"He'll just have to die"

Someone at work got a bunny for her teenage son. She already knows she'll have to do most of the work for him if her son gets bored. And she said that she doesn't mind as she's already falling in love with him! She was asking me about nail clipping and I said I get my vet to do it, but I see the vet every month so that's not an issue for me... I suggested that she might want to look at insurance for him. She said that the monthly insurance would feed her kids for a week. Fair enough. So I told her that vet bills can get very expensive if something does go wrong and he gets poorly. So she said "well he'll just have to die then". I was just like :shock: How can someone say that after saying they love their pet?!

I'm so grateful that my OH picked a poorly bunny for me and that he didn't get stuck with someone who would just have had him pts or "let him die" by now because he's expensive

I hate the whole attitude of it's only a rabbit etc. I really hope the bun doesn't get poorly my piggie has already cost me over £500 and was worth every penny. Some people don't deserve pets

Rupert was being PTS because he has dental disease and his 'owner' didn't want to pay out. So they got a new bunny instead :evil:

IT'S NOT 'ONLY' A RABBIT IT'S A LITTLE LIFE!!!

:evil::evil:

My parents couldn't even give you a guesstimate of how much they spent on the buns, it was just what they did. Animal in pain = do what you can to make animal not in pain. SIMPLES.

I want to beat her up

:shock:

What an awful thing to say. Well she obviously doesn't love her bun that much then!

typical throw away society that we live in

i'm bad at throwing "stuff" away but would never do that to a family pet!

Also unfortunately a lot of people see rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs etc. as throw away type pets, "oh well we'll get another one"

:roll:

helennnnnn said:

I'm so grateful that my OH picked a poorly bunny for me and that he didn't get stuck with someone who would just have had him pts or "let him die" by now because he's expensive

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I bet he makes up for it in personality! So if we're talking about value for money, I bet he more than makes up for it

Lib_n_bunny said:

I bet he makes up for it in personality! So if we're talking about value for money, I bet he more than makes up for it

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Definitely

Hopefully if it came to that, she would relent and just cough up like we all do.

I work with social work and honestly, there are some people, who if they had to pay for their kids to be medically treated, would say the same thing. :evil::evil:

I hope for the bunny the he/she wins over his/her owner. So, that if needed they will save his/her life.
*some people*
I agree, the whole"it's only a rabbit thing" is very sad.

whitehood said:

I want to beat her up

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yeah..its aweful some peopples attitude - just no compassion...beat her up and then say - sorry we can only give you one pain tablet and if that doesnt help ..well...you will have to die.:evil: