Abandoned Bunny Advice needed

[Lspacehopper]

Okay...we've started an adoption centre at my PAH (all to have them eventually) and a lady bought 2 rabbits in to us that she saw being dumped in carrier bags in woodland near her home. They are 2 females in very good condition. We've guessed they're around 1 year old and they are quite big girls. They get on well together apart from the odd squabble and humping session. As they're obviously quite happy together, ideally I would like them to be rehomed together, but this might not be possible (would have to be a very large hutch). Would it be wrong/unfair to split them up if someone is prepared to take one and can't take both?

What's the opinion of the bunny lovers on here?

Personally I don't want to split them, but some of the girls are umming and aahing as to what's for the best.

[shihtzumad]

awww. i would say what you are saying leave them together, they have probably been brought up together and found in nasty circumstance's, together, how can people sleep at night knowing what they have done.

 

Hope they find a loving home, what they deserve, please keep us informed. Do u charge for adoption, i thinks its a good idea what you have started.

[Lspacehopper]

awww. i would say what you are saying leave them together, they have probably been brought up together and found in nasty circumstance's, together, how can people sleep at night knowing what they have done.

 

Hope they find a loving home, what they deserve, please keep us informed. Do u charge for adoption, i thinks its a good idea what you have started.

 

Hi, thanks for the reply. You're thinking what I'm thinking about keeping them together

We ask people for a donation that goes to the charitable foundation. It gets ploughed back in to local partnership charities.

 

I'll let you know about the rabbits. Apparently there are a couple of people interested in giving them a home although one person replied sarcastically when the donation was mentioned. That gets my back up and makes me wonder if someone thinks they can just have a 'cheap' rabbit.

[shihtzumad]

although one person replied sarcastically when the donation was mentioned. That gets my back up and makes me wonder if someone thinks they can just have a 'cheap' rabbit.

 

If they are defo intrested in the rabbits, surely they would pay the adoption fee, am on the look out for a hutch, my girls want a rabbit, we keep going in pah, and they are some beautiful rabbits.

[baileys_mum]

poor girlies, have you thought about rabbit rehome?

[GrinderBloke]

In my experience adult does rarely live peacefully together, even if spayed (Doubtful that these two are) and from the same litter. In my opinion they would be better of homed with a buck, after being spayed.

 

When you say big are you talking French Lop size?

[sooz22]

I have found does esp. mother daughter relations to live together reasonably harmoniously once spayed- I would certainly recommend that new owners have them spayed if you are unable to do this yourself.

 

I have a pair of hard to homers here, mum and girl, and am unsure of whether to split them but they are not fighting so I feel it would be unfair to do so. At the same time Muffins behaviour is seriously diminishing both their chances of being rehomed

[MARY POPPINS]

I have found does esp. mother daughter relations to live together reasonably harmoniously once spayed- I would certainly recommend that new owners have them spayed if you are unable to do this yourself.

 

I have a pair of hard to homers here, mum and girl, and am unsure of whether to split them but they are not fighting so I feel it would be unfair to do so. At the same time Muffins behaviour is seriously diminishing both their chances of being rehomed

 

Just to let you know, the two girls I got from sooz, live lovely together now,

they took a while to settle, but they dont fight just seem to spend the days grooming each other,

 

They both love to be stroked, but only one likes being picked up,

so I just respect her wishes and leave her be.

[sooz22]

Glad to here they are doing OK.

[katkin]

I have found does esp. mother daughter relations to live together reasonably harmoniously once spayed- I would certainly recommend that new owners have them spayed if you are unable to do this yourself.

 

I have a pair of hard to homers here, mum and girl, and am unsure of whether to split them but they are not fighting so I feel it would be unfair to do so. At the same time Muffins behaviour is seriously diminishing both their chances of being rehomed

 

We used to have 2 does and they were like you describe but got on much better when spayed. I love bunnies, but they are not an option now we have the daft Dobe- she used to get overexcited if she saw our last rabbit outside and it really upset me that we couldn't bring her indoors after we got the mutt in case she tried to get at her...fortunately, a friend offered to give thumper a loving new home and she became a house bunny which is a much nicer way to keep rabbits, so long as you have somewhere safe they can live/roam. We tried it with our first one (long before we had a mutt) and all worked well until she found the telephone cable on the new phone...oops. Supervised indoors only after that.