xXStacyMillerXx
New Kit
I don't really know where to start.
Am new here...
I love my rabbits to bits and take alot of pleasure in looking after them.
But recently i have had a big problem.
I am a hobby breeder and i breed a litter every now and then... (not for commercial gain, but more because i like to bring up the babies and any money i make goes on hay, sawdust and food for the rabbits i already have)
I have 8 rabbits which are my own.
2 dutch females that belong to kids.
1 female dwarf lop & 1 male dwarf lop.
1 female lionhead & 1 male lionhead (though these are only babies)
1 female lion lop and 1 male lion lop (this is the one giving me the problems)
Well a few months ago i bought my male lionlop from a woman who shows rabbits. He was 6mths old and she felt that he had gotten a little heavy and she didn't want to cut his food back, just to keep him on the table.
I was very happy... he was lovely...
White with pink eyes.
Then i got him home and realised he was swaying his head from side to side... I researched and it said that it was common with pink eyes and that he probably couldn't see well.
This wasn't a problem for me, though i did hold off breeding him.
Then one day i was cleaning out his pen and he just threw himself on my arm, sank his teeth full in and wouldn't let go... I was so surprised that i put my hand back in and he bit me again. This left me with a very bruised, swollen arm and 2 deep puncture wounds and a sore hand. My dr advised me to go for a tetanus shot.
It took a few days for me to pluck up the courage to lift/handle him again... But i do handle him now and he doesn't seem aggressive...
BUT.......... Now everytime and i mean everytime i go to my shed to see to my rabbits, as soon as i walk anywhere near his hutch he sprays me all over... EVERYTIME!
This is driving me insane!!! I am a mother of 3 young children and it's very hard to find the time to shower everytime you want to spend some time with your rabbits... It's turning into a chore and taking the fun away from it all.
It also stops me from letting my kids come out to the rabbits with me, as i don't want them to be sprayed if they stand too close! Also, i would never let them pet him as i couldn't be sure that he wouldn't latch on to one of them the way he did to me!
I also think that he may be deaf. A few days ago i went into feed them and he was laying in his hutch with his back to me and i was inside the shed a good 5 mins before he got up and realised i was there...
I really just don't know what to do!!!
I can't keep getting sprayed every day... I don't want him neutered, as he was being kept for breeding (though with his problems, i would never breed him)
I can't trust him!
I would like to see him re-homed with someone who didn't have kids and could give him everything he needs. I don't really want him to be put to sleep as he is only a baby (8mths).
When i get him out and handle him, he is fine... but he does have some real problems.
I just need to know what to do.
I feel so bad about this... I want to keep him, but i can't... This is taking over my life... I want to spend more time with my rabbits and my kids at the same time... But can't trust him not to spray and they like him and always ask to pet him, but i have to say no... cause i cant trust him.
Please don't think bad of my, i never thought i'd ever even think about re-homing one of my pets...
HELP
Stacy x
Am new here...
I love my rabbits to bits and take alot of pleasure in looking after them.
But recently i have had a big problem.
I am a hobby breeder and i breed a litter every now and then... (not for commercial gain, but more because i like to bring up the babies and any money i make goes on hay, sawdust and food for the rabbits i already have)
I have 8 rabbits which are my own.
2 dutch females that belong to kids.
1 female dwarf lop & 1 male dwarf lop.
1 female lionhead & 1 male lionhead (though these are only babies)
1 female lion lop and 1 male lion lop (this is the one giving me the problems)
Well a few months ago i bought my male lionlop from a woman who shows rabbits. He was 6mths old and she felt that he had gotten a little heavy and she didn't want to cut his food back, just to keep him on the table.
I was very happy... he was lovely...
White with pink eyes.
Then i got him home and realised he was swaying his head from side to side... I researched and it said that it was common with pink eyes and that he probably couldn't see well.
This wasn't a problem for me, though i did hold off breeding him.
Then one day i was cleaning out his pen and he just threw himself on my arm, sank his teeth full in and wouldn't let go... I was so surprised that i put my hand back in and he bit me again. This left me with a very bruised, swollen arm and 2 deep puncture wounds and a sore hand. My dr advised me to go for a tetanus shot.
It took a few days for me to pluck up the courage to lift/handle him again... But i do handle him now and he doesn't seem aggressive...
BUT.......... Now everytime and i mean everytime i go to my shed to see to my rabbits, as soon as i walk anywhere near his hutch he sprays me all over... EVERYTIME!
This is driving me insane!!! I am a mother of 3 young children and it's very hard to find the time to shower everytime you want to spend some time with your rabbits... It's turning into a chore and taking the fun away from it all.
It also stops me from letting my kids come out to the rabbits with me, as i don't want them to be sprayed if they stand too close! Also, i would never let them pet him as i couldn't be sure that he wouldn't latch on to one of them the way he did to me!
I also think that he may be deaf. A few days ago i went into feed them and he was laying in his hutch with his back to me and i was inside the shed a good 5 mins before he got up and realised i was there...
I really just don't know what to do!!!
I can't keep getting sprayed every day... I don't want him neutered, as he was being kept for breeding (though with his problems, i would never breed him)
I can't trust him!
I would like to see him re-homed with someone who didn't have kids and could give him everything he needs. I don't really want him to be put to sleep as he is only a baby (8mths).
When i get him out and handle him, he is fine... but he does have some real problems.
I just need to know what to do.
I feel so bad about this... I want to keep him, but i can't... This is taking over my life... I want to spend more time with my rabbits and my kids at the same time... But can't trust him not to spray and they like him and always ask to pet him, but i have to say no... cause i cant trust him.
Please don't think bad of my, i never thought i'd ever even think about re-homing one of my pets...
HELP
Stacy x