OH! you beat me to it:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I am sure she won't mind another one.
OH! you beat me to it:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
OH! you beat me to it:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hi Lou,
I'm impressed by the clarity of your points for discussion here However, playing devils advocat, I'd probably pre-judge Uni students purely on the basis of time required for the amount of studying they have to do and needing a job in order to survive (again taking up time)........ it doesn't leave much time in the day for looking after pets.
Obvioulsy a pet lover would forgo a social life as there just isn't enough hours in the day.
So sorry but if I ran a rescue, I'd be sceptical of students being able to fulfil most of if not all a bunnys needs.
Rgds
Sorry but my silliness was based on wintessing the experiences of my niece and nephew, both university students. I saw the amount of studying they had to do (and the time it took) as well as the part time jobs they did as well. As a result, much as they loved animals and had always cared for pets, they knew there was not enough hours in the day for work/ study/ socialising /sleep/ pets.I think it's a bit silly to say that you can't have a pet and a social life, whether student or not. I had Molly during uni, he lived in my room and so I spent a lot of time with him whilst I was studying. Having to work and have a job actually leaves you with less time to look after pets than being a student IMO.
I understand why rescues would be cautious about students wanting to adopt a bun, but i dont think they should rule them out completely. There are plently of rescues that can be contacted through the forum that would consider students.
Again, we are naming a rescue in a negative light through the eyes of one individual and it is so wrong.
Im all for outing abuse cases whether it is from breeders, hoarders, or rescuers, but we do need to be very careful.
the guy taking me round said "the vet warns me that they're over weight, but i don't care as I like to treat them."
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Sorry but my silliness was based on wintessing the experiences of my niece and nephew, both university students. I saw the amount of studying they had to do (and the time it took) as well as the part time jobs they did as well. As a result, much as they loved animals and had always cared for pets, they knew there was not enough hours in the day for work/ study/ socialising /sleep/ pets.
By the way, I wouldn't have thought that you could socialise much with Molly if you were studying.. if you could you wouldn't be studying very hard and I don't want to get in an arguement of wasting taxpayers money....
I'm sorry for what has turned out to be a bit of a debate. I shouldn't have mentioned names initially, but I have edited my thread so that no names are shown.
I shouldn't have posted the thread, but I wanted to know what other people thought and get some constructive feedback from rescues... which I have, especially from people operating rescues themselves. There's good and bad in everything, not everything in life is perfect and just and I'm pretty sure that some of these rescues would welcome this kind of feedback that I have offered.
I shall write to this particular rescue, merely suggesting a few things that I have picked up from this forum.
I'm just sorry if people think that I've created this for an argument, because that isn't the case at all. This forum is a godsend for people like me, who know little about rabbits but who are passionate about them and are wanting to learn more and help with rescues ect. We're all here for the same thing, and we all have our own opinions. I'm just thankful I got to voice mine
xx