Need to rehome...

Lexy, the definition of chronic when used medically is that the illness is slowly progressing and is not curable. It means that Isabelle will always be affected by respiratory illness.

If it is snuffles, it is contagious and you risk affecting the three rabbits that you have adopted as well as Jack. You also risk having to look after five rabbits all with respiratory illnesses which are expensive to treat because they just keep happening. The average vet visit is about £30 - £40 for a first visit and £15 for a subsequent visit for more meds or jabs. You could have to do this on a monthly basis.

So it could be that you keep the three girls and then after a few months have to have them rehomed. You then hand them on to a rescue, which you want to avoid now, but with an infectious illness that makes them even harder to rehome. If you rehome them now, you can avoid that scenario.

We are so concerned about you as well as the rabbits and want your experience of owning rabbits to be pleasurable, not a constant worry about bills and illness.

lexybee91 wrote:okay the truth?

The bunnies were on freecycle the lady said she "didn't want them anymore and they would go in to the pot!" I saw the add and discussed it with my husband. He agree'd.

I phoned her, she bought them here in the obesce state they are in, she didn't give me any idea of what she had done only that she was keeping four of the others. (god knows what for).

I was intending to bond them with isobelle, when they had settled in the living room, but isobelle being the little terror she is got into the living room. she was playing with them so i didn't think there was a problem as my concern was that they would fight.

Then I said to my husband, so when shall i book the vaccines and checks for? HE went MAD...shouting and screaming at me, it hadn't even crossed his mind :/ So that was when we were going to foster them untiill I could find homes for them.

But, then they seemmed so happy here....and I really do love animals and care about them. and I thought if I was a bunny i would be upset and feel like no one loved me.

So I decided to keep them, but then last night I got really upset because of the things peoplep were saying to me Which I do genuinly understand is only for the care andwelfare of the bunnies.

But it's only made me more determined to keep them safe and prove everyone wrong.

I really want to do whats best for them, but I feel like now if I give htem up i'm proving you right. ...

Thank you for being so honest. That must have been incredibly difficult to do and I think it is a good start.

You are a bit of an innocent and I think this lady has played you like a fiddle. She wasn't going to use them in the pot and only said that because she could see you would take them if you thought they were at risk. She has absolutely no care for them to just leave them like that.

This isn't about me being right and 'winning'. If these rabbits are rehomed, everyone wins. They get a new home where their needs are put first - I know you want to do it but you just don't have the knowledge yet. You and your husband also win as you get to have your buns but within your means.

I remember one of my neighbours coming to me with their bun that they didn't want any more. They asked me to take it, offering all its belongs - hutch and run etc. I had to say 'No' even though my heart was desperate to take it. I said 'No' because I knew my limitations and I had to think of my existing pets first. That is what you have to do. It isn't what YOU want, but what is best for them.

You aren't proving us right, you are doing the sensible thing...you can't keep animals on the pretence on wanting to try and prove people with experience wrong...
We ALL understand that you love animals, that's clear....and we aren't in a competition with you about who is right...we just want you to be able to cope and the rabbits to be in a suitable home. The rabbits don't understand that they have been rehomed, they won't feel like you have let them down. Also if they are obese then they need proper care, probably by an experienced rabbit owner, which unfortunately at this moment in time you are not. When you are in say a year or two you will be able to foster rabbits and take them in.
Please reconsider your decision, not to prove anyone right or wrong but because it is the right sensible thing to do. There is no point struggling and causing suffering to make a point. You have had them for what, two days? Things may feel easy now, but they could get worse, especially if any of them have medical conditions.

Can you come get them? I'm already crying :/

**Edit because I just remembereD** I did actually phone the rspca to sort this out yesterday and they said that they would get back to me today because the manager person was not in....This isn't really getting back to me isn't...they still haven't called.xx

lexybee91 wrote:Can you come get them? I'm already crying :/

**Edit because I just remembereD** I did actually phone the rspca to sort this out yesterday and they said that they would get back to me today because the manager person was not in....This isn't really getting back to me isn't...they still haven't called.xx

Maybe try ringing back? Say you can't cope...or try ringing another rescue?

Give the RSPCA another ring and ask them to come again. That is what they are there for and if you have any information about the lady's identity, you can report her for threatening to kill them. Hopefully, the RSPCA will visit her set up and give her a scare.

We really only want to help you and we will be here to help you with Isabelle and Jack. We all started without any knowledge once.

There was a lady on RU that PM'd me but my inbox got full and I stupidly deleted them all...grr....i'm angry with myself now!! x

I just phoned and I caught the anwer machine - i hate those things. i'm calling the advice line.

Just phone them again and they will come and this time, write down the phone number and email address.

Don't worry about the bunnies being sad about not being wanted. Rabbits act on instinct and don't think reflectively like humans do. They won't be attached to you in a couple of days, that kind of link takes months. They will just be glad of a few days with food and water.

God i feel awful - our call center is currently experincing a high call demand, how many calls do tehy get! Is this really right?

It is probably a centralised system that handles calls for many areas. Don't bottle out now.

Grr...they wont help =( Wood green? xx

No where will be open as it's out of hours? Unless I find all the rescues on here and RU that are close - I don't drive. x

You can wait until tomorrow. Leave a message for them that you have these rabbits that need to be rehomed and they will get back to you. Separate your rabbits so that Isabelle isn't with them and just keep them on their own.

I know this is really hard for you.

I'm really happy that you're going to re-home them.
I'm sure the shelter will be get back to you as soon as they can.
Good luck with everything.

Isabelle wasn't with them anyways

How do I know they'll go to good homes? what if they just pretend to be good homes....

Im glad you are going to do what is best for these rabbits now, we were all learners once but its taking what knowledgeable people have said to you and then making it better.

I started with two rabbits and it snowballed into four, because two had babies, I rehomed them all but one, who i then went to a rescue to find him a girlfriend, and then i had four. I now have a trio since one of them died, but I snowballed into it, you get one and you think its fanatastic and you adore them, but they need so much care and so much knowledge, I was lucky in that by the time the one who passed away was sick (nearly thee years), i had gained this knowledge, but it might not have been that way.

Now i look back i was SO lucky, they all could have fought I had no idea what i was doing but I had the best intentions but unfortunately it isnt good enough. The reason I am telling you this is because I dont want you to think I dont understand - i DO, ive been there.

The fact you put three unknown rabbits, unneutered with a rabbit who in your own words has a chronic illness shows that you are not ready to have this ammount of bunnies, and thats okay, it isnt a failure. - And i dont see how you are saying they werent together when a post by you says they were?

I had the most gorgeous little foster bun come into me last year, and four the previous year, but they dont stay, because i couldnt cope with that amount. Love while needed is not and never will be enough.


I hope you do the right thing by these bunnies, and then you can focus on your two x

They were together because issi is a monster and got out they're not together anymore. I took her out and kept her in her hutch x

Not because you were bonding them as the post says you were?

i just dont get it

The thing is is that this can't wait untill the morning because by then, I wont do it. i'll be too upset, and get too distraught.

I was going to when they were settled, but then isobelle got in and at the time I didn't see a problem so I was bonding them. But then realised that they could have problems and pass them on to isobelle so I took them out yesterday . x

It isn't about your feelings, it is about what is right for the buns.

Think about Isabelle and all the love and care she is going to need in the future. She relies on you to provide that help.

The three buns will get new homes. The RSPCA do homechecks so the rabbits will go to good homes. If they rehome them badly, they only come back and the RSPCA don't want that to happen.

Lexy, you are doing totally the right thing.

What you are proving to us is that you are a responsible bunny owner, and we all understand how hard this is for you. You are doing the best for these three girls and you are doing your best for isobelle and Jack. Its very brave and we will all respect you for it.

The buns will always owe you a debt for putting them first and will be grateful to you forever.

Perhaps you should think of this as a rescue - you rescued and then passed the buns on to safety. Thats what rescuers do. So dont be sad. Be proud of yourself.

I bet your boyfriend will be happier without having to worry about the cost of the vacs and stuff too.

Stay strong

Katie

I got hold of a lady in Northamptonshire. She's going to get her boss to call me back but they might be able to come get them tonight.

Unfortunately, it is a really difficult situation and I am really distraught about it. :/ Stupid emotions, who needs'em. x

Katieb wrote:Lexy, you are doing totally the right thing.

What you are proving to us is that you are a responsible bunny owner, and we all understand how hard this is for you. You are doing the best for these three girls and you are doing your best for isobelle and Jack. Its very brave and we will all respect you for it.

The buns will always owe you a debt for putting them first and will be grateful to you forever.

Perhaps you should think of this as a rescue - you rescued and then passed the buns on to safety. Thats what rescuers do. So dont be sad. Be proud of yourself.



I bet your Husband will be happier without having to worry about the cost of the vacs and stuff too.

Stay strong

Katie

[b]Im not a rescue i'm pathetic. You have no idea. I don't deserve anything. I don't want respect or friendship, it's a nice thought but I don't deserve it. I love animals so much and i've skrewed up and now Jay hates me too and I don't hate him, or mean to annoy him. I feel awful and I just joined to do the best thing for my animals. i'm such a skrew up