PwnzorsNTittylwinks
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I just need to vent about something that happened tonight
First off, unless it is a total stranger that I dont have to see ever again or have any mutual acquaintances with I am very VERY unconfrontational. Its a very bad habit and usually results in my getting walked over or ignored.
so after letting you know that little tidbit about me we can talk about what happened.
about a month ago I was approached by a friend of a friend who needed a rabbit to use in a easter photoshoot. before this i had never known of the dangers of the stress a rabbit gets, and stupidly told her it was fine. since then i have been researching and learning a lot about it (mostly through the CHRS's make mine chocolate campaign) and decided that i didnt want to put my baby through that.
tonight I told her about me not feeling comfortable putting frank through the stresses of the photoshoot and suggested that if she absolutely felt like she NEEDED a live rabbit that maybe she could do a separate private shoot with just the rabbit and then photoshop his image into the pictures with this children.
I also suggested that maybe the local pet shop would let her use one of their bunnies (i knew they had just gotten a new litter) under their supervision if she traded it for advertisement for the shop.
her response was that she would rather just buy the bunny and put it in a dog kennel, then have the shoot, then return it after she was done and claim allergies..
I was speechless. I couldnt wrap my head around how someone could do that. but Instead of ripping into her like i was imaging in my head, I just told her i needed to go and hung up. if she wasnt the friend of a person I work with (a higher-up too.. ) then I probably would of ripped her a new one. but now I just have this image of her completely traumatizing some poor little bun and i want to cry. I wish people truly understood how stressed out prey animals can be!
I have 2 pets right now, my bun and my gecko. both very easily stressed animals (I feel like im attracted to them because i have generalized anxiety and a stress disorder- diagnosed since grade 7- and its like they are little animal forms of me. lol) and i feel like noone truly gets them! they want to just pick up my gecko without even easing her into it or try to scare her because they think she looks cool when she runs. or they want to cuddle the bunny when he has no idea who they are.
ughidbslngofb . frustration. iaulnv this is why I dont like people.
First off, unless it is a total stranger that I dont have to see ever again or have any mutual acquaintances with I am very VERY unconfrontational. Its a very bad habit and usually results in my getting walked over or ignored.
so after letting you know that little tidbit about me we can talk about what happened.
about a month ago I was approached by a friend of a friend who needed a rabbit to use in a easter photoshoot. before this i had never known of the dangers of the stress a rabbit gets, and stupidly told her it was fine. since then i have been researching and learning a lot about it (mostly through the CHRS's make mine chocolate campaign) and decided that i didnt want to put my baby through that.
tonight I told her about me not feeling comfortable putting frank through the stresses of the photoshoot and suggested that if she absolutely felt like she NEEDED a live rabbit that maybe she could do a separate private shoot with just the rabbit and then photoshop his image into the pictures with this children.
I also suggested that maybe the local pet shop would let her use one of their bunnies (i knew they had just gotten a new litter) under their supervision if she traded it for advertisement for the shop.
her response was that she would rather just buy the bunny and put it in a dog kennel, then have the shoot, then return it after she was done and claim allergies..
I was speechless. I couldnt wrap my head around how someone could do that. but Instead of ripping into her like i was imaging in my head, I just told her i needed to go and hung up. if she wasnt the friend of a person I work with (a higher-up too.. ) then I probably would of ripped her a new one. but now I just have this image of her completely traumatizing some poor little bun and i want to cry. I wish people truly understood how stressed out prey animals can be!
I have 2 pets right now, my bun and my gecko. both very easily stressed animals (I feel like im attracted to them because i have generalized anxiety and a stress disorder- diagnosed since grade 7- and its like they are little animal forms of me. lol) and i feel like noone truly gets them! they want to just pick up my gecko without even easing her into it or try to scare her because they think she looks cool when she runs. or they want to cuddle the bunny when he has no idea who they are.
ughidbslngofb . frustration. iaulnv this is why I dont like people.