Why is it dangerous to put clothes/harnesses on rabbits?
- When something is put around their necks, they are at risk of having their necks broken due to sudden movement caused by their own stress (or a wrong pull). They have much more fragile bones than dogs and cats and should never have anything constraining them.
- Rabbits regulate their own body temperature. If they’re put into clothes, they suffer and could potentially die of heatstroke.
- Rabbits have much thicker fur than cats and dogs. They should never have any clothes on because of what’s mentioned above^
- Rabbits get easily scared since they are prey animals and unlike dogs and cats, rabbits get scared of almost anything. Being put into something unnatural can make them scared and at the very least, uncomfortable. Since they are prey animals, they WILL NOT even show you that they’re scared!
- Since rabbits can’t talk like cats or dogs, they suffer in silence and you will likely not know when they are hurting.
Saying that your rabbit is fine with this kind of abuse is not only wrong and dangerous, it sends the awful message that animal abuse is fine as long as you yourself can’t see that it’s happening.
Petunia’s face says it all. Don’t put clothes or harnesses on bunnies. Just don’t.
Kaninliv 