DaisyE
Active Member
Hello from California!
Came across this forum & was hoping I could get the advice I seriously need!
I work at a small chain pet store that has a few small animals for sale...sadly they seriously do NOT take good care of them, they are treated like merchandise not like the living feeling creatures they are....I do everything I can to improve conditions....but my boss is cheap & never listens....the animals get a small cage, food, water & thats it! Suppose a lot of chain stores are similar!
Anyway...theres this GORGEOUS standard chocolate rex male rabbit [did my googling on his breed lol] that has been thrown into the back room & has been there a while who I've grown quite attached to
Reason hes back there is that he attacks all the other rabbits, pulls their fur out & he also killed a guinea-pig that a co-worker had for some reason put with the rabbits :?
Nobody likes him & my boss is saying hes going to send him back to the supplier...which being a commercial rabbit breeder for chain pet stores most likely = a miserable life.
I've been spending time with this guy & to me hes a sweetheart, I've held him, petted him, he even lets me give him kisses lol...which is good right??? I know most rabbits don't really like being held etc.
I'm thinking of bringing him home this Wed....do you think this guy has potential to be a good pet?? Hes been at the store all his life & is a full grown male...should I get him neutered?? Are rexes a good breed for pets??
& finally I had a rabbit in the past [LONG time ago] that I got as a baby & it literally turned into a monster!!! I believe it was female...but she seriously went from a sweet loving rabbit to a biting, kicking, grunting & growling lil thing! We couldn't even go into her cage to feed her without her grunting & nipping.
She was a small mixed breed, lionhead mix I think & was albino with blue eyes instead of pink....the way she turned out makes me a little nervous about being a rabbit owner again....can anyone help put my mind at ease??? :nerves1
I REALLY do want to help this rabbit...he seems so sweet & theres just something about him!
Heres a couple pics I snapped of the poor guy...pretty sure I got the breed right! He was watching me washing the bird dishes lol...
Hope they worked!
Oh & also I brought some fresh green veggies for him yesterday seeing as he only gets pellets & he let me hand feed him...then after he ate them he did these funny kicks...like he got hyper & happy lol!
Hope to hear from everyone!!!
Came across this forum & was hoping I could get the advice I seriously need!
I work at a small chain pet store that has a few small animals for sale...sadly they seriously do NOT take good care of them, they are treated like merchandise not like the living feeling creatures they are....I do everything I can to improve conditions....but my boss is cheap & never listens....the animals get a small cage, food, water & thats it! Suppose a lot of chain stores are similar!
Anyway...theres this GORGEOUS standard chocolate rex male rabbit [did my googling on his breed lol] that has been thrown into the back room & has been there a while who I've grown quite attached to
Reason hes back there is that he attacks all the other rabbits, pulls their fur out & he also killed a guinea-pig that a co-worker had for some reason put with the rabbits :?
Nobody likes him & my boss is saying hes going to send him back to the supplier...which being a commercial rabbit breeder for chain pet stores most likely = a miserable life.
I've been spending time with this guy & to me hes a sweetheart, I've held him, petted him, he even lets me give him kisses lol...which is good right??? I know most rabbits don't really like being held etc.
I'm thinking of bringing him home this Wed....do you think this guy has potential to be a good pet?? Hes been at the store all his life & is a full grown male...should I get him neutered?? Are rexes a good breed for pets??
& finally I had a rabbit in the past [LONG time ago] that I got as a baby & it literally turned into a monster!!! I believe it was female...but she seriously went from a sweet loving rabbit to a biting, kicking, grunting & growling lil thing! We couldn't even go into her cage to feed her without her grunting & nipping.
She was a small mixed breed, lionhead mix I think & was albino with blue eyes instead of pink....the way she turned out makes me a little nervous about being a rabbit owner again....can anyone help put my mind at ease??? :nerves1
I REALLY do want to help this rabbit...he seems so sweet & theres just something about him!
Heres a couple pics I snapped of the poor guy...pretty sure I got the breed right! He was watching me washing the bird dishes lol...
Hope they worked!
Oh & also I brought some fresh green veggies for him yesterday seeing as he only gets pellets & he let me hand feed him...then after he ate them he did these funny kicks...like he got hyper & happy lol!
Hope to hear from everyone!!!