Hi all,
I thought i would share this with you as i bet a lot of people dont consider it when taking in a rabbit.
I had a woman recently knock on my door because she had 4 rabbits that were her grandchildrens. Now she asked if i could help her find homes for these rabbits. My first question was why as she had only had the rabbits for 6 months. Im allergic to them she said. Being synical about the Phrase "im allergic to em" I asked if i could go round and see her with them i also took a grooming comb with me which will be revealed why in a second.
We got to her house and i asked her to get me a bunny out to see what happened to her when she held one. Sure enough she scooped this bunny up into her arms along with all the hay that was stuck to the little darlings fur and immediatly she started streaming with tears and sneezing. I told her to put it back and she offered to make me a cup of tea, so while she was doing that i groomed the rabbit she had just held getting rid of all the hay and bits of grass and took the rabbit to sit down with me. She brought in the tea and we sat there chatting. once i knew her mind had been took of the situation i passed her the bunny.
Guess what -
Hey your right no allergy she had hay fever and not a reaction to the poor little fluff balls as i suspected.
I recomended she get herself some dust masks from b&q or somewhere and that was that.
Her and the bunnys are now living a playful life together and she promises the buns are now there for life.
Tony
I thought i would share this with you as i bet a lot of people dont consider it when taking in a rabbit.
I had a woman recently knock on my door because she had 4 rabbits that were her grandchildrens. Now she asked if i could help her find homes for these rabbits. My first question was why as she had only had the rabbits for 6 months. Im allergic to them she said. Being synical about the Phrase "im allergic to em" I asked if i could go round and see her with them i also took a grooming comb with me which will be revealed why in a second.
We got to her house and i asked her to get me a bunny out to see what happened to her when she held one. Sure enough she scooped this bunny up into her arms along with all the hay that was stuck to the little darlings fur and immediatly she started streaming with tears and sneezing. I told her to put it back and she offered to make me a cup of tea, so while she was doing that i groomed the rabbit she had just held getting rid of all the hay and bits of grass and took the rabbit to sit down with me. She brought in the tea and we sat there chatting. once i knew her mind had been took of the situation i passed her the bunny.
Guess what -
Hey your right no allergy she had hay fever and not a reaction to the poor little fluff balls as i suspected.
I recomended she get herself some dust masks from b&q or somewhere and that was that.
Her and the bunnys are now living a playful life together and she promises the buns are now there for life.
Tony