A Random Question
What's with all the bunnies in Norway? Granted, my sample size is pretty small, but among the tiny circle of people I know here, 2 have cats, 1 has a dog, 1 has a cat and a dog, and 6 have pet rabbits. I think that the whole time I lived in the U.S., I only ever met 3 people who had bunnies. Why is there such a difference in my completely non-scientifically gathered samples? Do Norwegians know something about rabbits that Americans don't know? Does anyone have any insight?
posted by Emily @ 10:09 PM
5 Comments:
At Tue Oct 23, 07:16:00 AM,
Keera Ann Fox said…
What surprises me, is that you have met so few dog owners (and so few cat owners). Dogs are the most popular pet by far in Norway.
Where I live, we have a lot of cats. The reason for that is that many apartment buildings (and their "borettslag") have stricter rules for allowing a dog than a cat.
The only people I know who have rabbits, also have kids and access to a yard. From what I've gathered, you live in an area where there's plenty of space to build hutches and rabbit runs. Could also just be a regional thing.
At Tue Oct 23, 07:38:00 AM,
Victoria said…
Emily - I noticed a lot of bunnys too!! While we were looking for a house - there were a couple of people who had bunnys. One even said the bunny could stay with the house if we wanted it!
At Tue Oct 23, 10:33:00 AM,
Emily said…
Keera, I have definitely seen tons of dogs being walked around (and lots of cats hanging out in yards too) but the people I actually know personally seem to prefer rabbits. (Actually, that's not true, the majority of people I know here have no pets at all--maybe it's because mostly I know Kevin's coworkers and they all have to travel a lot for work?)
Victoria, how strange that they would offer the bunny with the house like it was a snowblower or something! I hope the little guy ended up getting a good home! Emily
At Tue Oct 23, 02:26:00 PM,
Astrid said…
Where I used to live, just outside Bergen, there were only cats. And I only knew 4 families with dogs in the whole area.
However when we were kids (about 22 years ago) we used to have 2 bunnies. I have no idea why though...hmmm maybe it was my brother asking for them.
At Fri Oct 26, 01:51:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
I noticed, perhaps incorrectly, that bunnies don't smell bad usually. They are softer than dogs, and don't scratch and bite like cats. Their leavings are generally less odorous.
Bunnies are fragile.
I don't know how to clean a bunny or if that is possible.
Bunnies eat veggies and little funny bunny kibbles.
Bunnies don't eat furniture like dogs.
Bunnies don't shred sofas and chairs like cats.
Bunnies don't make noise.
Actually, now that I think of it, bunnies aren't much good for anything except being soft and fuzzy, food for predators and key chain fobs.
We had a tenant in New Hampshire who kept a loose black Belgian dwarf bunny in her apartment. No problem. But it had a tendency to chew electrical lamp cords.
And, terminally, I have no idea why people in Norway keep bunnies.
Dad George
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