ChloeBunny
Warren Scout
Sorry this will be long but I have to get it off my chest
Went to a garden centre earlier to look for a fathers day present, my friend told me about it and he said they have birds out the back and sometimes bunnies and piggies. So me and my son went and thought we'd have a look at how they were keeping them.In one way I wish I hadn't but in another I'm so glad I did.
We found the animal "shed" we opened the door and the noise was unbelievable, there must have been well over 100 birds in cages all around the sides in really small compartments (i dont know anything about birds but there were lots of different types) they were all screeching so loudly then I saw the bunny he was in a big cage (ferplast 140 or similar) so a good size but all that was in it was shavings and a bit of straw a bowl of pellets and a water bottle. Thats it! Not even a hidey hole for bunny to hide in
Poor bunny was just sat there looking so miserable. He moved a little when we went up to him, I've never seen a bunny move like he did. I can only describe it as a commando crawl (on his belly) very slowly up to the water bottle and then away again! I was almost in tears and knew I couldnt leave without him but OH wasnt with us and had to see if it was ok with him too. He texted back saying its ok.
Went out to the car to calm down before going back into the shop. Said to the man behind counter that we were interested in the rabbit expecting to be asked questions etc but all he said was "I'll get you a box" :shock::shock::shock: less than 5 mins later we had him in the car!!!
No advice given, no questions asked not even if we had a hutch!!!! You'd have thought they'd have at least tried to sell us one! I asked what pellets he was on so that I could get some (they weren't the SS Chloe has) he said oh i'll get you a bag. What a complete he couldnt have cared less
I feel that I should report them to the council for the conditions poor bunny was in but definitely need to calm down first.
Morris as he is now called is upstairs in the bedroom settling down. He is moving around ok and has been nomming on the huge pileof hay he's got we have been planning on getting Chloe a husbun soon as her spay was about 5 weeks ago now we just hadn't planned on it being quite this soon although the wedding will have to wait until Morris has had the snip lol
I feel bad that I havent got a bun from a rescue to free up a place for another but also I wouldnt have been able to forgive myself if I had left him there. I know they will get more in and I wish I could help them all but oh i'm just rambling and crying again now
Sorry for the essay needed to vent
Went to a garden centre earlier to look for a fathers day present, my friend told me about it and he said they have birds out the back and sometimes bunnies and piggies. So me and my son went and thought we'd have a look at how they were keeping them.In one way I wish I hadn't but in another I'm so glad I did.
We found the animal "shed" we opened the door and the noise was unbelievable, there must have been well over 100 birds in cages all around the sides in really small compartments (i dont know anything about birds but there were lots of different types) they were all screeching so loudly then I saw the bunny he was in a big cage (ferplast 140 or similar) so a good size but all that was in it was shavings and a bit of straw a bowl of pellets and a water bottle. Thats it! Not even a hidey hole for bunny to hide in
Poor bunny was just sat there looking so miserable. He moved a little when we went up to him, I've never seen a bunny move like he did. I can only describe it as a commando crawl (on his belly) very slowly up to the water bottle and then away again! I was almost in tears and knew I couldnt leave without him but OH wasnt with us and had to see if it was ok with him too. He texted back saying its ok.
Went out to the car to calm down before going back into the shop. Said to the man behind counter that we were interested in the rabbit expecting to be asked questions etc but all he said was "I'll get you a box" :shock::shock::shock: less than 5 mins later we had him in the car!!!
No advice given, no questions asked not even if we had a hutch!!!! You'd have thought they'd have at least tried to sell us one! I asked what pellets he was on so that I could get some (they weren't the SS Chloe has) he said oh i'll get you a bag. What a complete he couldnt have cared less
I feel that I should report them to the council for the conditions poor bunny was in but definitely need to calm down first.
Morris as he is now called is upstairs in the bedroom settling down. He is moving around ok and has been nomming on the huge pileof hay he's got we have been planning on getting Chloe a husbun soon as her spay was about 5 weeks ago now we just hadn't planned on it being quite this soon although the wedding will have to wait until Morris has had the snip lol
I feel bad that I havent got a bun from a rescue to free up a place for another but also I wouldnt have been able to forgive myself if I had left him there. I know they will get more in and I wish I could help them all but oh i'm just rambling and crying again now
Sorry for the essay needed to vent