Can I Adopt A Rabbit As A Gift for someone?

Given the associated costs of buying a pet, many families will be considering pets as a family gift.

Experience has taught us though that the giving of pets as a gift is one of the largest contributing factors to the volume of unwanted pets, as the families face the reality of owning their pet and decide it's not right for them.

We believe part of the reason is the "gift" process - particularly for children. Remember in particular that pets are not suitable for children: no child should be given the full responsibility for their pet, but should be supervised at all times, with the adult taking the full responsibility for the pet. However, receiving a pet amongst all their other gifts creates the wrong level of emotional attachment, with the pet being likened to the toys and other "disposable" gifts that don't need constant care & attention.

For this reason, we do not recommend the giving of rabbits as gifts, and would encourage those considering this to give it a great deal of thought.  It may be more appropriate to reduce the value of other gifts given and commit to your pet at a separate time.