TheThumperDiarys
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Hi all,
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to rabbits, my brother had one as a kid but beyond that I don't know anything.
Although I have 5 guinea pigs. And 2 hamsters so im pretty used to small pets.
About a year ago me and my partner decided we would like to adopt some rabbits, and set out looking to adopt, we found three rabbits to be adopted pretty close to us and basically fell in love.
The first thing I noticed when we went to pick up these rabbits is two of them are much bigger then they looked in the photo we saw, I'm not sure if they're giant or continental but they're very big. But never the less we baught them home.
So we have two girls and a boy, we've named them Floppsy, Flick and Thumper.
The old owner told us he used to be a breeder and he was giving it up and wanted to find new homes for his rabbits,
He also told us Floppsy and Thumper are brother and sister. And he is Neutered.
Beyond that he didn't tell us anything about they're history, and looking back I should have pressed for more information but to be honest I was a bit caught up in the moment and the things I wanted to know just flew ot of my head.
So we had a hutch and run special made by this small time hutch maker who felt that store baught hutches arnt up to scratch for rabbits needs, he was very nice and cared a lot about rabbits, so they're got a massive hutch, Atleast 6 foot long and a run attached they can access all day.
Now i researched about rabbits before we got them so I don't know how I missed it but I wasn't aware when we got them that rabbits need vaccinations.
I only found out recently that they need yearly boosters and such.
So im in a difficult situation because I don't know if our rabbits have ever been vaccinated, and I haven't had them given boosters since I got them last year because I didn't know about it, (which is my fault)
I can't get in contact with the old owner because I don't have any details anymore.
So what do I do?
If they haven't had any then they need that first vaccination but if they have then they've missed a year of boosters?
So I can't give the vet any infomation on them
Like when they had they're last booster, ect.
Because they've missed that booster do they need to be vaccinated again?
Or would that be dangerous?
When I told my mum about it her reaction was just 'oh, well ive never had rabbits vaccinated in the past and it's been fine'
Which just makes me feel worse.
Any advice is welcome.
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to rabbits, my brother had one as a kid but beyond that I don't know anything.
Although I have 5 guinea pigs. And 2 hamsters so im pretty used to small pets.
About a year ago me and my partner decided we would like to adopt some rabbits, and set out looking to adopt, we found three rabbits to be adopted pretty close to us and basically fell in love.
The first thing I noticed when we went to pick up these rabbits is two of them are much bigger then they looked in the photo we saw, I'm not sure if they're giant or continental but they're very big. But never the less we baught them home.
So we have two girls and a boy, we've named them Floppsy, Flick and Thumper.
The old owner told us he used to be a breeder and he was giving it up and wanted to find new homes for his rabbits,
He also told us Floppsy and Thumper are brother and sister. And he is Neutered.
Beyond that he didn't tell us anything about they're history, and looking back I should have pressed for more information but to be honest I was a bit caught up in the moment and the things I wanted to know just flew ot of my head.
So we had a hutch and run special made by this small time hutch maker who felt that store baught hutches arnt up to scratch for rabbits needs, he was very nice and cared a lot about rabbits, so they're got a massive hutch, Atleast 6 foot long and a run attached they can access all day.
Now i researched about rabbits before we got them so I don't know how I missed it but I wasn't aware when we got them that rabbits need vaccinations.
I only found out recently that they need yearly boosters and such.
So im in a difficult situation because I don't know if our rabbits have ever been vaccinated, and I haven't had them given boosters since I got them last year because I didn't know about it, (which is my fault)
I can't get in contact with the old owner because I don't have any details anymore.
So what do I do?
If they haven't had any then they need that first vaccination but if they have then they've missed a year of boosters?
So I can't give the vet any infomation on them
Like when they had they're last booster, ect.
Because they've missed that booster do they need to be vaccinated again?
Or would that be dangerous?
When I told my mum about it her reaction was just 'oh, well ive never had rabbits vaccinated in the past and it's been fine'
Which just makes me feel worse.
Any advice is welcome.
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