to lick anybody even complete strangers and he would also frequently make that relaxing noise with his teeth when relaxed and sometimes he even fell asleep.
He also had so much personality because if there was one thing he did quite often when he was younger it was building specific areas in his cage such as a toilet area or even a sleeping area and he built them himself with pieces of straw and dried grass.
He also reacted differently to certain people because for example whenever my dad held him he would actually fall asleep in his arms and when he saw my mum he would get all excited and start running around presumably because my mom was the first thing he saw when he was a baby.
During those years I learned so much about the behaviour of these animals in terms of body language because I figured out when he was excited for example when I came home from school and went to his cage or when he thought he was going to get food or when he knew there was food .
He would basicly start running around in his cage all excited and he would also stand on his hind legs and stretch out his front paws through the cage bars while staring at me like a little puppy with those adorable eyes.
At one point he also had a girlfriend
and eventually we had 9 baby bunnies
but sadly one of them disappeared and the other one became sick so my parents had to euthanise him.
I have never had a pet quite as adorable and amazing as him and I will probably buy myself a rabbit once I have the money and a home of my own.
I currently own a 145 liter freshwater aquarium but that sure hasn't stopped me from thinking of having more pets that are not fish.
They truly are incredible pets for those that can keep up with the maintenance needed to keep them healthy
HNI 0033 — Postimage.org
This is a picture of him I took in 2014 using my Nintendo 3ds internal camera when I was 13 years old.
In total this little guy lived for a total of 8 years and he eventually succumbed to old age and age related health issues during summer last year including respiratory problems and issues with his teeth.
We never neutered him but I never had that big of a problem with it because the only thing I really noticed was that he was very territorial over his cage area and everything else inside it because if somebody tried to take away or touch any items in his cage he would growl and bite you as a warning.
And sometimes he would urinate on things he was not supposed to so we had to set a limit on how long to keep him in my lap but besides we mainly kept him in an outside cage so that was also not a major problem.
What he was ok with though was being handled and he was also incredibly tame and loving when sitting in my lap preferring to lick anybody even complete strangers and he would also frequently make that relaxing noise with his teeth when relaxed and sometimes he even fell asleep.
He also had so much personality because if there was one thing he did quite often when he was younger it was building specific areas in his cage such as a toilet area or even a sleeping area and he built them himself with pieces of straw and dried grass.
He also reacted differently to certain people because for example whenever my dad held him he would actually fall asleep in his arms and when he saw my mum he would get all excited and start running around presumably because my mom was the first thing he saw when he was a baby.
During those years I learned so much about the behaviour of these animals in terms of body language because I figured out when he was excited for example when I came home from school and went to his cage or when he thought he was going to get food or when he knew there was food .
He would basicly start running around in his cage all excited and he would also stand on his hind legs and stretch out his front paws through the cage bars while staring at me like a little puppy with those adorable eyes.
At one point he also had a girlfriend
and eventually we had 9 baby bunnies
but sadly one of them disappeared and the other one became sick so my parents had to euthanise him.
I have never had a pet quite as adorable and amazing as him and I will probably buy myself a rabbit once I have the money and a home of my own.
I currently own a 145 liter freshwater aquarium but that sure hasn't stopped me from thinking of having more pets that are not fish.
They truly are incredible pets for those that can keep up with the maintenance needed to keep them healthy
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He was fun.
