Today whilst in the rescue I was looking at all the lovely buns looking for homes. Some of these buns had "RETURNED" labelled on their hutch/cage/pen.
I asked the lady why they had been returned, whether it was a broken down bond etc.. it turns out that two of the returns were rescue buns from the rescue that had bonded with other peoples buns, when their original buns died they returned the rescue rabbits!! (two separate families I may add!!) The other one was returned as she was "cute" but not very "cuddly" and more of a "rabbit's rabbit than a people rabbit."
What is wrong with people?? :evil:
Occasionally an agreement is made with the Rescue Centre that when their original bun dies, the rescue rehomed to them comes back to the Rescue. It means that two buns get to love some bun at least ... Then the rescue bun has a chance at love again - hopefully.
I have worked with Rescues where this has happened
you could keep going forever like that. The keeping of animals that need a companion can be a hard cycle to break.Why wouldn't they rescue another bun to live with the surviving bun of the original pair though? That's so sad, especially considering how hard it probably is to rehome older buns
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Why wouldn't they rescue another bun to live with the surviving bun of the original pair though? That's so sad, especially considering how hard it probably is to rehome older buns
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That's so sad hoppetylop. I think if I couldn't keep bunnies any more it would break my heart. I haven't been without a bun for 34 years. It's only in the last 8 years I've kept bonded buns. It is a cycle of losing one, then rebonding but I think it's my responsibility to do my very best for buns that need love and affection. I worry that my age is against me now as I'm 61. So mortality hits us all. I hope I can offer buns all the love for more years yet.
61 is no age at all Fluffybunny :wave:
It's the new 40!
I love my buns and I couldn't ever think of giving them up. Sometimes people make an agreement with the Rescue before they take them on when they don't want to continue the cycle of having buns.
I remember when I got a friend for my Max, I was just diagnosed with cancer. the Rescue kindly said that if I found I couldn't cope they would take her back. They even said they would take her *and* Max. It was an unbelievably kind offer, but I knew I could never ever give them up, except over my own dead body
Blimey MightyMax im so sorry to hear that.:shock:Of course that's an entirely different matter.How brilliant of the rescue to give you such peace of mind at such a worrying time.Im glad all turned out well in the end.x
In the last 2 weeks, we have had 6 bunnies returned to us, which is more than what we had returned in the whole of last year. It's heartbreaking.
61 is no age at all Fluffybunny :wave:
It's the new 40!
I love my buns and I couldn't ever think of giving them up. Sometimes people make an agreement with the Rescue before they take them on when they don't want to continue the cycle of having buns.
I remember when I got a friend for my Max, I was just diagnosed with cancer. the Rescue kindly said that if I found I couldn't cope they would take her back. They even said they would take her *and* Max. It was an unbelievably kind offer, but I knew I could never ever give them up, except over my own dead body
Do they give reasons? I just don't get it, why make a commitment and then fail that poor bun? (damn good excuses aside!)
Meant to comment to this...sorry my brain is addled from lack of sleep.
(((((((Huge hugs))))))) for you MM. xxxx
Mimzy came to us a few years after I finished my treatments and he brightened my life so that I finally felt like getting out of bed again, but I had other pets then and did worry what would happen to them without me. Sure my OH and kids were there, but they don't care for them like I do. My daughter loves them but she has issues that would likely make the daily routine with three cats, two dogs and three rabbits very wearing on her. Still she'd take them on.
It would make me absolutely desperate if my disease returned whilst I still have my current zoo. How kind of the rescue to make that offer but yeah, I can see why it wasn't even on the table! :thumb:
Your other post talks about provisions in one's will...I have often thought of doing that and know I need to make one, but I don't have the money available to see an expensive lawyer. My grandfather had a living trust that listed all his wishes upon becoming either incapacitated or passing away, but I found a lot of authorities don't put much stock in these. Of course that was almost 25 years ago, things have changed, but I would be concerned that my wishes would be ignored.
Sorry, kind of a thread hijack but it's actually been a concern in recent years that I don't have things set up yet for this eventuality.