Crystal butterfly
Warren Veteran
wasnt sure what to put as a title but i just wanted to share my own nightmare with you lot in the hope that it will make you think before rehoming a belovered pet.
in Feburary/March last year i had 6 rabbits my parents were splitting up and i had to find a place to live i moved in with my then bf he lived in a flat meaning i had to rehome my rabbits i chose to keep Crystal and Flopsy and rehome the remaining 4 my friend took my youngest rabbit Honey and a local rescue offered to take the other 3. Sadly Flopsy passed on due to a fit (he'd had a fit previous to this but came through it ok) he was rushed to the vets where he was pts as he started gasping for breath in a dying way so now i only had Crystal, then my friend the one who got Honey contacted me and said she didnt want Honey any more so i took her back and bonded her with Crystal.
a few weeks later i came across a local breeder of Lionheads and fell in love with one little baby (Simba) and reserved him i was ashamed to admit where i got him from on here and said that he was someones unwanted pet so then came rabbit number 3 a few weeks later i was in a garden centre and had a look at their rabbits there was one baby who appeared to be ill i told one of the workers and they didnt care so i bought the baby in hope i could make him better sadly he passed on during the night, i rung the garden centre the next day who then offered me a replacement so i went back there for rabbit number 4 when i got there there were 6 magpie harlequins and one orange and black harlequin i couldnt choose from them so got 2, i was told they were both female so they lived happily together. so that was rabbit number 5 now :shock:
then the breeder who i got Simba from emailed me and said that he was getting rid of stock as he wanted to start on show quality rabbits and talked me into having Lilli who was Simbas mum so that was rabbit number 6 :roll:
a few weeks later i found out that Binky and Misty the supposidly girls :roll: were actually boys :shock: they had started to scuffle, part of me thinks i should have had then both neutered together right then but instead i decided to rehome Binky :roll:
Lesson learned here:
if you buy a rabbit to bond with an existing rabbit make sure you have the space and time for 2 separate rabbits if teh bonding fails or they end up being the same sex etc. its cruel in my opinion to buy and discard because there not good enough any more! their not toys!!!!
i placed Binky on free ads and in the vets i was contacted by a girl who seemed really nice on the phone i was ensured that he would be neutered and well cared for i believed her a couple of months later i was browsing the free ads and came across a local one selling baby rabbits she had a website so i had a nose about clicked on dwarf lop bucks and oh my there was Binky :shock:
seeing him on there broke my heart he didnt deserve a home like that he deserved a loving home one where he'd be loved and cared for properly
lesson learned here:
when rehoming your belovered pet always homecheck because PEOPLE LIE on the phone tell you what you want to hear, if you dont homecheck how will you know their going to a better place?
as yous know Simba and Lilli went to live with my mum and Honey sadly passed on so i now only have 2 rabbits who i will have for life now and no other rabbit will come to live with me i became part of the problem instead of helping rabbits how could i call myself a rabbit lover? my aim this year is to give my two a wonderful life and to help rescues with fundraising etc. im even considering sponsering a needy bun. it really is time i stop being selfish and start helping those who need it.
i just wanted to write this in the hope some new rabbit owners will read this and learn from my mistakes my rabbits didnt deserve a life like that i just seemed to buy and rehome
i will probably get jumped on now but i can safely say i wont reply to this thread anymore and if yous feel im not worthy to be here il go
in Feburary/March last year i had 6 rabbits my parents were splitting up and i had to find a place to live i moved in with my then bf he lived in a flat meaning i had to rehome my rabbits i chose to keep Crystal and Flopsy and rehome the remaining 4 my friend took my youngest rabbit Honey and a local rescue offered to take the other 3. Sadly Flopsy passed on due to a fit (he'd had a fit previous to this but came through it ok) he was rushed to the vets where he was pts as he started gasping for breath in a dying way so now i only had Crystal, then my friend the one who got Honey contacted me and said she didnt want Honey any more so i took her back and bonded her with Crystal.
a few weeks later i came across a local breeder of Lionheads and fell in love with one little baby (Simba) and reserved him i was ashamed to admit where i got him from on here and said that he was someones unwanted pet so then came rabbit number 3 a few weeks later i was in a garden centre and had a look at their rabbits there was one baby who appeared to be ill i told one of the workers and they didnt care so i bought the baby in hope i could make him better sadly he passed on during the night, i rung the garden centre the next day who then offered me a replacement so i went back there for rabbit number 4 when i got there there were 6 magpie harlequins and one orange and black harlequin i couldnt choose from them so got 2, i was told they were both female so they lived happily together. so that was rabbit number 5 now :shock:
then the breeder who i got Simba from emailed me and said that he was getting rid of stock as he wanted to start on show quality rabbits and talked me into having Lilli who was Simbas mum so that was rabbit number 6 :roll:
a few weeks later i found out that Binky and Misty the supposidly girls :roll: were actually boys :shock: they had started to scuffle, part of me thinks i should have had then both neutered together right then but instead i decided to rehome Binky :roll:
Lesson learned here:
if you buy a rabbit to bond with an existing rabbit make sure you have the space and time for 2 separate rabbits if teh bonding fails or they end up being the same sex etc. its cruel in my opinion to buy and discard because there not good enough any more! their not toys!!!!
i placed Binky on free ads and in the vets i was contacted by a girl who seemed really nice on the phone i was ensured that he would be neutered and well cared for i believed her a couple of months later i was browsing the free ads and came across a local one selling baby rabbits she had a website so i had a nose about clicked on dwarf lop bucks and oh my there was Binky :shock:
seeing him on there broke my heart he didnt deserve a home like that he deserved a loving home one where he'd be loved and cared for properly
lesson learned here:
when rehoming your belovered pet always homecheck because PEOPLE LIE on the phone tell you what you want to hear, if you dont homecheck how will you know their going to a better place?
as yous know Simba and Lilli went to live with my mum and Honey sadly passed on so i now only have 2 rabbits who i will have for life now and no other rabbit will come to live with me i became part of the problem instead of helping rabbits how could i call myself a rabbit lover? my aim this year is to give my two a wonderful life and to help rescues with fundraising etc. im even considering sponsering a needy bun. it really is time i stop being selfish and start helping those who need it.
i just wanted to write this in the hope some new rabbit owners will read this and learn from my mistakes my rabbits didnt deserve a life like that i just seemed to buy and rehome
i will probably get jumped on now but i can safely say i wont reply to this thread anymore and if yous feel im not worthy to be here il go