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I agree with the others in euthanizing thisbunny as a last resort. It seems obvious thatilovetegocalderonhas done everything shecould and can do. To rehome this bunny AGAIN, in my opinionis inhumane. As much asilovetegocalderonis doing for this bunny,it seems to me that the quality of his life is poor. I amreferring to his mental and emotional state and not how he isbeing taken care of. You simply cannot compare a bunny or anyanimal for that matter with a human when making these kind ofdecisions. Whatever you decide to do, it will be the rightdecision for you and I support whatever it is.
 
ilovetegocalderon wrote:
Thanks for your support guys. This is reallyhard. I'm going to wait a little while longer before makingany drastic decisions. I mean, i try EVERYTHING and he doesntseem happy. his cage is huge and i even gear up to put aleash on him and take him for walks. He seems to like thewalks but i think i've only see him to a binky once or twice and hejust seems to be angry all the time. I give him toys which hedestroys. i dont know if he is having fun destroying the toysor if he just flat out hates thetoys.thissituation is really breaking myheart.:cry4: i dont want to give up on him justyet. he is nice to my femalerabbits......they dont really like him though. they justtolerate him. he licks them and tries to play with them somaybe its just me.:(
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sounds like he does have his soft sweet side and i am glad that youdecide to give him some more time!!! :D i'm noexpert on this but with the toy issue, you may think he is destroyingthem, but he might very well be PLAYING with them. My bun destroys histoy too by chewing, nudging, scrapping on them, but that is the way heplays them, he cannot smile and giggle, but i think he still enjoysplaying with them a lot.

and with the girl bunnies, he even licks them?! that is aHUGE plus, afterall, see, even a little devil like him can be agentleman in front of the girls.

I will keep you and Tank in my thoughts and prayers! Good job ilovetegocalderon!
 
My hat goes off to you for not giving up.

I think if he is not showing anger towards your female rabbits andgrooms them in fact, that maybe he is still "all there" in thehead. Just developed some wierd territorial tendenciestowards humans. I'm not going to judge you of what you do,but I wouldn't give up on him. I wouldn't be able to forgivemyself.

Good luck. Sending best wishes your way.
 
Thank you all! I am going to hang inthere a little while longer. Even though today he escaped outof his cage and charged at me. I was wearing sandals so ilifted my foot up to block him from getting my toes; he lept up and biton to the sandal and dangled there twisting around like a rabid dog,like he did before with my knee. I was screaming when myfiance jumped in the room and got him off of me. It waspretty scary. Then later he put his head through the cagebars like he wanted me to pet him. So i went overto try and give him some pets. He stayed there all cute andaccepted my petting his head when all of asudden......chomp!! There goes my finger! Ugh, heis so frusterating. But i think my next plan of action isgoing to be to have his cage next to a female bunny cage and see ifthat softens him up a little.If that doesnt work, iwill have some difficult decisionsahead of me. :?
 
ilovetegocalderon, I have been following yourposts from the beginning with Tank and you get all sorts of respectfrom me for taking the time and effort with this little fuzzyterror. I also understand that it can seem like it is notgoing to get better although I really hope that it does andsoon. You need to do what you feel is best for Tank and yourfamily, the only bit of advice I have to offer is checking with yourrabbit-savy vet to see if there a animal behaviorist in the area thatcould see Tank. If there is something going on with him andno one is able to reach him, then like I said, you need to do whatyou feel is right for Tank and your family. Do not worrywhat other people think, they are not in your shoes.Sometimes you can do everything under the sun to help and it is stillnot enough.


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HI ilovetegocalderon,

I am soooo happy to hear that you are stillhanging inthere! i could not imagine what i would do if i were in yourshoes, probably not as half as what you've done!!!

i think putting his cage next to the girls might be a goodidea. and also, maybe next time when you pet him, use amitten and use a brush to pet him. i find that my bun enjoysthe brush as well as my hand, so by doing that, at least you canprotect your hand and forearm.

good luck and keep us posted
 
hummer wrote:
the only bit of advice I have to offer is checkingwith your rabbit-savy vet to see if there a animal behaviorist in thearea that could see Tank.
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Can we all say...."Bunnie Prozac"! ;)

Kidding aside, I can get contact info for a good exotic vet that hasdealt with bunnie "issues". My own vet consulted with him abouttreating Binkie for OCS concerning her over-grooming/self mutilationhabit.He's on the team at the Oradell Animal Hospital.

Give me the word and I'll put in a call!:phone:I'll see what free advice is available.

I've also heard that there is a foster agency in our area that workswith bunnie bonding issues. They foster the bun with a "Bonder" to seeif they can resolve the issue and then return the bun to you($$$$$).I'm not sure about this....:?,but it's another option.


I'll look into some of this a little more and post back.....let's see what advice we can get for free first.

ANNNND.....:ponder: I can't rememberifTank is neutered or not. That'll be the first thingeveryone will ask.

`jim
"The games afoot!"

 
Yes, are there any new updates?

I haven't been on in a while but i remember your posts from when youfirst got Tank. I'm very sorry things haven't improved as we'd alllike. You've done such an amazing job with him and showed him so muchlove. Best wishes. :pray:

-Ellie
 
Ok, here's what i've decided because i've gottenmauled a few more times since i last posted. My fiance'shalf-sister's brother lives in PA and he, believe it or not,raises rabbits. He said that if we drove Tank over there hewill take care of him and work on him for me. If he doesntimprove he will keep him. He says he can handle it andbesides, Tank seems to prefer human males over human females.If he sees improvement he said I can come back and visit and see howTank takes to me and if he improves, and i want to, i can take himback. SoI'm thinking about making this trip thisweekend. What do you guys think about this? It'sthe best i could come up with for now. If you guys could seemy hands you would understand that i just cant take being bittenanymore. My hands look really awful and I think some of thesescars are going to be permanent. I still love Tank and atleast the option would be there for me to take him back if he getsbetter. Apparently this guy is really good with rabbits andhe's up for the challenge so I thought it was better than having himput down because even though he is a demon seed I still love him andgrew attached to him and it would break my heart to put himdown. I mean, i cant help but feel that there may still behope for him if he is in the right hands....
 
I think that rehoming him sounds like a very wise decision.
 
what the rabbit world needs is a rabbit whisperer. . .you know, like ceaser on the dog whisperer. . .
 
katt wrote:
whatthe rabbit world needs is a rabbit whisperer. . .you know, like ceaseron the dog whisperer. . .
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I think bunnies will tell you what's wrong....if you listen real close.:shhhh:

"Be one with the bun!"

`jim
 
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