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Mama Doe
Hi everyone,
I havent been on for a while as both myself and my son had a bug and I'm only getting my energy back now. As some of you know I adopted a bunny called Rosie from the DSPCA a few months ago. She is no longer living with us as she was a very shy little bun and I felt our house wasnt suited to her as she was terrified of Dylan, ( my very active and noisy toddler). My brother in-law and his girlfriend were looking for a bun to bond with their girl so we decided that his home would be more suitable and quieter. Rosie and Daisy are now happily bonded but that still left my bun Bobby looking for a friend. Iv been searching and putting ads up looking for a neutered female for some time now and the DSPCA have had no buns for the last while so yesterday I saw an ad on gumtree for a bun who was looking for a new home as her owners were moving to the UK and couldnt bring her with them and I rang up and decided to adopt her.
I was told she was 8 months old and came with a cage and all her things etc for free so I was deighted with that as it meant I didnt have to set up a c&c as i usually do with new buns. I couldnt go collect her as I was putting my son to bed so my husband kindly offered to go get her and he knew all the things to check for and questions to ask etc. He said they were nice and the girl was nearly in tears handing over her bun and gave all her details so I could keep her updated on how things went but unfortunately the rest is all very negative. When Danny came home and showed me the cage my heart just sank for the poor little thing. It was a hamster cage It was one of those plastic cages with a grill on the top and it was barely a foot high. Infact I barely think it was suitable for a syrian hamster as it wouldnt even fit a 12" wheel without knocking off the top. I was horrified by this and I was given a water bottle and I have no clue how they even put a bottle in the cage. They gave me a bag of tesco rabbit muesli and said she gets two bowls of that a day, they never gave her hay and she got a carrot once a week. I felt so saddened by this. So straight away I got started making a c&c cage because there was no way i was letting her spend one more minute in the 70cm cage.
My husband was saying that they let her out of the cage in the evenings to have a run around but not for too long as she poo's everywhere. This didnt bother me as she is not neutered so that explains that but I am concerned now about her health having been in these conditions and I am also concerned that she is aggressive. Danny was saying she growled lastnight when her owner picked her up when she was free ranging in her house and lastnight she lunged at me and then this morning when I went to greet her she growled at me. Any time someone walks by her cage she runs at the grids and I dont think its curiosity. I think she is very territorial and who would blame her.
My only problem is and I dont want to sound heartless but I am very nervous about keeping this rabbit now. My little boy is very good with our pets and likes to be involved in their care, helping me in the evening to give them their dinner and I cant keep an aggressive bunny that could make him fearful.
I know that this little girl has had a rough start, and I know she needs to be neutered because alot of this behaviour could be to do with her hormones driving her mad but how can I be sure that neutering will solve this prolbem? I am afraid I will spend the €130 and she might still have those behavioural problems and I might need to find a new home for her anyway. I really dont know what to do. I have never even heard a bunny growl until lastnight and it made me nervous, especially the lunging.
She is such a beautiful little thing and when I say little she really is little. she is smaller than my netherland dwarf. Id say she couldnt be more than 900grams. Whatever the outcome whether she stays with us or I find her a new home I will do my utmost to make sure she goes to a caring home with all the space and attention she deserves.
Here is a picture of the little lady:
http://www.gumtree.ie/cp-other-pets...tiful-white-and-black-dwarf-rabbit-448772695#
Sorry for the lenght of the post. I just wanted to explain the whole situation. If anyone has any advice or has been in a similar situation with territorial behaviour I would love to hear your stories especially if they had positive outcomes .
Thanks
I havent been on for a while as both myself and my son had a bug and I'm only getting my energy back now. As some of you know I adopted a bunny called Rosie from the DSPCA a few months ago. She is no longer living with us as she was a very shy little bun and I felt our house wasnt suited to her as she was terrified of Dylan, ( my very active and noisy toddler). My brother in-law and his girlfriend were looking for a bun to bond with their girl so we decided that his home would be more suitable and quieter. Rosie and Daisy are now happily bonded but that still left my bun Bobby looking for a friend. Iv been searching and putting ads up looking for a neutered female for some time now and the DSPCA have had no buns for the last while so yesterday I saw an ad on gumtree for a bun who was looking for a new home as her owners were moving to the UK and couldnt bring her with them and I rang up and decided to adopt her.
I was told she was 8 months old and came with a cage and all her things etc for free so I was deighted with that as it meant I didnt have to set up a c&c as i usually do with new buns. I couldnt go collect her as I was putting my son to bed so my husband kindly offered to go get her and he knew all the things to check for and questions to ask etc. He said they were nice and the girl was nearly in tears handing over her bun and gave all her details so I could keep her updated on how things went but unfortunately the rest is all very negative. When Danny came home and showed me the cage my heart just sank for the poor little thing. It was a hamster cage It was one of those plastic cages with a grill on the top and it was barely a foot high. Infact I barely think it was suitable for a syrian hamster as it wouldnt even fit a 12" wheel without knocking off the top. I was horrified by this and I was given a water bottle and I have no clue how they even put a bottle in the cage. They gave me a bag of tesco rabbit muesli and said she gets two bowls of that a day, they never gave her hay and she got a carrot once a week. I felt so saddened by this. So straight away I got started making a c&c cage because there was no way i was letting her spend one more minute in the 70cm cage.
My husband was saying that they let her out of the cage in the evenings to have a run around but not for too long as she poo's everywhere. This didnt bother me as she is not neutered so that explains that but I am concerned now about her health having been in these conditions and I am also concerned that she is aggressive. Danny was saying she growled lastnight when her owner picked her up when she was free ranging in her house and lastnight she lunged at me and then this morning when I went to greet her she growled at me. Any time someone walks by her cage she runs at the grids and I dont think its curiosity. I think she is very territorial and who would blame her.
My only problem is and I dont want to sound heartless but I am very nervous about keeping this rabbit now. My little boy is very good with our pets and likes to be involved in their care, helping me in the evening to give them their dinner and I cant keep an aggressive bunny that could make him fearful.
I know that this little girl has had a rough start, and I know she needs to be neutered because alot of this behaviour could be to do with her hormones driving her mad but how can I be sure that neutering will solve this prolbem? I am afraid I will spend the €130 and she might still have those behavioural problems and I might need to find a new home for her anyway. I really dont know what to do. I have never even heard a bunny growl until lastnight and it made me nervous, especially the lunging.
She is such a beautiful little thing and when I say little she really is little. she is smaller than my netherland dwarf. Id say she couldnt be more than 900grams. Whatever the outcome whether she stays with us or I find her a new home I will do my utmost to make sure she goes to a caring home with all the space and attention she deserves.
Here is a picture of the little lady:
http://www.gumtree.ie/cp-other-pets...tiful-white-and-black-dwarf-rabbit-448772695#
Sorry for the lenght of the post. I just wanted to explain the whole situation. If anyone has any advice or has been in a similar situation with territorial behaviour I would love to hear your stories especially if they had positive outcomes .
Thanks