Ok, so the title of this post was slightly dramatic, but I rescued a rabbit from the streets a few months ago as it was found under a car very close to dying. I intended to keep the rabbit to feed it for a week or so until it was healthier and then I was going to give it to a rescue centre. The problem is, this was about 3 months ago and the rescue centres are all saying they are full!
I really don't want this rabbit, I already have 4 which to be honest isn't the main problem. The problem I have is that the rabbit is so unfriendly and scared. I have tried to give the rabbit care and attention but every time I pick it up it scratches me like mad, stomps its feet and runs away from me. This is making it impossible to move it from the hutch to the run as it scratches me so much that I end up dropping him, then spend ages chasing him round the garden! He nearly fell down the steps to his hutch last week so I caught him and he bit me!
I can't give him the attention he needs in order to gain my trust. I have tried but he just doesn't seem to be getting better. He is stuck in a tiny hutch because its the only hutch I had spare (it was either put him in that or let him die) and he is not getting a good run around each day because its almost impossible to pick him up and put him in the run.
I really don't know what to do, I have a 3 year old boy and have to keep him away from the rabbit in case he is bitten. I have tried my best with this rabbit but he needs someone with a lot of space, time and patience to allow him to trust humans. To be honest, as the rescue centres won't have him I'm considering taking him to a field where there are lots of other rabbits and letting him go. This is NOT what I wanted to do but I am at my tether. I have a feeling he was a stray rabbit anyway and would probably be happier in his natural habitat as he is certainly not a pet.
Does anyone know of anyone who has time for this rabbit? I don't want a lot of hate posts for this but I'm honestly close to letting him go. I either keep him stuck in a small hutch, let him out in the run and get scratched to bits, find a new home (seems impossible) or let him go!
I really don't want this rabbit, I already have 4 which to be honest isn't the main problem. The problem I have is that the rabbit is so unfriendly and scared. I have tried to give the rabbit care and attention but every time I pick it up it scratches me like mad, stomps its feet and runs away from me. This is making it impossible to move it from the hutch to the run as it scratches me so much that I end up dropping him, then spend ages chasing him round the garden! He nearly fell down the steps to his hutch last week so I caught him and he bit me!
I can't give him the attention he needs in order to gain my trust. I have tried but he just doesn't seem to be getting better. He is stuck in a tiny hutch because its the only hutch I had spare (it was either put him in that or let him die) and he is not getting a good run around each day because its almost impossible to pick him up and put him in the run.
I really don't know what to do, I have a 3 year old boy and have to keep him away from the rabbit in case he is bitten. I have tried my best with this rabbit but he needs someone with a lot of space, time and patience to allow him to trust humans. To be honest, as the rescue centres won't have him I'm considering taking him to a field where there are lots of other rabbits and letting him go. This is NOT what I wanted to do but I am at my tether. I have a feeling he was a stray rabbit anyway and would probably be happier in his natural habitat as he is certainly not a pet.
Does anyone know of anyone who has time for this rabbit? I don't want a lot of hate posts for this but I'm honestly close to letting him go. I either keep him stuck in a small hutch, let him out in the run and get scratched to bits, find a new home (seems impossible) or let him go!