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Mama Doe
Hi,
Unfortunately, myself and my husband had to make the difficult decision to re-home our outdoor buns Poppy and Barry a few months ago following my recent diagnosis of sjogrens syndrome and a thryroid disorder . We currently have 4 buns but last winter I found it increasingly challenging to look after both my young son and our pets and I struggled a lot in juggling everything while also looking after my own health. So I made the decision to find a good home for my much loved pets where they would get the care and attention they deserve.
The only probelm is that here in Ireland we dont have shelters for small animals and the DSPCA dont take care of their rabbits too well unfortunately as they seem to be a low priority pet and their homes dont get vetted and they no longer neuter or vaccinate the rabbits . It is very sad and for that reason I decided to try and find homes for my bonded pair myself as I know exactly what I am looking for in terms of finding a home where all their needs are met.
In the last nine months I have advertised my buns twice and put a lot of thought into their description and the type of home I was looking for etc but it was much harder than I thought to find them a home. I got so many calls every day and I was feeling very hopeful at the start but all the people that enquired were unsuitable and most people hadn't done their research and by the end of the whole experience I felt completely drained. My husband said I was being a bit fussy but I really wasnt, and when I asked where they would live people either got cagey or would say they had an extra large cage and most of the time when I pressed people on it , it was only 100cm's. To be honest , this really angered me. The other enquiries i got were from people who had a rabbit but were looking for a friend for it which was obviously a no no for me as I wanted them to stay bonded and didnt want anything to get in the way of that.
On my second attempt at re-homing I got a call from a gentrle man who told me he had been keeping rabbits all his life and had a massive pen and a huge garden that they could free range in every day and he also had 3 other rabbits. He sounded really well spoken, seemed to know his stuff and I got a good feeling and finally felt i had found them the right home where they would be with a knowledgeable owner who had good experience with buns. There was just one thing I wanted and that was to be able to come out and see his set up and have a chat with him before i handed over my beautiful babies to him and he was okay with this. All seemed good.
So myself and my husband set off with the buns to see their (hopefully) new home and I was feeling really positive about the whole thing. As soon as we pulled up outside the mans house , however, I got a bad feeling but my husband told me to be open minded about it so i took his advice on board and we headed on in. We met the man and he brought us out around the back and straight away I was not impressed and my heart just sank to the floor. He was right about the pen, it was big but it was filthy and inside it was a little dog kennel that was sitting directly on the ground and there was a carrot in the pen that was meant for my buns and that was the only food they would get. This was back in January when it was really cold and i asked him did he have bedding in the kennel and he said he did. when i asked could i go in and have a look when i lifted up the roof of the kennel there was a tiny bit of sawdust that was pee soaked (from his other buns) . To say I was horrified would be an understatement, I cant even describe how i felt, how could I have been so off about this guy??!! There was a pair of bunnies(un-neutered) in another hutch that was tiny and i just knew in my heart that if i had never come to do a home check on this guy and just handed over my buns that Poppy and Barry would have ended up in the tiny hutch and his original buns would prob have got the big pen. Straight away I told the guy I was not going to re-home them with him and I explained about their care and how buns should have access to an unlimited supply of hay etc and I just got out of there as quick as I could and went home and took my ad down and have not advertised them since.
The whole experience has really left me wondering can I actually find a good home for them here in Ireland because we are so behind you guys over in the UK with everything, we dont have rabbit rescues and we dont have cages bigger than 120cm's over here. If you want something bigger it needs to be ordered from the Uk. Anyway a few months have passed since that ordeal and every time i think of advertising for a new home for them I get that sinking feeling and think of all the calls i got that made me so mad and then the guy I nearly gave my bunnies to.
Myself and my husband have talked at length about this and we were hoping to find a home through Rabbits united. Obviously I would need to put up a post here at some point but I was wondering does anyone think this would be a good idea? We are willing to bring them over to the UK and cover all the costs etc if it means they will get the perfect home that I am happy with. All we would ask for is the standard adoption fee for two rabbits. They are both neutered, healthy and fully vaccinated and are a very cute couple who are very inlove. I would love to keep them but my health is very unpredictable at present and I experience a high level of fatigue which makes every day things quite challenging especially cleaning out the bunny shed and maintaining the standard of care i like them to have. Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.
Here are my snuggle buns Poppy and Barry. Poppy is the blue dutch cross (4yrs) and Barry is the sooty fawn mini lop ( 2yrs)
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Unfortunately, myself and my husband had to make the difficult decision to re-home our outdoor buns Poppy and Barry a few months ago following my recent diagnosis of sjogrens syndrome and a thryroid disorder . We currently have 4 buns but last winter I found it increasingly challenging to look after both my young son and our pets and I struggled a lot in juggling everything while also looking after my own health. So I made the decision to find a good home for my much loved pets where they would get the care and attention they deserve.
The only probelm is that here in Ireland we dont have shelters for small animals and the DSPCA dont take care of their rabbits too well unfortunately as they seem to be a low priority pet and their homes dont get vetted and they no longer neuter or vaccinate the rabbits . It is very sad and for that reason I decided to try and find homes for my bonded pair myself as I know exactly what I am looking for in terms of finding a home where all their needs are met.
In the last nine months I have advertised my buns twice and put a lot of thought into their description and the type of home I was looking for etc but it was much harder than I thought to find them a home. I got so many calls every day and I was feeling very hopeful at the start but all the people that enquired were unsuitable and most people hadn't done their research and by the end of the whole experience I felt completely drained. My husband said I was being a bit fussy but I really wasnt, and when I asked where they would live people either got cagey or would say they had an extra large cage and most of the time when I pressed people on it , it was only 100cm's. To be honest , this really angered me. The other enquiries i got were from people who had a rabbit but were looking for a friend for it which was obviously a no no for me as I wanted them to stay bonded and didnt want anything to get in the way of that.
On my second attempt at re-homing I got a call from a gentrle man who told me he had been keeping rabbits all his life and had a massive pen and a huge garden that they could free range in every day and he also had 3 other rabbits. He sounded really well spoken, seemed to know his stuff and I got a good feeling and finally felt i had found them the right home where they would be with a knowledgeable owner who had good experience with buns. There was just one thing I wanted and that was to be able to come out and see his set up and have a chat with him before i handed over my beautiful babies to him and he was okay with this. All seemed good.
So myself and my husband set off with the buns to see their (hopefully) new home and I was feeling really positive about the whole thing. As soon as we pulled up outside the mans house , however, I got a bad feeling but my husband told me to be open minded about it so i took his advice on board and we headed on in. We met the man and he brought us out around the back and straight away I was not impressed and my heart just sank to the floor. He was right about the pen, it was big but it was filthy and inside it was a little dog kennel that was sitting directly on the ground and there was a carrot in the pen that was meant for my buns and that was the only food they would get. This was back in January when it was really cold and i asked him did he have bedding in the kennel and he said he did. when i asked could i go in and have a look when i lifted up the roof of the kennel there was a tiny bit of sawdust that was pee soaked (from his other buns) . To say I was horrified would be an understatement, I cant even describe how i felt, how could I have been so off about this guy??!! There was a pair of bunnies(un-neutered) in another hutch that was tiny and i just knew in my heart that if i had never come to do a home check on this guy and just handed over my buns that Poppy and Barry would have ended up in the tiny hutch and his original buns would prob have got the big pen. Straight away I told the guy I was not going to re-home them with him and I explained about their care and how buns should have access to an unlimited supply of hay etc and I just got out of there as quick as I could and went home and took my ad down and have not advertised them since.
The whole experience has really left me wondering can I actually find a good home for them here in Ireland because we are so behind you guys over in the UK with everything, we dont have rabbit rescues and we dont have cages bigger than 120cm's over here. If you want something bigger it needs to be ordered from the Uk. Anyway a few months have passed since that ordeal and every time i think of advertising for a new home for them I get that sinking feeling and think of all the calls i got that made me so mad and then the guy I nearly gave my bunnies to.
Myself and my husband have talked at length about this and we were hoping to find a home through Rabbits united. Obviously I would need to put up a post here at some point but I was wondering does anyone think this would be a good idea? We are willing to bring them over to the UK and cover all the costs etc if it means they will get the perfect home that I am happy with. All we would ask for is the standard adoption fee for two rabbits. They are both neutered, healthy and fully vaccinated and are a very cute couple who are very inlove. I would love to keep them but my health is very unpredictable at present and I experience a high level of fatigue which makes every day things quite challenging especially cleaning out the bunny shed and maintaining the standard of care i like them to have. Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.
Here are my snuggle buns Poppy and Barry. Poppy is the blue dutch cross (4yrs) and Barry is the sooty fawn mini lop ( 2yrs)
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