redthunderrabbits
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Sorry this is long
Might be in the wrong post!!
A family friend asked me to help them with the care of their rabbit through the winter because they had no place to keep it and their child is deeply attached to the animal. I asked them a few questions that you would normally ask someone like where was the rabbit kept prior. What kind of feed do you feed? (ECT) The woman told me âwell ... Outside and the same thing you always feed rabbits carrots.â I was shocked about the carrots I asked how long they had the rabbit and she said âa few months or weeks or something.â I agreed to take the rabbit and started it on food and hay while still giving it one baby carrot or so a week. I have raised rabbits a long time and I have never seen anything like this!! They agreed to have the kids and parents come over so I could show them what I do to care for my rabbits. So they could learn for the future and their bunny. They never showed up!! I felt bad for the rabbit and the poor kids but I could not keep the rabbit if they refused to help care for it properly. Yesterday I found it dead in its cage. It was eating and drinking I didnât know what happened. When I called the family to inform them the mother was very, very mean and demanded I replace her rabbit!! I told her I did you a favor and I tried to correct the current state the rabbit was in. She proceeded to tell me that the rabbit was kept in her sonâs bedroom until her husband could no longer stand the odor of the rabbit and sent it outside so it went from 65 â 72 degree weather to negative temperatures here in Upstate N.Y!! I feel bad for the kids and I would love to give them a new rabbit I just canât do it, if I sell a rabbit to children even 4H youths I have a long conversation with the parents. Am I a bad person for not selling them another rabbit??
thank you!!
Might be in the wrong post!!
A family friend asked me to help them with the care of their rabbit through the winter because they had no place to keep it and their child is deeply attached to the animal. I asked them a few questions that you would normally ask someone like where was the rabbit kept prior. What kind of feed do you feed? (ECT) The woman told me âwell ... Outside and the same thing you always feed rabbits carrots.â I was shocked about the carrots I asked how long they had the rabbit and she said âa few months or weeks or something.â I agreed to take the rabbit and started it on food and hay while still giving it one baby carrot or so a week. I have raised rabbits a long time and I have never seen anything like this!! They agreed to have the kids and parents come over so I could show them what I do to care for my rabbits. So they could learn for the future and their bunny. They never showed up!! I felt bad for the rabbit and the poor kids but I could not keep the rabbit if they refused to help care for it properly. Yesterday I found it dead in its cage. It was eating and drinking I didnât know what happened. When I called the family to inform them the mother was very, very mean and demanded I replace her rabbit!! I told her I did you a favor and I tried to correct the current state the rabbit was in. She proceeded to tell me that the rabbit was kept in her sonâs bedroom until her husband could no longer stand the odor of the rabbit and sent it outside so it went from 65 â 72 degree weather to negative temperatures here in Upstate N.Y!! I feel bad for the kids and I would love to give them a new rabbit I just canât do it, if I sell a rabbit to children even 4H youths I have a long conversation with the parents. Am I a bad person for not selling them another rabbit??
thank you!!