kathryn303
Well-Known Member
Bunny and I were doing fine...untill I started highschool. I wake up at 6 in the morning and go to school. Then I have a sports practice after school. When I get home, I am utterly exhausted. I eat and then fall asleep and wake up an hour or 2 later. Then I do homework then fall asleep again. After having my whole week go like this, I find I have barely any time for Bunny. Things started to fall behind in what I do with Bunny. I clean out her cage less, making my whole room smell terrible, stray rabbit poop go everywhere, and a semi-upset Bunny. Then she gets barely any time to run around, and when I do let her run around, she leaves poop everywhere and pees on my carpet. She is great with the litterbox in her cage as long as I keep it clean, but outside the cage, she is a no-litterbox-bunny.
The result of all of this are some very angry family members. I have to hear them complain about Bunny AT LEAST once a day. "Ugh...that rabbit smells TERRIBLE" "Aren't you tired of her yet?" "Eww! get that thing away from me!" Oh, and my favorite (sarcasm)...There will be ONE rabbit poop on the floor of my room..."Tammy! (my mom) That rabbit's crapping all over the carpet again! KATHRYN! Pick it up or else the rabbit goes outside!" I have to hear this EVERY SINGLE DAY! I try my best to keep things perfect, but it is never good enough for them. Don't you love the support I get from my family? They didn't even want me to get the rabbit in the first place...it was my grandma who gave the rabbit to me without even consulting my parents. So, my parents have never liked Bunny.
I LOVE my animals, and it hurts me a lot when my family insults them. When they insult Bunny, they are basically insulting me. I've tried to ask them to stop nicely, but they just don't. I've now learned to try to ignore everything they say.
Well today, Bunny pushed them over the edge. I was cuddling with her on the couch, and she peed all over the couch. I immediately cleaned it up and put Bunny away. Everyone got so mad at me about it and my dad told me that "Bunny is going outside as soon as it gets cooler outside. For now, I don't want ONE poop outside her cage and she is not allowed to run around your room or anywhere in the house. If you want to hold her, hold her outside. And then next summer, I MIGHT let you bring her back inside your room, but we are getting you a smaller cage that has sides on it so rabbit poops don't go everywhere, or you can use your old cage for her. The giant cage you have now isn't working at all."
The thing is....Her old cage is soooo small for her now! She has grown so much. Then the litterbox that fits in the old cage, she can't fit in anymore, making her not able to use her old cage, and making everything even worse. When I tried telling them that, they told me that she didn't need a huge cage and that it would be big enough. My older sister said, "It's just a rabbit. It's stupid and doesn't need a ton of room. If it were up to me, nobody would have rabbits as pets" The sad part is, I didn't even exagerate what she said right there. That is EXACTLY what she said.
Then I brought up how if they made me put her outside in the summer, Bunny would die. During the summer, it get's in the 100's every day. Even I can't stand to be outside too long, let alone Bunny. My dad replied with, "She's and ANIMAL. She can stand it." Then I said how we were animals too and it didn't make any difference and then how she would die. He didn't say anything to that, but I know by his face that he was thinking that he wouldn't really care if she died.
This is upsetting me so much with everyone treating Bunny like this. I want to give Bunny the best life possible and it stresses me out thinking how my family would like me to treat her.
I don't mine keeping her outside once it is cooler, but when it is hot, NEVER.
Sorry for such a long post, but what I am looking for is help. How should I handle this?
My other question is about her living arrangements outside. We have a playhouse in the backyard that we would put her in. Right now, it is just being used for storage. We would clean it out and fix it up and probably repaint it to make it look nice. Will she be cold in there? I don't think mice or any other small animals can get in there, but what about bugs? Should I worry about them? Do you have any other tips for outside housing? I'll see if I can get a picture of the playhouse so you can see exactly what I am talking about.
And in advance, thank you for any help. It is all very much appreciated.
The result of all of this are some very angry family members. I have to hear them complain about Bunny AT LEAST once a day. "Ugh...that rabbit smells TERRIBLE" "Aren't you tired of her yet?" "Eww! get that thing away from me!" Oh, and my favorite (sarcasm)...There will be ONE rabbit poop on the floor of my room..."Tammy! (my mom) That rabbit's crapping all over the carpet again! KATHRYN! Pick it up or else the rabbit goes outside!" I have to hear this EVERY SINGLE DAY! I try my best to keep things perfect, but it is never good enough for them. Don't you love the support I get from my family? They didn't even want me to get the rabbit in the first place...it was my grandma who gave the rabbit to me without even consulting my parents. So, my parents have never liked Bunny.
I LOVE my animals, and it hurts me a lot when my family insults them. When they insult Bunny, they are basically insulting me. I've tried to ask them to stop nicely, but they just don't. I've now learned to try to ignore everything they say.
Well today, Bunny pushed them over the edge. I was cuddling with her on the couch, and she peed all over the couch. I immediately cleaned it up and put Bunny away. Everyone got so mad at me about it and my dad told me that "Bunny is going outside as soon as it gets cooler outside. For now, I don't want ONE poop outside her cage and she is not allowed to run around your room or anywhere in the house. If you want to hold her, hold her outside. And then next summer, I MIGHT let you bring her back inside your room, but we are getting you a smaller cage that has sides on it so rabbit poops don't go everywhere, or you can use your old cage for her. The giant cage you have now isn't working at all."
The thing is....Her old cage is soooo small for her now! She has grown so much. Then the litterbox that fits in the old cage, she can't fit in anymore, making her not able to use her old cage, and making everything even worse. When I tried telling them that, they told me that she didn't need a huge cage and that it would be big enough. My older sister said, "It's just a rabbit. It's stupid and doesn't need a ton of room. If it were up to me, nobody would have rabbits as pets" The sad part is, I didn't even exagerate what she said right there. That is EXACTLY what she said.
Then I brought up how if they made me put her outside in the summer, Bunny would die. During the summer, it get's in the 100's every day. Even I can't stand to be outside too long, let alone Bunny. My dad replied with, "She's and ANIMAL. She can stand it." Then I said how we were animals too and it didn't make any difference and then how she would die. He didn't say anything to that, but I know by his face that he was thinking that he wouldn't really care if she died.
This is upsetting me so much with everyone treating Bunny like this. I want to give Bunny the best life possible and it stresses me out thinking how my family would like me to treat her.
I don't mine keeping her outside once it is cooler, but when it is hot, NEVER.
Sorry for such a long post, but what I am looking for is help. How should I handle this?
My other question is about her living arrangements outside. We have a playhouse in the backyard that we would put her in. Right now, it is just being used for storage. We would clean it out and fix it up and probably repaint it to make it look nice. Will she be cold in there? I don't think mice or any other small animals can get in there, but what about bugs? Should I worry about them? Do you have any other tips for outside housing? I'll see if I can get a picture of the playhouse so you can see exactly what I am talking about.
And in advance, thank you for any help. It is all very much appreciated.
