Hi all,
Around a year ago, I bred my bunnies (safely and I knew what I was doing) and my friends had 4 of them. They had 1 boy and 3 girls. They didn't listen to me that they would soon start mating and they had babies. And they didn't listen again and had babies from those babies. And yet again they had another set of babies. It is completely unfair on the poor rabbits, as their housing isn't suitable, but when I try and subtly mention it, they just take no notice. The other day, the boy and 3 girls got out and they are refusing to take them to the vet to abort the babies, sad, but necessary.
Their housing is very small for the bunnies, although they do get handled quite a lot. The boy lives on his own next to the girls in a small hutch on top of a run. The mother and the babies now live in a small hutch at night and a run (about 7ft x 3ft) ,that we all built at their house, with the other 3 girls rabbits. The 3 girls go in a small 2 storey hutch at night. They all get looked after, fed and watered, and usually get cleaned out properly, although because they are in such a small hutch, the poo builds up very fast. I really don't know what to do though, because their opinion on how big housing should be is really not at all big enough. I don't want to report them as they are such close friends, but I have been showing them the set-ups on here to try and change their views. If anyone has ever been in a situation like this or if they know what I could do, could they please help? :thumb:
Around a year ago, I bred my bunnies (safely and I knew what I was doing) and my friends had 4 of them. They had 1 boy and 3 girls. They didn't listen to me that they would soon start mating and they had babies. And they didn't listen again and had babies from those babies. And yet again they had another set of babies. It is completely unfair on the poor rabbits, as their housing isn't suitable, but when I try and subtly mention it, they just take no notice. The other day, the boy and 3 girls got out and they are refusing to take them to the vet to abort the babies, sad, but necessary.
Their housing is very small for the bunnies, although they do get handled quite a lot. The boy lives on his own next to the girls in a small hutch on top of a run. The mother and the babies now live in a small hutch at night and a run (about 7ft x 3ft) ,that we all built at their house, with the other 3 girls rabbits. The 3 girls go in a small 2 storey hutch at night. They all get looked after, fed and watered, and usually get cleaned out properly, although because they are in such a small hutch, the poo builds up very fast. I really don't know what to do though, because their opinion on how big housing should be is really not at all big enough. I don't want to report them as they are such close friends, but I have been showing them the set-ups on here to try and change their views. If anyone has ever been in a situation like this or if they know what I could do, could they please help? :thumb:
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