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OMG shock!

TasherR

Alpha Buck
:shock::shock::shock:My dad has just come to mine with two 12 week old agouit does :shock::shock::shock:

First of all hes clueless about buns :roll:

Second of all their from a breeder :censored: which im against and wanted to rescue and they have no change over food and im going to have to buy junior nuggets now

Third of all i only have a fop indoor cage to put them both in not ideal when they have to live in the garage and not really big enough

Then theirs spay/ vaccination costs i cant afford it for two more buns

Then theirs the risk of them falling out and having nowhere to put them both would be ok if their was just one and then theres trying to bond a trio :shock::?

And i really wanted to change a rescue buns life :cry: i already know which girly i wanted to bring home plus i have no idea what their personalities are like i really wanted a snuggle bun because bailey will only just let me stroke him for about 1 min before he stamps and runs off. And im gettin all upset thinking about Trev now and dont think that i was ready for a new bun yet :cry::cry:

Sorry rant/freak out over they are beautiful tho :love: will post pics later :D
 
Surprised a breeder would let him walk away with two un neutered does as a surprise present.I'd say ask him to take them to look after himself or to return them to the breeder..and continue down the rescue route

by the way which breeder was it as he must have their name?
 
:? Oh dear. I think you need to tell your dad the problems he has raised by impulsively getting these buns. And ask him not to do it again. Although he's done it as a token of his fatherly love, it sounds like these buns are going to cause you a lot of problems as you don't have the means to accomodate them. You can still change their lives like you wanted to with a rescue bun. By giving them the unconditional love and care they may not have otherwise had. Not sure what your set up is but can you not give the new girls a room in the house-with the cage open all the time for them to use as their toilet/base? A garage has no natural light usually-buns need the right amount of sunlight as they do darkness, as confusing the two can cause problems health wise. Hope you can still love these girls although their arrivat has caused you some stress :) on a brighter note we've turned our house upside down to accomodate unexpected arrivals before when we adopted a pregnant doe and kept her babies. It all turns out fine in the end. Just get them somewhere warm and secure together, with food, water and hay. Then you can plan your next move :)
 
Oh gosh, I'm sorry you've been put in that position. :( Don't really know what to say, but like Honeybunny I'm surprised a breeder let two unneutered does be bought on impulse. They sound lovely, but anyone with the least bunny knowledge knows that does must be spayed at a young age, and that x2 this is not a negligible amount of money... I've no direct knowledge of boding, but girl and girl is surely unusual.
 
Tasher..any thought son the comments..I'd hate to see you end up with two badly injured bunnies through fighting?:(
 
Have put the buns in a dog crate in my room for now
you bat an eyelash and they :censored: themselves clearly not been socialised at all :roll: they are very slender and sleek buns almost wildie looking with white noses and white around their eyes and under their chins not sure what they are supposed to be i forgot to ask my dad :?
Anyway after much thought im going to get my dad to take them back.. i cant afford or have enough room for 3 buns if i kept them both id have to get a new hutch as well thats another £200.
This may sound harsh but they are not my 'type' of rabbit either if that makes any sense, dont get me wrong i dont dislike them i just prefer big squishy lop bunnys :love: they are cute just not what i like and i cant spend 8+ years with a bun im not really keen on.
 
I'm really quite shocked, as these buns have become two of the thousands of unwanted pets in a matter of hours? I thought you were getting more buns-you were talking about rescue rabbits in your first post. Personally I wouldn't decide on an animals fate because of it's looks. I'm not sure a good rescue would rehome to someone who is this easily put off. What happens to the rescue bun you're planning to adopt if you don't like it's personality after 2 weeks. Would you spend 8 years with it or take it back? And on the cost side rescue buns cost money to adopt, feed and house-could this money you'd have for the rescue bun not be put towards you're girls care instead? I'm not having a go, I'm just putting myself in any of your future pets shoes, and thinking of the long term affect on the bunny returns you have. There are rabbits in rescue centers purely due to people thinking this way on their appearance. adopting an unwanted rabbit is a contradiction in terms if you're going to send these poor girls back as unwanted gifts. Sorry to be blunt.
 
Have put the buns in a dog crate in my room for now
you bat an eyelash and they :censored: themselves clearly not been socialised at all :roll: they are very slender and sleek buns almost wildie looking with white noses and white around their eyes and under their chins not sure what they are supposed to be i forgot to ask my dad :?
Anyway after much thought im going to get my dad to take them back.. i cant afford or have enough room for 3 buns if i kept them both id have to get a new hutch as well thats another £200.
This may sound harsh but they are not my 'type' of rabbit either if that makes any sense, dont get me wrong i dont dislike them i just prefer big squishy lop bunnys :love: they are cute just not what i like and i cant spend 8+ years with a bun im not really keen on.


..........no, that would be absolutely frightful ........... :roll:
 
As you are not in a position to take care of these bunnies, I think it would be good for them to go back to the breeder if you have that option.
 
I have 3 un-spayed does together and they've never fallen out, been together years...
Any buns can fall out spayed/neutered or not so I'm not too sure what the problem is with them not being spayed :?
I really think that is the least of the worry here....

Since you can't afford them then it's fair enough to ask them to be returned, (I think your other comment is pretty shocking) but what you going to do if the breeder wont take them back?
I'd to see these girls end up in a rescue because through no fault of their own they're not your type of bun....

You've had them a few hours, you don't know anything about them...
Just because they aren't squishly lops doesn't mean they wont have the most amazing personalities....

I just feel if they were lops, you would be giving them more of a chance and I guess that gets to me a bit...:oops::oops:

I agree with linzi1loveanimals about a rescue more than likely thinking twice about letting you adopt after whats been said..:oops::oops::oops:
 
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I'm really quite shocked, as these buns have become two of the thousands of unwanted pets in a matter of hours? I thought you were getting more buns-you were talking about rescue rabbits in your first post. Personally I wouldn't decide on an animals fate because of it's looks. I'm not sure a good rescue would rehome to someone who is this easily put off. What happens to the rescue bun you're planning to adopt if you don't like it's personality after 2 weeks. Would you spend 8 years with it or take it back? And on the cost side rescue buns cost money to adopt, feed and house-could this money you'd have for the rescue bun not be put towards you're girls care instead? I'm not having a go, I'm just putting myself in any of your future pets shoes, and thinking of the long term affect on the bunny returns you have. There are rabbits in rescue centers purely due to people thinking this way on their appearance. adopting an unwanted rabbit is a contradiction in terms if you're going to send these poor girls back as unwanted gifts. Sorry to be blunt.

I didnt mean it that way i love all buns i just ment that personally i wouldnt have chose that particular breed if it was my choice for example you may like nethies where as i like French lops. Re reading my commet back it doesnt sound how i ment it to and i agree it does sound awful i too would be shocked if i saw that someone had said i dont like it it doesnt look nice :? and i understand that that is why many buns are in rescues.
I wanted to rescue so that i could take bailey down and let him decide on his own partner as i feel its fairer to allow them to do this. And as far as putting up with personalities goes bailey is no squishy lop if i put the sweeping brush back in the wrong place he goes crazy stamping and doesnt enjoy a stroke but i dont care i would never get rid of him because of it.
 
What about asking your dad to help with the spaying costs since he's the one who had the idea to bring them home?
I'd give the two little girls a chance. If they go back to the breeder, who knows where they could end up next?
 
What about asking your dad to help with the spaying costs since he's the one who had the idea to bring them home?
I'd give the two little girls a chance. If they go back to the breeder, who knows where they could end up next?

*puts hand up*:wave: In a rescue!

Please give them a chance. IMO it's up to your dad to help you spay them.
If you really can't afford them then take them back to the breeder, but if it's just a case of wanting a certain breed then I think you're making a big mistake.

To me it's a bit like saying that I don't want a blonde haired, blue eyed son who runs around like a crazy person...I want a dark, curly haired boy who will sit still with me. :?

You'll learn to love them for their personalities. If you're after a snuggle pet, then rabbits aren't the best choice....they're all so different. I love that all my buns are completely different. ...it's who they are! (Just like I'd love all my kids equally, even though chances are they'll have completely different personalities.)
 
Poor bunnies:shock:unwanted:cry:unloved and almost homeless:cry:you could at least give them a chance:)they ARE bunnies after all:)they didn,t ask to be bred/sold be not wanted:cry::roll: I don,t think it matters that they are not rescues as they are with you now:cry:please give them a chance:love: breeder rabbits need love too:love:
 
*puts hand up*:wave: In a rescue!

Please give them a chance. IMO it's up to your dad to help you spay them.
If you really can't afford them then take them back to the breeder, but if it's just a case of wanting a certain breed then I think you're making a big mistake.

To me it's a bit like saying that I don't want a blonde haired, blue eyed son who runs around like a crazy person...I want a dark, curly haired boy who will sit still with me. :?

You'll learn to love them for their personalities. If you're after a snuggle pet, then rabbits aren't the best choice....they're all so different. I love that all my buns are completely different. ...it's who they are! (Just like I'd love all my kids equally, even though chances are they'll have completely different personalities.)

Totally agree with that ^^^^^
 
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If you cant afford them, and dont want them, then I would agree giving them back would probably be the easiest option.

Maybe someone you know wants some rabbits at the moment? or maybe you could find a new home for them yourself?

I know what its like to be given/ get rabbits you dont particulary want at the time, but it can work out, and I love her very much:love:
these could turn out to be your ideal buns.
 
take them back. they were an unwanted gift. the fact that they are living creatures makes it worse all round, not better. you can't be forced to love animals that will cost you a fortune. i love my bunnies but it would have been more sensible for me not to have them. if you take them back, even if they end up in a rescue, they have a chance of living with someone who can love them. you will only resent them if they stay with you.
 
take them back. they were an unwanted gift. the fact that they are living creatures makes it worse all round, not better. you can't be forced to love animals that will cost you a fortune. i love my bunnies but it would have been more sensible for me not to have them. if you take them back, even if they end up in a rescue, they have a chance of living with someone who can love them. you will only resent them if they stay with you.

I have to agree, they would be better going back to the breeder.

I think its perfectly reasonably to not want animals that are not your breed, and personally I don't think you're being selfish/uncaring at all. If anything, your Dad should take them back.

Get the bunnies you want and in your own time when you're ready. :)
 
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