My colleague mentioned she had rabbits & today she let me see them as i was passing her house.There are four divided 3 cages, all beautiful, but i fear they aren't being cared for as well as they deserve.I'll list the things that i think are cause for concern.
1.) All the cages seem to be small, in paticular the ones that house single buns - i'd say they couldn't stand up in there.
2.) i noticed at least one of them didn't have any food & hardly any water in his bottle.
3.)they all needed a good clean out - they weren't in a terrible mess but were a day or two overdue a clean out imo.
4.)one of them had very runny eyes.
5.)there were two females housed together (i was told they were mother & daughter) but one was humping the other - do females do this?
It was a bit of a shock because my colleague is a very nice person & always speaks highly of her animals, so i was expecting their conditions to be far better - maybe i just expect too much?
I need advice on what to do next - i did point out that they needed fed & watered but she brushed it off, saying that they'd eaten all their food from this morning.I hope i haven't painted the picture worse than what it was because i have seen buns in worse conditions but their situation is far from ideal.
I don't know what to do - this person, although friendly enough, is very opinionated & is not going to like someone like me telling her she is not caring for her buns properly - i'm not sure about informing the authoroties as she'll know it's me...what should i do? Perhaps i caught them at a bad time? That doesn't excuse the small cages though.....
sorry for the long post
1.) All the cages seem to be small, in paticular the ones that house single buns - i'd say they couldn't stand up in there.
2.) i noticed at least one of them didn't have any food & hardly any water in his bottle.
3.)they all needed a good clean out - they weren't in a terrible mess but were a day or two overdue a clean out imo.
4.)one of them had very runny eyes.
5.)there were two females housed together (i was told they were mother & daughter) but one was humping the other - do females do this?
It was a bit of a shock because my colleague is a very nice person & always speaks highly of her animals, so i was expecting their conditions to be far better - maybe i just expect too much?
I need advice on what to do next - i did point out that they needed fed & watered but she brushed it off, saying that they'd eaten all their food from this morning.I hope i haven't painted the picture worse than what it was because i have seen buns in worse conditions but their situation is far from ideal.
I don't know what to do - this person, although friendly enough, is very opinionated & is not going to like someone like me telling her she is not caring for her buns properly - i'm not sure about informing the authoroties as she'll know it's me...what should i do? Perhaps i caught them at a bad time? That doesn't excuse the small cages though.....
sorry for the long post
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