BunnyMania
Young Bun
So I have not posted here for a while. I just wanted to introduce a little bunny who, with the help of some lovely people on a Facebook group, I was able to take on.
A couple of weeks ago I came across an advert. I know I shouldn't have been looking but sometimes I can't help it! I saw a little baby rabbit being kept in something not even suitable for a hamster. In one picture I saw her bedding looked soaked with pee and poo and she didn't appear to have enough hay, and certainly not the space a rabbit even a baby one needs.
I was desperately trying to find a home for her, rescues near me are understandably full so I was unable to do much and almost gave up when I posted her on a group and people began offering to donate towards her rescue. The owners wanted money, and wouldn't let her go without her cage. After more than a week of being back and forth and having me emails and texts ignored...I was finally able to pick her up for a lower asking price. Below are pictures of when I first brought her home. She was pretty small, but understandable as she was a baby, I was told about 12 weeks old. However she was skinny and her hip bones and spine were more prominent to feel than would be healthy. She weighed roughly 650 grams.
Now she has been here for a couple of weeks and she is such a friendly, loving little bunny. She hops up to you for head rubs and even licks your hand. She has put on weight and is now roughly 860 grams. I was originally told, that she was some sort of dwarf cross but by how she has changed I think she must be a lionhead cross though I am not sure what with.
She has gone from this....
To this! Her ears have started to helicopter and even a little extra fluffiness has grown in around her face.
She now has more space to be able to hop and binky away. She has the love and attention she deserves, and she is thriving under it. I don't know how she would have turned out if she had been sold in that cage she was in, barely room to lay down let alone stretch. I think this so desperately shows the importance of education and making sure rabbits sold go to homes with proper knowledge. I so wish regulations were stricter and rabbits sold by pet shops/breeders had a minimum standard housing to go to, and it had to be checked prior to sale.
A couple of weeks ago I came across an advert. I know I shouldn't have been looking but sometimes I can't help it! I saw a little baby rabbit being kept in something not even suitable for a hamster. In one picture I saw her bedding looked soaked with pee and poo and she didn't appear to have enough hay, and certainly not the space a rabbit even a baby one needs.
I was desperately trying to find a home for her, rescues near me are understandably full so I was unable to do much and almost gave up when I posted her on a group and people began offering to donate towards her rescue. The owners wanted money, and wouldn't let her go without her cage. After more than a week of being back and forth and having me emails and texts ignored...I was finally able to pick her up for a lower asking price. Below are pictures of when I first brought her home. She was pretty small, but understandable as she was a baby, I was told about 12 weeks old. However she was skinny and her hip bones and spine were more prominent to feel than would be healthy. She weighed roughly 650 grams.
Now she has been here for a couple of weeks and she is such a friendly, loving little bunny. She hops up to you for head rubs and even licks your hand. She has put on weight and is now roughly 860 grams. I was originally told, that she was some sort of dwarf cross but by how she has changed I think she must be a lionhead cross though I am not sure what with.
She has gone from this....
To this! Her ears have started to helicopter and even a little extra fluffiness has grown in around her face.
She now has more space to be able to hop and binky away. She has the love and attention she deserves, and she is thriving under it. I don't know how she would have turned out if she had been sold in that cage she was in, barely room to lay down let alone stretch. I think this so desperately shows the importance of education and making sure rabbits sold go to homes with proper knowledge. I so wish regulations were stricter and rabbits sold by pet shops/breeders had a minimum standard housing to go to, and it had to be checked prior to sale.
