DwarfBuns
Warren Scout
I feel awful writing this & the thought of it upsets me. But I'd love some opinions.
For a while, I worked in a pet shop I didn't particularly enjoy it, but that's beside the point. While I was there, my boy, Frasier passed away. I was heartbroken and couldn't help but blame myself. I then tried to compensate for this with the pets I worked with. We'd often get sick animals, particularly bunnies. We had one in that was suffering with status, the managers let us take her to the vets, but at the end of the day, we would all leave. Having seen what Frasier went through, I requested to take her home. I was off for 3 days and refused to let her die in pain in an isolation room. For 2 days, I force fed her every couple of hours. Set alarms on my phone throught the night & slept beside her. After 2 days, she still wasn't responding so I took her to my rabbit savvy vet who said there was very little hope for her. She was pts. I was heartbroken again. I failed her
We then had a beautiful bunny come in, a little method. She was put on the shop floor to be sold, but then, as she was being sold! It was noticed by a colleague that she had problems with her teeth. She was put into isolation and for a good few weeks, every week, she was taken to a vet to have her teeth trimmed. She would eat plenty of hay, but within a week of them trimming her teeth, they would grow back to the point that they were sticking into her gums. I asked the managers to have her front teeth removed. They did & she's been fine since! Perfect even! One of my colleagues wanted to adopt her, but I knew how he treated his other adopted bun (He's in a small cage & gets outside time occasionally). I didn't want that for her, so I adopted her with the idea that I would bond her with Niles.
I had to wait a while before my rabbit savvy vet would spay her, so she was on her own for a little while. First she was in a rabbit 100cm cage while she settled in. Once we moved her to her own room (where the piggies live, separately), we put a run around the cage and opened it up. She loved it! So much space! Lol. She's a diva tho & started escaping. I was worried she'd hurt herself or would be able to get back and dehydrate so I took away the run. She's been great & loves the space of the whole of the room! Since then, I've updated the room, she shares a C&C cage with the piggies. They have a 5x2, which is raised and she is underneath with a 3x2. She still has full run of the room and has toys, tunnels etc and a hay tray. She loves it!
Since getting her spayed, I tried to introduce her to Niles (just befoore changing the room around) it didn't go well. So now I've got Niles on his own, which he seems fine with. No depression or anything so I'm leaving him as a single bun. But I wonder if she would be happier with a friend. I am feeling a tad overwhelmed by the amount of work I have with the pets, I suffer with reccuring depression, so that doesn't help! I can't help but wonder if she could have a better life with someone else, bonded with a male bun. I can't have another rabbit so bonding her here isn't an option. I don't get to spend enough time with her as I'd like either.
I love her to pieces, I only want the best for her. Am I being selfish keeping her here?
For a while, I worked in a pet shop I didn't particularly enjoy it, but that's beside the point. While I was there, my boy, Frasier passed away. I was heartbroken and couldn't help but blame myself. I then tried to compensate for this with the pets I worked with. We'd often get sick animals, particularly bunnies. We had one in that was suffering with status, the managers let us take her to the vets, but at the end of the day, we would all leave. Having seen what Frasier went through, I requested to take her home. I was off for 3 days and refused to let her die in pain in an isolation room. For 2 days, I force fed her every couple of hours. Set alarms on my phone throught the night & slept beside her. After 2 days, she still wasn't responding so I took her to my rabbit savvy vet who said there was very little hope for her. She was pts. I was heartbroken again. I failed her
We then had a beautiful bunny come in, a little method. She was put on the shop floor to be sold, but then, as she was being sold! It was noticed by a colleague that she had problems with her teeth. She was put into isolation and for a good few weeks, every week, she was taken to a vet to have her teeth trimmed. She would eat plenty of hay, but within a week of them trimming her teeth, they would grow back to the point that they were sticking into her gums. I asked the managers to have her front teeth removed. They did & she's been fine since! Perfect even! One of my colleagues wanted to adopt her, but I knew how he treated his other adopted bun (He's in a small cage & gets outside time occasionally). I didn't want that for her, so I adopted her with the idea that I would bond her with Niles.
I had to wait a while before my rabbit savvy vet would spay her, so she was on her own for a little while. First she was in a rabbit 100cm cage while she settled in. Once we moved her to her own room (where the piggies live, separately), we put a run around the cage and opened it up. She loved it! So much space! Lol. She's a diva tho & started escaping. I was worried she'd hurt herself or would be able to get back and dehydrate so I took away the run. She's been great & loves the space of the whole of the room! Since then, I've updated the room, she shares a C&C cage with the piggies. They have a 5x2, which is raised and she is underneath with a 3x2. She still has full run of the room and has toys, tunnels etc and a hay tray. She loves it!
Since getting her spayed, I tried to introduce her to Niles (just befoore changing the room around) it didn't go well. So now I've got Niles on his own, which he seems fine with. No depression or anything so I'm leaving him as a single bun. But I wonder if she would be happier with a friend. I am feeling a tad overwhelmed by the amount of work I have with the pets, I suffer with reccuring depression, so that doesn't help! I can't help but wonder if she could have a better life with someone else, bonded with a male bun. I can't have another rabbit so bonding her here isn't an option. I don't get to spend enough time with her as I'd like either.
I love her to pieces, I only want the best for her. Am I being selfish keeping her here?