Lessie
Alpha Buck
Hi,
I am an avid rabbit lover, since I own an old English rabbit and a smooth haired guinea-pig who is well looked after and have got all her needs. I am only 16 years old, and I am so grateful that I am a very mature person especially when it comes to any animals, as I have done lots of research about owning a rabbit and I spend all of my pocket money/wages on all of my pets and animal charities. Also I am a member of the RWAF and receive fantastic ‘Rabbiting on’ magazines. Therefore I do have quite a good knowledge about Rabbits and I make sure other people who owns or thinking of getting rabbits have got good advice from me. Well I’m very honest so if I know whoever cannot look after any pets, I tell them don’t you ever think of buying one otherwise I will be contacting the RSPCA.
However I have a massive issue with my Aunty, who has currently got a male un-neutered rabbit and a fully grown guinea-pig in a bloody 3ft or smaller single storey dirty, filthy hutch which was brought as 2nd hand. I’m ****** of with the fact that I’ve given her so many leaflets, booklets and my word of advice to buy them a bigger hutch and look after them properly. I know she hasn’t got the time or money to look after them, because she only bought them for her kids who are 5 and 7. I am so mad because she knows I will ‘probably’ contact the rspca, and I am a huge animal lover and she isn’t doing anything about it. I’ve spent my time researching for a massive 5/6ft hutch on e-bay for her.
Lastly, me and my dad are mad at her because we have kindly given her our hand made, 6ft long, 2ft wide triangle run for the to go in everyday. She has barley used it, and her grass are overgrown which are what they just need.
Does she heck bother – no. I know I may sound a mean niece, but there is no excuse not to be able to look after an animal like that, and she should know better.
I know they are not well looked after, because the hutch is absolutely filthy with crawlies and flies in which is rarely cleaned out properly with disinfectant, she does not provide heaps of hay just because ‘they eat it all’, she only feeds them a small dish of just dry mixed guinea-pig foods and they do not go out often. They are locked in that small hutch for almost 24/7.
Now I have had enough, because I feel guilty that I am not doing anything about it, because recently one of their guinea-pig died, who was only 1. They’ve already lost a rabbit and 2 guinea pigs less than 2 years.
I cannot have them because it is not fair on my mum who looks after my rabbit very well when I am at my boarding school for 5 days. It will too much for her, however if I wasn’t at boarding school I would’ve taken them off her straight away.
Now I honestly don’t know what I should do, so I am asking for your honest and experienced advice?
Thank-you ever so much for your time reading this, and I’m sorry if this is really long!
I am an avid rabbit lover, since I own an old English rabbit and a smooth haired guinea-pig who is well looked after and have got all her needs. I am only 16 years old, and I am so grateful that I am a very mature person especially when it comes to any animals, as I have done lots of research about owning a rabbit and I spend all of my pocket money/wages on all of my pets and animal charities. Also I am a member of the RWAF and receive fantastic ‘Rabbiting on’ magazines. Therefore I do have quite a good knowledge about Rabbits and I make sure other people who owns or thinking of getting rabbits have got good advice from me. Well I’m very honest so if I know whoever cannot look after any pets, I tell them don’t you ever think of buying one otherwise I will be contacting the RSPCA.
However I have a massive issue with my Aunty, who has currently got a male un-neutered rabbit and a fully grown guinea-pig in a bloody 3ft or smaller single storey dirty, filthy hutch which was brought as 2nd hand. I’m ****** of with the fact that I’ve given her so many leaflets, booklets and my word of advice to buy them a bigger hutch and look after them properly. I know she hasn’t got the time or money to look after them, because she only bought them for her kids who are 5 and 7. I am so mad because she knows I will ‘probably’ contact the rspca, and I am a huge animal lover and she isn’t doing anything about it. I’ve spent my time researching for a massive 5/6ft hutch on e-bay for her.
Lastly, me and my dad are mad at her because we have kindly given her our hand made, 6ft long, 2ft wide triangle run for the to go in everyday. She has barley used it, and her grass are overgrown which are what they just need.
Does she heck bother – no. I know I may sound a mean niece, but there is no excuse not to be able to look after an animal like that, and she should know better.
I know they are not well looked after, because the hutch is absolutely filthy with crawlies and flies in which is rarely cleaned out properly with disinfectant, she does not provide heaps of hay just because ‘they eat it all’, she only feeds them a small dish of just dry mixed guinea-pig foods and they do not go out often. They are locked in that small hutch for almost 24/7.
Now I have had enough, because I feel guilty that I am not doing anything about it, because recently one of their guinea-pig died, who was only 1. They’ve already lost a rabbit and 2 guinea pigs less than 2 years.
I cannot have them because it is not fair on my mum who looks after my rabbit very well when I am at my boarding school for 5 days. It will too much for her, however if I wasn’t at boarding school I would’ve taken them off her straight away.
Now I honestly don’t know what I should do, so I am asking for your honest and experienced advice?
Thank-you ever so much for your time reading this, and I’m sorry if this is really long!