It's been a week and half since I lost Luna. It was fairly sudden- She was recovering well from her op until Wednesday, then was wheezing Thursday morning, and whisked to the vet, treated with anti-biotics, then ended up in the emergency vets in an oxygen tank Monday as she suddenly got much worse, and we lost her that afternoon.
I have been trying my hardest to get my head round all of this and decide what is best for the future. I lost Luna's brother very suddenly in July. Since then I had been looking into getting a new friend for her, but unfortunately she had a couple of bouts of stasis that put her spay back. I was so excited about it finally happening, so I could look into getting her a new friend, as I think she was a little bit lonely. I now just feel deflated, as this has all been taken away from me. Losing two young rabbits (they were brother and sister and around 2 years old) in as many months has just made me feel a bit useless really.
I inherited the pair of them from my sister when she got bored of them, so I only had them for less than a year, but I loved them with all my heart and I was really excited about the idea of them moving out with me when I finally manage to get a proper job and can afford to (I graduated last July, and am currently at home again with a couple of retail jobs, looking for something better paid and more permanent). I now have a empty hutch and run in the garden which I have to walk past every day and be reminded about how there's no one to live in it any more. I keep doing stupid things, like looking in supermarkets at the end of the day for cheap herbs, and then remembering that there's no one to eat them any more
I still have my chooks, who I love very much, and they do like a cuddle, but they don't really appreciate me spending time with them unless I'm feeding them, and will go off and do their own thing. That is fine, but I miss sitting and reading in the run with Luna, and her coming up to me and nutting me with her head as I was in her space. She always wanted to get past the bit of the run I was in and I was always in the way :lol:
I would love to adopt more bunnies. I've been trying to weigh up whether it's a good idea or not, so I was hoping that you guys could give me honest opinions as to whether it's a good idea or whether I'm letting my heart rule over my head.
As previously stated, I am at home at the moment. Even if I get an amazing well paid job tomorrow, it will take me at least a year to save up to move out properly. So I'm definitely going to be here for that long, and probably longer, as there are no amazing jobs on the horizon at the moment. When I move out, I fully intend on taking any bunnies I have with me. It would either be to a little two up two down house with a tiddly garden, or a flat which allows pets. If the bunnies I get are living outside while I'm here, would it be plausible for them to adapt to living inside in a new home, or will some bunnies always be happier outside? I can't have them inside while I'm here, as this house is two small for the 3 adults and 3 cats living it in permanently (plus my brother and sister who are at uni and back for the holidays). My dad has begrudgingly given up parts of his garden for my chooks and bunnies, and he would go mental if they were in the house eating things too. So it's either living indoors, or if I can get a house with a little garden, they could live out there and come indoors when I was home (but I can't guarantee getting a little house over a flat- it's all on circumstances at the time).
I'm on a temporary contract in my supermarket job at the moment, which expires in October. If they decide to take me on, then that will be the run up to Christmas, so I will probably be doing lots more hours than I am now. This makes me think that if I do get two more bunnies then it should probably be after Christmas, because with me working lots and the days getting shorter, I won't be able to spend as much time with them as I would like, which I don't think would be fair if they are just settling in.
The other thing is that the hutch, run and pen are a decent size (hutch is 6 ft, by 2 ft by 2 ft, run is not quite big enough at 3 1/2ft by 6 ft, but added pen for when someone is at home watching them is another 5ft by 3ft) but I would like it to be bigger. I can't do this while I'm at home or let them free range in the garden (we have an elderly cat who can't jump much any more so needs the bottom of the gate open to get in and out, plus the flowerbeds etc are quite deep and full of all sorts of potentially toxic plants and I just wouldn't be able to catch them to put them back in). This is something that I would 100% do when I have my own place, but for the time being, would my set up be okay? Luna did run laps around it and binky like crazy in the evenings, but we didn't have the penned off section when Neville was here, so I don't know if it would be enough room for two bunnies to really be bunnies.
Does it sound like like I want bunnies more for me than for them? I miss Luna so much that I'm worried that I'm just trying to replace her, and I know that new bunnies won't be her, so I'm trying to give myself as long as possible before making any decisions. I'm also worried that I miss being needed as much as I miss having bunnies, since all the other pets in this house (cats and chooks) don't really need me as much as I felt the bunnies did. Sorry this is so long. I'm just trying to make sense of it all in my head.
I have been trying my hardest to get my head round all of this and decide what is best for the future. I lost Luna's brother very suddenly in July. Since then I had been looking into getting a new friend for her, but unfortunately she had a couple of bouts of stasis that put her spay back. I was so excited about it finally happening, so I could look into getting her a new friend, as I think she was a little bit lonely. I now just feel deflated, as this has all been taken away from me. Losing two young rabbits (they were brother and sister and around 2 years old) in as many months has just made me feel a bit useless really.
I inherited the pair of them from my sister when she got bored of them, so I only had them for less than a year, but I loved them with all my heart and I was really excited about the idea of them moving out with me when I finally manage to get a proper job and can afford to (I graduated last July, and am currently at home again with a couple of retail jobs, looking for something better paid and more permanent). I now have a empty hutch and run in the garden which I have to walk past every day and be reminded about how there's no one to live in it any more. I keep doing stupid things, like looking in supermarkets at the end of the day for cheap herbs, and then remembering that there's no one to eat them any more
I still have my chooks, who I love very much, and they do like a cuddle, but they don't really appreciate me spending time with them unless I'm feeding them, and will go off and do their own thing. That is fine, but I miss sitting and reading in the run with Luna, and her coming up to me and nutting me with her head as I was in her space. She always wanted to get past the bit of the run I was in and I was always in the way :lol:
I would love to adopt more bunnies. I've been trying to weigh up whether it's a good idea or not, so I was hoping that you guys could give me honest opinions as to whether it's a good idea or whether I'm letting my heart rule over my head.
As previously stated, I am at home at the moment. Even if I get an amazing well paid job tomorrow, it will take me at least a year to save up to move out properly. So I'm definitely going to be here for that long, and probably longer, as there are no amazing jobs on the horizon at the moment. When I move out, I fully intend on taking any bunnies I have with me. It would either be to a little two up two down house with a tiddly garden, or a flat which allows pets. If the bunnies I get are living outside while I'm here, would it be plausible for them to adapt to living inside in a new home, or will some bunnies always be happier outside? I can't have them inside while I'm here, as this house is two small for the 3 adults and 3 cats living it in permanently (plus my brother and sister who are at uni and back for the holidays). My dad has begrudgingly given up parts of his garden for my chooks and bunnies, and he would go mental if they were in the house eating things too. So it's either living indoors, or if I can get a house with a little garden, they could live out there and come indoors when I was home (but I can't guarantee getting a little house over a flat- it's all on circumstances at the time).
I'm on a temporary contract in my supermarket job at the moment, which expires in October. If they decide to take me on, then that will be the run up to Christmas, so I will probably be doing lots more hours than I am now. This makes me think that if I do get two more bunnies then it should probably be after Christmas, because with me working lots and the days getting shorter, I won't be able to spend as much time with them as I would like, which I don't think would be fair if they are just settling in.
The other thing is that the hutch, run and pen are a decent size (hutch is 6 ft, by 2 ft by 2 ft, run is not quite big enough at 3 1/2ft by 6 ft, but added pen for when someone is at home watching them is another 5ft by 3ft) but I would like it to be bigger. I can't do this while I'm at home or let them free range in the garden (we have an elderly cat who can't jump much any more so needs the bottom of the gate open to get in and out, plus the flowerbeds etc are quite deep and full of all sorts of potentially toxic plants and I just wouldn't be able to catch them to put them back in). This is something that I would 100% do when I have my own place, but for the time being, would my set up be okay? Luna did run laps around it and binky like crazy in the evenings, but we didn't have the penned off section when Neville was here, so I don't know if it would be enough room for two bunnies to really be bunnies.
Does it sound like like I want bunnies more for me than for them? I miss Luna so much that I'm worried that I'm just trying to replace her, and I know that new bunnies won't be her, so I'm trying to give myself as long as possible before making any decisions. I'm also worried that I miss being needed as much as I miss having bunnies, since all the other pets in this house (cats and chooks) don't really need me as much as I felt the bunnies did. Sorry this is so long. I'm just trying to make sense of it all in my head.