TinysMom
Well-Known Member
Kate is a good friend of mine - and last year we drove to Los Alamos to pick up our rabbits from Nationals since we were unable to make it there. She and her husband are really neat people - we spent a great evening together and then we got our bunnies....and she gifted me with three rabbits from one of my bucks she'd bought the year before....
She posted this on the lionhead list tonight -called "Massacre in our rabbitry"....she has given me permission to post this here in hopes that all breeders will be sure to double check everything to make sure their rabbits are secure.
Have tissues handy....
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Yesterday, we came home to find the most awful, gruesome thing anyone can find.
Our neighbors pulled down their fence to replace with a new one, they figured they could get it done in one day, but apparently didn't forsee the problems that would ensue by not forwarning us and co-ordinating it with us first. They had talked about "maybe" doing this 2 months ago, when we first moved in here; but they never said they were actually going to do this or when, or my rabbits would not have been here. The big shed in our back yard has big swinging doors, which were open to let in the nice Spring air and let the mommas get some fresh air with their babies. Our dogs do not bother our rabbits, they are used to them. The neighbor's dogs have killed most of our beloved rabbits, the death toll at this point is 38, with 17 rabbits at the vet's office or in various stages of repair, one doe has a broken back leg, but the vet thinks she'll still be able to have her kits she's carrying. This may sound cruel to leave her bred and piin her leg, but after having to pick up all of my bunnies broken little bodies off the ground, I don't care if she has the kits live, but being able to splint her leg with that little pin is such a blessing, and the fact that I had to bury both her mother and father yesterday afternoon, makes her all the more special, if she can surviveâ¦.she'll stay inside the house for the remainder of her life and be more than spolied, she'll be on a pedestal. Both of our dogs spent the night at the Vet's, the older one has many stitches, cuts, a shredded ear and a broken tail. Our younger one, has so many deep lacerations and bite wounds, I do not think we'll be able to show her anymore, due to the damage to her nose and earsâ¦I'd like to think their were protecting the rabbits, but I know they were protecting our property, ferociously too. The neighbor dogs were not unharmed by any means, small consolation that it is. We came home to destroyed and scattered cages and the greater percent of our best rabbits which we had brought home from the horse barn to get ready for spring litters and to get ready for upcoming shows and to get out of the barn while we did spring upgrades (ceiling fans, etc.). Some of our most notable and horrifying losses are: Prideland's Lyric and her last 4 kits just born, who also did not make it. Prideland's Cadence, also expecting. Castle Gate's Sabina, expecting. Also our Aslan's Greedo, Aslan's Jabber Jaws (my little JJ, what a sweetie with his toys, always more toys than cage or girls), and DJ's Shiloh Bear (my son's first rabbit and baby). Wetzel's Buzzette and Celine, and 4 of Celine's 7 new kits didn't make it, but it looks like 3 may survive. Bastet's Duchesse and 1 of her just weaned kits, the other 3 are ok and even chipper and wanting Cheerios this afternoon, thank goodness for small miracles, they were hiding in the dog food dispenser and beneath the garden shed. There were so many others and some I have spent the last 24 hours praying for recovery only to say goodbye to them today. We have contacted our attorney to see what we can do, as that is the only thing we can think to come up with, as our neighbors didn't see the loss as anything that traumatic. We had started renovating our barn to upgrade for them this summer, but the rabbits are back out there as of this morning, and our project is on hold to get back to safety and give the buns a safe place to be. It is a small relief, as they are protected not only by the barn they are in; but by several horses and a rather grouchy burro who will kill dogsâ¦.Wish I hadn't brought everyone up by the house...
At least I know they are ok there, and safe now, away from my stupid, careless neighbors. Those few that made it with little or no injuries are: Bastet's Spud, Legendary Onyx, Sahara and Juliet. Pajarito Bogey (those of you that came to our hotel room at Convention know him wellâ¦.), Pajarito Calypso, Pajarito Azure and Titania, Iris and Skye also made it so far. KP's Irish Crème, Frostbyte and American Eagle; Mossypossum Blue Hawaaian, Gertrude, Gabor and Gretchen. About half of the kits I had bred this last January and February are ok, with minimal damage if any, although, three juniors look like they will be partially blind (one eye) from their ordeal. Also, most of my Netherlands are fine or just scraped up. Sadly, many of the rabbits that I lost, I also lost their only kits I had kept, so there is nothing to replace them with. We're still checking into all of the babies (thank goodness for tattoos and sharpies) and we're dismanteling the sheds in the back yard to make sure no one is hiding under them, as I'm missing 12 bunnies, juniors and seniorsâ¦I abhor the thought of where they could be.
Please folks, make sure you know what your neighbors are up to, for the benefit of your bunnies. We thought a fence, the shed and their cages; not to mention our dogs protected our yard and house along with them, it just wasn't enoughâ¦.
We are down from over 70 rabbits to just over 30....
Sincerely, [size=Kate Kramer, family and the remaining tough survivors of Pajarito Rabbitry][/size]
Kate Kramer
Pajarito Rabbitry
Los Alamos, NM
www.PajaritoRabbitry.com
She posted this on the lionhead list tonight -called "Massacre in our rabbitry"....she has given me permission to post this here in hopes that all breeders will be sure to double check everything to make sure their rabbits are secure.
Have tissues handy....
[line]
Yesterday, we came home to find the most awful, gruesome thing anyone can find.
Our neighbors pulled down their fence to replace with a new one, they figured they could get it done in one day, but apparently didn't forsee the problems that would ensue by not forwarning us and co-ordinating it with us first. They had talked about "maybe" doing this 2 months ago, when we first moved in here; but they never said they were actually going to do this or when, or my rabbits would not have been here. The big shed in our back yard has big swinging doors, which were open to let in the nice Spring air and let the mommas get some fresh air with their babies. Our dogs do not bother our rabbits, they are used to them. The neighbor's dogs have killed most of our beloved rabbits, the death toll at this point is 38, with 17 rabbits at the vet's office or in various stages of repair, one doe has a broken back leg, but the vet thinks she'll still be able to have her kits she's carrying. This may sound cruel to leave her bred and piin her leg, but after having to pick up all of my bunnies broken little bodies off the ground, I don't care if she has the kits live, but being able to splint her leg with that little pin is such a blessing, and the fact that I had to bury both her mother and father yesterday afternoon, makes her all the more special, if she can surviveâ¦.she'll stay inside the house for the remainder of her life and be more than spolied, she'll be on a pedestal. Both of our dogs spent the night at the Vet's, the older one has many stitches, cuts, a shredded ear and a broken tail. Our younger one, has so many deep lacerations and bite wounds, I do not think we'll be able to show her anymore, due to the damage to her nose and earsâ¦I'd like to think their were protecting the rabbits, but I know they were protecting our property, ferociously too. The neighbor dogs were not unharmed by any means, small consolation that it is. We came home to destroyed and scattered cages and the greater percent of our best rabbits which we had brought home from the horse barn to get ready for spring litters and to get ready for upcoming shows and to get out of the barn while we did spring upgrades (ceiling fans, etc.). Some of our most notable and horrifying losses are: Prideland's Lyric and her last 4 kits just born, who also did not make it. Prideland's Cadence, also expecting. Castle Gate's Sabina, expecting. Also our Aslan's Greedo, Aslan's Jabber Jaws (my little JJ, what a sweetie with his toys, always more toys than cage or girls), and DJ's Shiloh Bear (my son's first rabbit and baby). Wetzel's Buzzette and Celine, and 4 of Celine's 7 new kits didn't make it, but it looks like 3 may survive. Bastet's Duchesse and 1 of her just weaned kits, the other 3 are ok and even chipper and wanting Cheerios this afternoon, thank goodness for small miracles, they were hiding in the dog food dispenser and beneath the garden shed. There were so many others and some I have spent the last 24 hours praying for recovery only to say goodbye to them today. We have contacted our attorney to see what we can do, as that is the only thing we can think to come up with, as our neighbors didn't see the loss as anything that traumatic. We had started renovating our barn to upgrade for them this summer, but the rabbits are back out there as of this morning, and our project is on hold to get back to safety and give the buns a safe place to be. It is a small relief, as they are protected not only by the barn they are in; but by several horses and a rather grouchy burro who will kill dogsâ¦.Wish I hadn't brought everyone up by the house...
At least I know they are ok there, and safe now, away from my stupid, careless neighbors. Those few that made it with little or no injuries are: Bastet's Spud, Legendary Onyx, Sahara and Juliet. Pajarito Bogey (those of you that came to our hotel room at Convention know him wellâ¦.), Pajarito Calypso, Pajarito Azure and Titania, Iris and Skye also made it so far. KP's Irish Crème, Frostbyte and American Eagle; Mossypossum Blue Hawaaian, Gertrude, Gabor and Gretchen. About half of the kits I had bred this last January and February are ok, with minimal damage if any, although, three juniors look like they will be partially blind (one eye) from their ordeal. Also, most of my Netherlands are fine or just scraped up. Sadly, many of the rabbits that I lost, I also lost their only kits I had kept, so there is nothing to replace them with. We're still checking into all of the babies (thank goodness for tattoos and sharpies) and we're dismanteling the sheds in the back yard to make sure no one is hiding under them, as I'm missing 12 bunnies, juniors and seniorsâ¦I abhor the thought of where they could be.
Please folks, make sure you know what your neighbors are up to, for the benefit of your bunnies. We thought a fence, the shed and their cages; not to mention our dogs protected our yard and house along with them, it just wasn't enoughâ¦.
We are down from over 70 rabbits to just over 30....
Sincerely, [size=Kate Kramer, family and the remaining tough survivors of Pajarito Rabbitry][/size]
Kate Kramer
Pajarito Rabbitry
Los Alamos, NM
www.PajaritoRabbitry.com
