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Rescues - how many rabbits have you..
- Thread starter BB Mommy
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bunnymadhouse
Wise Old Thumper
i havent counted ...i darnt ..but its an awful lot 
honeybunny
Wise Old Thumper
I don't keep count but up to a couple of days ago we had 3 weeks of at least 5 calls a day to hand in..stopped adding to our waiting list as no point..thankfully we are starting to home some now so things are moving
..stopped adding to our waiting list as no point..thankfully we are starting to home some now so things are moving
Debster
Mama Doe
...had to turn away this year?
Lou decided to keep track of all the requests from the start of the year, and only ten weeks into 2010 and we have had to turn away over 100 rabbits
How are other rescues finding things at the moment?
Oh my goodness...that's so many :shock:
I knew rescues were under a lot of pressure at the moment, but I had no idea that each rescue had to turn away so many. Must be so hard. Doesn't bear thinking about what happens to the ones that are turned away
So, if this picture is typical, and each rescue is turning away 100 buns in ten weeks, that's 10 buns/week/rescue.:shock:
That's a frightening number of buns being turned away and presumably the re-homing rate is typically less than 10 buns/week?
I wonder what the P@H (and other pets shops') bun sale rate is? Probably in excess of 10/weekend I assume. Although some of these have forever homes there are still a lot being handed in.
Add the irresponsible breeders and free-ads bunnies at the input end of the process and it gets horrendous.
That's a frightening number of buns being turned away and presumably the re-homing rate is typically less than 10 buns/week?
I wonder what the P@H (and other pets shops') bun sale rate is? Probably in excess of 10/weekend I assume. Although some of these have forever homes there are still a lot being handed in.
Add the irresponsible breeders and free-ads bunnies at the input end of the process and it gets horrendous.
BB Mommy
Warren Veteran
I know, it doesn't bear thinking about those that have to be turned away - most of the time they have already tried several other rescues too.
We've only managed to squeeze in the stray rabbits that have arrived on the doorstep,although Lou did make room for Shadow, a 6 year old male who had lived in a 75cm cage for the last five years - the owner did donate said cage, along with £2.70 and a broken water bottle:roll::roll:
We've only managed to squeeze in the stray rabbits that have arrived on the doorstep,although Lou did make room for Shadow, a 6 year old male who had lived in a 75cm cage for the last five years - the owner did donate said cage, along with £2.70 and a broken water bottle:roll::roll:
I know, it doesn't bear thinking about those that have to be turned away - most of the time they have already tried several other rescues too.
We've only managed to squeeze in the stray rabbits that have arrived on the doorstep,although Lou did make room for Shadow, a 6 year old male who had lived in a 75cm cage for the last five years - the owner did donate said cage, along with £2.70 and a broken water bottle:roll::roll:
i have no idea how you keep your cool with these people..I know, it doesn't bear thinking about those that have to be turned away - most of the time they have already tried several other rescues too.
We've only managed to squeeze in the stray rabbits that have arrived on the doorstep,although Lou did make room for Shadow, a 6 year old male who had lived in a 75cm cage for the last five years - the owner did donate said cage, along with £2.70 and a broken water bottle:roll::roll:
I just can't believe that people place such a low value on a bun's life. A cage too small to turn round in and hop plus a broken water bottle. No doubt the poor bun had endured five years of misery in there in silence - because buns can only suffer in silence.:shock:
No doubt they walked away feeling generous and relieved to have dumped him. How would they feel about spending half of their natural life in a room the size of a cupboard?:evil:
I despair.
hurricanhoney
Wise Old Thumper
:shock::shock: That is unbelieveable and it isn't even Easter yet. I have been considering fostering for this very reason but haven't got many rescues close that need fosterers.
