PaGal
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As some of you know I have an intact Flemish Giant Buck. Recently I took in two intact I believe does. My neighbor no longer wanted them and asked if we wanted them or he would release them outside so we took them in so they would avoid that fate.
When we took them in we did so with the thought that we would find a home for them. After having them in the home I have grown attached and thought we would keep them but I am not sure that keeping them is the best for them or my family.
This is not a decision I take lightly. To me having pets is a complete responsibility. I know that they are dependent on their owners for everything and they deserve the utmost care because they have no choice in any matter. It is not easy for me to find homes for any animal no matter the way they came to be with us. I would keep them all if I could but also know that there comes a point when there are just too many time wise and financially and that it would not be in the best interest of the animal.
I feel the buns have not had the best start to life in cramped, unclean conditions with little human interaction no real activity or mental stimulation. This makes me want the best for them even more.
I have limited time to offer these buns and I'm not sure that is fair to them or if it would be better for them to remain here rather than risk them going to a home where things could be so much worse. Although, if I do decide to rehome them I will do my best to ensure that the home they go to is an appropriate home for rabbits.
I do not know that financially it is possible to keep them. I don't really have the room to seperate the buns so the girls are in a different room from the male. There are some problems with this. Thumper has started to spray. Something he has never done even when a teenager. Poop marking is not so big of a deal but the spraying is. Also, I am afraid of risking a pregnancy. I don't know how to deal with this other than to have buns spayed/neutered.
I have only let the new buns out of cage once due to them needing to be litter trained but now that they are I am afraid the spraying will get worse. I think they do need the time out though. They do have plenty of room in their cage but I know they need more stimulation. They are slowly but surely chewing the coroplast bottom to their cage. I can place cardboard in a particular area and they will chew that instead but when they do it makes an absolute racket and unfortunately they do it while we are trying to sleep and it keeps us up or wakes us up.
They have plenty of different items in the cage to chew but they will only chew the coroplast or the cardboard placed in one area.
I am sorry this is so long. I am just hoping for some feed back on the situation. I do not want to be selfish in either keeping them or finding them a home. I am also hoping that maybe someone out there with multiple buns could help with some suggestion.
When we took them in we did so with the thought that we would find a home for them. After having them in the home I have grown attached and thought we would keep them but I am not sure that keeping them is the best for them or my family.
This is not a decision I take lightly. To me having pets is a complete responsibility. I know that they are dependent on their owners for everything and they deserve the utmost care because they have no choice in any matter. It is not easy for me to find homes for any animal no matter the way they came to be with us. I would keep them all if I could but also know that there comes a point when there are just too many time wise and financially and that it would not be in the best interest of the animal.
I feel the buns have not had the best start to life in cramped, unclean conditions with little human interaction no real activity or mental stimulation. This makes me want the best for them even more.
I have limited time to offer these buns and I'm not sure that is fair to them or if it would be better for them to remain here rather than risk them going to a home where things could be so much worse. Although, if I do decide to rehome them I will do my best to ensure that the home they go to is an appropriate home for rabbits.
I do not know that financially it is possible to keep them. I don't really have the room to seperate the buns so the girls are in a different room from the male. There are some problems with this. Thumper has started to spray. Something he has never done even when a teenager. Poop marking is not so big of a deal but the spraying is. Also, I am afraid of risking a pregnancy. I don't know how to deal with this other than to have buns spayed/neutered.
I have only let the new buns out of cage once due to them needing to be litter trained but now that they are I am afraid the spraying will get worse. I think they do need the time out though. They do have plenty of room in their cage but I know they need more stimulation. They are slowly but surely chewing the coroplast bottom to their cage. I can place cardboard in a particular area and they will chew that instead but when they do it makes an absolute racket and unfortunately they do it while we are trying to sleep and it keeps us up or wakes us up.
They have plenty of different items in the cage to chew but they will only chew the coroplast or the cardboard placed in one area.
I am sorry this is so long. I am just hoping for some feed back on the situation. I do not want to be selfish in either keeping them or finding them a home. I am also hoping that maybe someone out there with multiple buns could help with some suggestion.