Hi all
New to the site and fairly new to buns, we have at present 2 ladies, Millie who we think is about 2 ( we got her from a rescue about 18 months back, was previously bonded to stew our other rescue bun, who sadly passed 8 months back just after we moved to france) and blueberry who is 6 months, millies new companion ( took about 3 weeks and many car rides to get them to be friends). They live in an 8 x 12 insulated shed with many toys, boxes, hides, tunnels.
Problem:
We have a friend who helps out on our farm, he has been missing for a few days, he lives about 20 mins away, when we went round incase he was sick, we noticed he had a bunny in an outside hutch, it's about 5 ft long but not high enough for the bun to stand up in, there was no food or hay, so we nipped back home grabbed some supplies and headed back, we nipped in on the bun everyday for a week, just cleaning out and feeding, when we last went we saw another neighbour there and the police, the neighbour said he'd look after the bun as he lived nearer, the police took our details, 3 days later we got a call from the UK police, they don't give anything away but it seems he has done something silly and it looks like he will not be coming home anytime soon, we've since been to check on the bun and found her without food or water and needing a clean out, so looks like the other neighbour didn't do as he said, France isn't the same as the UK and the way animals are treated here makes my heart grieve, we can give this bun a home temporary or for life depending on our friends outcome, but we are unsure how to go about this, I was thinking of sectioning off a third of the shed with strong mesh so the buns can see each other and sorting out supervised outdoor time together to see how they progress, the new bun isn't neutered as we have been told she'd been bred from in the past ( will this cause a problem behaviour wise?) she's a big bun, I've no idea of age, I have been told she use to live with another female but she passed as she was old with birthing complications, but how much of this is true or relevant I don't know, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, it wouldn't bother me nipping up to feed and clean her but I just can't get the though that she can't stand up and stretch out of my head, it's really bothering me, I'm also taking her without consent as I can't get hold of our friend and he has no family that I know of in France, I have asked about but all the rescues seem to be cats and dogs and they could not advice if there would be any legal predicament from us just taking her, I was going to pop a note through the door and tape one on the door just incase he has family I do not know about that call
Thankyou for reading sorry its so long winded
New to the site and fairly new to buns, we have at present 2 ladies, Millie who we think is about 2 ( we got her from a rescue about 18 months back, was previously bonded to stew our other rescue bun, who sadly passed 8 months back just after we moved to france) and blueberry who is 6 months, millies new companion ( took about 3 weeks and many car rides to get them to be friends). They live in an 8 x 12 insulated shed with many toys, boxes, hides, tunnels.
Problem:
We have a friend who helps out on our farm, he has been missing for a few days, he lives about 20 mins away, when we went round incase he was sick, we noticed he had a bunny in an outside hutch, it's about 5 ft long but not high enough for the bun to stand up in, there was no food or hay, so we nipped back home grabbed some supplies and headed back, we nipped in on the bun everyday for a week, just cleaning out and feeding, when we last went we saw another neighbour there and the police, the neighbour said he'd look after the bun as he lived nearer, the police took our details, 3 days later we got a call from the UK police, they don't give anything away but it seems he has done something silly and it looks like he will not be coming home anytime soon, we've since been to check on the bun and found her without food or water and needing a clean out, so looks like the other neighbour didn't do as he said, France isn't the same as the UK and the way animals are treated here makes my heart grieve, we can give this bun a home temporary or for life depending on our friends outcome, but we are unsure how to go about this, I was thinking of sectioning off a third of the shed with strong mesh so the buns can see each other and sorting out supervised outdoor time together to see how they progress, the new bun isn't neutered as we have been told she'd been bred from in the past ( will this cause a problem behaviour wise?) she's a big bun, I've no idea of age, I have been told she use to live with another female but she passed as she was old with birthing complications, but how much of this is true or relevant I don't know, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, it wouldn't bother me nipping up to feed and clean her but I just can't get the though that she can't stand up and stretch out of my head, it's really bothering me, I'm also taking her without consent as I can't get hold of our friend and he has no family that I know of in France, I have asked about but all the rescues seem to be cats and dogs and they could not advice if there would be any legal predicament from us just taking her, I was going to pop a note through the door and tape one on the door just incase he has family I do not know about that call
Thankyou for reading sorry its so long winded
