Shel
Warren Scout
I am so angry and very sad. I live next door to a girl who owns a rabbit. The rabbit has not been neutered or vaccinated and lives in a tiny 3.5FT hutch, he has a run and rarely gets put in it.
Over the summer i was talking to my neighbours and offered to look after the rabbit if they wanted to go away. A few days later they knocked on the door, and asked me to look after the rabbit. 'Of course' I said, 'When?' - Well he replied we are just filling the car now, should be gone in 20 mins!! :shock: in other words they were going to go even if i couldn't look after him. I went out to see the bunny. They had stuffed his hutch full of food ready for them going away. When i looked at him closely he had very long claws (that would have been causing him pain) and a slightly dirty bun, so we got him cleaned up. The owners returned and I told them about what I had done and gave him some RWF leaflets on rabbit care - hoping to give him the hint.
ANYWAY they went away 2 days ago and left the bunny in his hutch! again just piling in the food so he had enough to eat and loads of hay. However it was so cold overnight I was really worried his water would be frozen and they had covered the hutch so i couldn't see him. So tonight I got into their garden and checked his food and water to make sure he was OK. There he was sitting in his tiny hutch, covered so he had no light, luckily his water was fine and he had food. BUT he had been sitting there on his own for 3 days!!!
I wish i could say something but they are our neighbors, and I work with their daughter.
Am i over reacting?? Any ideas???
Over the summer i was talking to my neighbours and offered to look after the rabbit if they wanted to go away. A few days later they knocked on the door, and asked me to look after the rabbit. 'Of course' I said, 'When?' - Well he replied we are just filling the car now, should be gone in 20 mins!! :shock: in other words they were going to go even if i couldn't look after him. I went out to see the bunny. They had stuffed his hutch full of food ready for them going away. When i looked at him closely he had very long claws (that would have been causing him pain) and a slightly dirty bun, so we got him cleaned up. The owners returned and I told them about what I had done and gave him some RWF leaflets on rabbit care - hoping to give him the hint.
ANYWAY they went away 2 days ago and left the bunny in his hutch! again just piling in the food so he had enough to eat and loads of hay. However it was so cold overnight I was really worried his water would be frozen and they had covered the hutch so i couldn't see him. So tonight I got into their garden and checked his food and water to make sure he was OK. There he was sitting in his tiny hutch, covered so he had no light, luckily his water was fine and he had food. BUT he had been sitting there on his own for 3 days!!!
I wish i could say something but they are our neighbors, and I work with their daughter.
Am i over reacting?? Any ideas???
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