Schez
Mama Doe
I'm at my wits end with my father in law.
He's always said that bunnies are outside animals and has also criticised my outdoor set ups, saying they are too big. (He would have a fit if he saw some of the lovely bunny accommodation on RU )
But anyway, I have two little boys, one four one two. Some of you will remember that I was at the hospital with my youngest not so long ago, when a cough and cold got out of control and he was finding it hard to breath.
He's come down with a cough and cold again and so has my four year old.
Well, now I am being told by father in law that it's because I have indoor bunnies. And today when I got home from work (long day with added training in the afternoon :roll my mother in law said that she's been feeling rotten too and I should consider my father in laws advice and that it could be the indoor bunnies.
What does she expect me to do?
I explained that I can't put them out now. The change in temp would either kill them or at least make them incredibly poorly. I feel stuck between a rock and hard place. If I put them out it's animal neglect/abuse but if I don't, I'm not putting the needs of my kids first.
What angers me is that my FIL has decided that this must be the cause and I'm being made to feel bad. It is the season of cough and colds and the children attend nursery. Things go around, and low immune systems mean that the kids will pick things up over and over again.
I don't know if being tired has blown this all out of proportion but I feel so guilty and upset about it all. Reggie has been an indoor bun since he first came to us, he is now 16 months old. Surely I would have seen more in that time to suggest a bunny allergy?
Sorry for the ramble RU, I'm just so tired and so upset over it.
He's always said that bunnies are outside animals and has also criticised my outdoor set ups, saying they are too big. (He would have a fit if he saw some of the lovely bunny accommodation on RU )
But anyway, I have two little boys, one four one two. Some of you will remember that I was at the hospital with my youngest not so long ago, when a cough and cold got out of control and he was finding it hard to breath.
He's come down with a cough and cold again and so has my four year old.
Well, now I am being told by father in law that it's because I have indoor bunnies. And today when I got home from work (long day with added training in the afternoon :roll my mother in law said that she's been feeling rotten too and I should consider my father in laws advice and that it could be the indoor bunnies.
What does she expect me to do?
I explained that I can't put them out now. The change in temp would either kill them or at least make them incredibly poorly. I feel stuck between a rock and hard place. If I put them out it's animal neglect/abuse but if I don't, I'm not putting the needs of my kids first.
What angers me is that my FIL has decided that this must be the cause and I'm being made to feel bad. It is the season of cough and colds and the children attend nursery. Things go around, and low immune systems mean that the kids will pick things up over and over again.
I don't know if being tired has blown this all out of proportion but I feel so guilty and upset about it all. Reggie has been an indoor bun since he first came to us, he is now 16 months old. Surely I would have seen more in that time to suggest a bunny allergy?
Sorry for the ramble RU, I'm just so tired and so upset over it.