My beautiful little Alfiebun has recently been developing problems with his tooth roots/eye and I don't think they're going to go away I've just had to clean his eye for the first time as it became gunky and matted since I fed them this morning. He was such a good boy and didn't struggle, it made it even worse as I don't want to have to do this for the rest of his life
I love him to bits, I really do, he is my little man and I 100% adore him. I just don't know how we're going to cope with this I'm only 14, so I still rely on my parents to pay for the bills (I contribute if it's a big one, but they generally pay the main as I don't have a source of income!). We're struggling for money as it is and on Friday we were told that the next step in sorting Alfie out would be xrays and that alone is £130. We can barely pay for that as it is, never mind any treatment to follow
Mum told me tonight that she doesn't think his problems are going to be curable, because the specialist we saw thinks it is something to do with his roots or something, requiring eye drops, cleaning, dentals etc. I asked her 'how are we going to afford his treatment' as it'd be a lifelong thing. She replied with 'I don't know...we may have to have him put to sleep'. I was horrified and devastated, I told her that is not acceptable to put my boy to sleep because we can't afford his treatment, I said it's completely unacceptable and I'd never allow it but deep down I don't know if I can stick to that We can afford healthy rabbits, but not unhealthy rabbits! He only just turned 2 in August, so we're looking at least 6 years of treatment for him probably.
Another problem is going on holiday - we go away a lot and have a friend coming to look after them. We can't expect her to clean Alfie's eyes regularly, it's not fair. We also can't afford bunny boarding, as stupid as this sounds
Rosie, his partner, adores him but she's a feisty minx and if she lost alfie I know it'd break her heart. I can just picture her running round looking for him I also think she'd be a really difficult bun to bond to another bun (we'd have to get another one) and she might not even take to them - bonding her to my existing girl would not work as they're both spayed yet incredibly feisty.
I love him so much and this is breaking my heart, I'm crying as I type this, and I don't want to lose him but I don't know what to do He's my gorgeous baby and I know I cannot bear to have him put down over our stupid finances. He's insured but obviously it wouldn't pay out as it's dental problems.
Sorry about this, I'm just feeling overwhelmed and upset and argh
I love him to bits, I really do, he is my little man and I 100% adore him. I just don't know how we're going to cope with this I'm only 14, so I still rely on my parents to pay for the bills (I contribute if it's a big one, but they generally pay the main as I don't have a source of income!). We're struggling for money as it is and on Friday we were told that the next step in sorting Alfie out would be xrays and that alone is £130. We can barely pay for that as it is, never mind any treatment to follow
Mum told me tonight that she doesn't think his problems are going to be curable, because the specialist we saw thinks it is something to do with his roots or something, requiring eye drops, cleaning, dentals etc. I asked her 'how are we going to afford his treatment' as it'd be a lifelong thing. She replied with 'I don't know...we may have to have him put to sleep'. I was horrified and devastated, I told her that is not acceptable to put my boy to sleep because we can't afford his treatment, I said it's completely unacceptable and I'd never allow it but deep down I don't know if I can stick to that We can afford healthy rabbits, but not unhealthy rabbits! He only just turned 2 in August, so we're looking at least 6 years of treatment for him probably.
Another problem is going on holiday - we go away a lot and have a friend coming to look after them. We can't expect her to clean Alfie's eyes regularly, it's not fair. We also can't afford bunny boarding, as stupid as this sounds
Rosie, his partner, adores him but she's a feisty minx and if she lost alfie I know it'd break her heart. I can just picture her running round looking for him I also think she'd be a really difficult bun to bond to another bun (we'd have to get another one) and she might not even take to them - bonding her to my existing girl would not work as they're both spayed yet incredibly feisty.
I love him so much and this is breaking my heart, I'm crying as I type this, and I don't want to lose him but I don't know what to do He's my gorgeous baby and I know I cannot bear to have him put down over our stupid finances. He's insured but obviously it wouldn't pay out as it's dental problems.
Sorry about this, I'm just feeling overwhelmed and upset and argh
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