honeybunny
Wise Old Thumper
A large pet store opened near us last Christmas and we are having calls to hand in rabbits that have been purchased there
Today a man rang wanting to hand in a 5 month old bun bought there only a few weeks ago
he said " the problem is when we bought her she was small and easy to handle..we were told they act like cats and are easy to pick up and would be ideal for my children..well she is now boxing, scratching and biting us "
I said " yep they can behave that way, she has hit puberty and needs speying " I went on to explain rabbit behaviour, etc and he said he wasn't told any of this just bought her " on one of those offers with a plastic indoor cage" :roll:
We are full so cannot take her but I have offered to go round to show them how to handle her correctly and things to do to make her less defensive..they are thinking about whether to take my offer up:?
We have had many young buns bought from this store that people have handed, or wanted to hand, in ( Tony the nethie was one)
So I am now working out what to say when I pay the store a visit
Today a man rang wanting to hand in a 5 month old bun bought there only a few weeks ago
he said " the problem is when we bought her she was small and easy to handle..we were told they act like cats and are easy to pick up and would be ideal for my children..well she is now boxing, scratching and biting us "
I said " yep they can behave that way, she has hit puberty and needs speying " I went on to explain rabbit behaviour, etc and he said he wasn't told any of this just bought her " on one of those offers with a plastic indoor cage" :roll:
We are full so cannot take her but I have offered to go round to show them how to handle her correctly and things to do to make her less defensive..they are thinking about whether to take my offer up:?
We have had many young buns bought from this store that people have handed, or wanted to hand, in ( Tony the nethie was one)
So I am now working out what to say when I pay the store a visit