I thought a sanctuary was a place that took in unwanted animals.
And a rabbit nutter someone who is obssessed...i guess?
Why?
ETA - i have 19! and im not a sanctuary or a nutter (i dont think) :shock: :lol:
Thank you, so your a sort of a resceu that doesn't re-home and is limited to what you can take in not by number wholey but by your criteria?
I'm just interested in peopls opinions, maybe i have'nt worded my question quite right.
You have people like me who keep rabbits, i currently have 17 soon to be more, i very rarely offer a home to the rabbit i really want, i will offer a home to the aggresive and unwanted, as i know i can give them a home where they will be allowed to be rabbits and will not be pushed aside for not being friendly, it helps that i like the aggresive ones lol, you have people who have lots and lots of rabbits of all sorts of kinds again because they can, then you have sanctuaries, these groups take in the unwanted, elderly, disabled, aggressive etc etc and care for them, Whats the difference? Because i take in aggressice rabs that otherwise would take a long time to find a home most people think im nuts, gawd sometimes i do, i do it because i can, i can pay the vets bills, feed and house them, and make sure they are never re-homed again. I don't want to be a sanctuary, i did consider rescueing, but have decided not to as i could never re-home any of the rabs i got in. Did sanctuarys become sanctuarys for any particular reason other than the ability to help out an unwanted bun?
Phill, luv, you are neither a sanctuary or a rabbit nutter. You are what's known as a massochist. :lol:
Just out of interest Phill, with the aggressive buns do you ever stop trying to engage with them and just accept that they don't like people or do you keep at it. I ask because I am having a tricky bun here at the moment who unlike all the other so called aggressive buns we have had in just seems to want to be left alone.
IMO a sanctuary takes in any rabbits (spaces permitting) who meet it's criteria.
A rabbit nutter chooses which rabbits they want to take in...hence I am a rabbit nutter even though I have lots of 'hard to home' rabbits
I agree, and the person who is a nutter doesn't put the rabbits first, they think about themselves and what they would like. Even if it means that the rabbits are kept in unsuitable accommodation with no real attempt to move them on to good new homes.
It's a subtle difference but easy to detect I think when you meet the rescuers versus collectors.
I don't think you have to be a collector to be a rabbit nutter...I didn't mean it in a sinister way
I for one don't have the resources or DIY equipment atm for brilliant accomodation for mine, but I can perhaps offer them more in other ways.