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Young Bun
Hello,
I'm a long time lurker on here (hello!:wave, but a regular on the sister site (piggie forum) but I have a bunny related dilemma and I was hoping someone on here might help....?
Agh.
My OHs friend popped over tonight with a few q’s for us animal mad folk as he was hoping we might have a good suggestion for a childs pet:?. He has a little sister whose been begging her mum for a pet for a good few months now.
Now originally she wanted a kitten but her mum thinks this will be too much hard work and has promised her that instead she can have a rabbit (!) and this weekend they’re going to PAH to get one. :?
Well myself and my OH tried in vain to put them off getting a bunny, as both of us have had a lot of experience with buns. I explained that they aren’t the type of pet that you can pick up and cuddle and my OH explained about when he was little his mum fostered and took in bunnies and every bun comes with a hefty vet bill, and can live ten years +. We talked about financing, housing but nothing not a sausage.
They’re getting a hutch/cage from preloved, and I dread to think what will happen to this bunny if they get one. (I can't imagine them having two)
I was thinking tonight about this predicament and how to resolve it....I was considering letting them foster Percy-Roo and tabby, my bonded sow and boar piggies for a week. I’d supply them with their hutch (not too much stress just a car journey and then they’d be back in their hutch) and I’d go round every day to help them with the piggie care. I think if the mum is willing to cooperate piggies do make better ‘lap pets’ (personally speaking) than rabbits but they do need supervising when handled as they aren’t hardy creatures, and she’ll need to teach her daughter about responsible pet ownership. I was also thinking that maybe after a week the excitement of owning a pet may wear off, and if it doesn’t I can supply a 5ft by 2ft single hutch for them, and keep an eye on them and if the piggies does become unwanted in years to come I could offer my home for the piggies.
We’re really struggling putting them off a bunny though, apparently piggies are flightly (true but not with time and effort) and dull and her daughters looking forward to a fluffy bunny.
Does anyone have any literature/ websites for me to pass on?
And is any animal a ‘childs pets’?
I'm a long time lurker on here (hello!:wave, but a regular on the sister site (piggie forum) but I have a bunny related dilemma and I was hoping someone on here might help....?
Agh.
My OHs friend popped over tonight with a few q’s for us animal mad folk as he was hoping we might have a good suggestion for a childs pet:?. He has a little sister whose been begging her mum for a pet for a good few months now.
Now originally she wanted a kitten but her mum thinks this will be too much hard work and has promised her that instead she can have a rabbit (!) and this weekend they’re going to PAH to get one. :?
Well myself and my OH tried in vain to put them off getting a bunny, as both of us have had a lot of experience with buns. I explained that they aren’t the type of pet that you can pick up and cuddle and my OH explained about when he was little his mum fostered and took in bunnies and every bun comes with a hefty vet bill, and can live ten years +. We talked about financing, housing but nothing not a sausage.
They’re getting a hutch/cage from preloved, and I dread to think what will happen to this bunny if they get one. (I can't imagine them having two)
I was thinking tonight about this predicament and how to resolve it....I was considering letting them foster Percy-Roo and tabby, my bonded sow and boar piggies for a week. I’d supply them with their hutch (not too much stress just a car journey and then they’d be back in their hutch) and I’d go round every day to help them with the piggie care. I think if the mum is willing to cooperate piggies do make better ‘lap pets’ (personally speaking) than rabbits but they do need supervising when handled as they aren’t hardy creatures, and she’ll need to teach her daughter about responsible pet ownership. I was also thinking that maybe after a week the excitement of owning a pet may wear off, and if it doesn’t I can supply a 5ft by 2ft single hutch for them, and keep an eye on them and if the piggies does become unwanted in years to come I could offer my home for the piggies.
We’re really struggling putting them off a bunny though, apparently piggies are flightly (true but not with time and effort) and dull and her daughters looking forward to a fluffy bunny.
Does anyone have any literature/ websites for me to pass on?
And is any animal a ‘childs pets’?