Possible New Family Addition

[Cecelia]

I am very excited! Our neighbors adopted a rabbit in August and just kinda just let the poor little bunny stay outside in his hutch without any company.I understand that not everyone can have an indoor rabbit but they could atleast pay attention to him. They were gone for a couple of days and there have been very high winds around here lately.They have a dog kennel on a platform in their back yard. The rabbit hutch was leaning against the dog kennel.In the night the kennel blew over taking the hutch with it.I stupidly saw the kennel and didn't think about the hutch or the rabbit. Their dog had been staying inside during the winter so he was safe. A couple days later I was looking out the window and saw a movement in our neighbors yard. I screamed "mom, the rabbits out" and got my Dad to go to the neighbors house. When we saw that they weren't home, we went to try to catch the rabbit. He came to us pretty quickly and we got his hutch sat back up. We fed, watered, and covered his hutch with a blanket and gave him some nice warm hay. We have been caring for him until they get home. He is a white rabbit with brown spots, and a sweet personality. The neighbors may not want him anymore so we may be adopting him. I'll post more later. Thanks for reading.

[Kholran]

Poor bunny...NO pet is meant to live outside all the time. That's pretty awful. Hopefully you'll be able to adopt him and give him the indoor life he deserves. Lots of good house rabbit advice at http://rabbit.org

[Cecelia]

Thanks Kholran! Her owners got back last night and they were very happy to see her safe and sound in her hutch. Yes the bunny is a girl and her name is Darla. It was one of our other neighbors that told us they didn't want her anymore. The other neighbors don't like rabbits so I think it was just wishful thinking on their part. I would still love to take her but Sugarbaby (my bunny) is a boy we thought he was a girl at first but that's another story.lol
She is staying in her hutch and I am allowed to go see her anytime. Do any of you have more than one bunny?

[mash]

[Kholran]

[JsseGrrrl]

Hey Cecelia, that's great what your doing for the bun! I have three rabbits, Dutch mixes, and they are all inside. We have an enclosed porch where they stay with a heater in the winter. They are all male, and I haven't been able to get them fixed yet, so they have to be kept seperate even though they are all full brothers. But they are each rotated so that each gets a day out of their cage. They are the best!

[mash]

Again, sorry to disagree Khol..

I know some people just keep their pets outdoors to basically forget about them. I however do not.
I understand that you were talking of a majority of people, and I believe I ami in the minority.
Just to clear things up, because I don't like to be thought of being cruel in any way to my animals., I clean my ferrets out twice daily. Once 1st thing in the morning and then again before I put them to bed. I spend 1/2 to a hour playing with them before work. Then again when I come home, then I go upto them for about 2 hours before I put them to bed. And I CAN detect if something is wrong, even if it's something slight, as I know my ferrets very well.
When I first had Lorne, he was pretty much on deaths door. Even the vets were not convinced he'd pull through. Surely I'm doing something right to have pulled him through and for him to be the picture of health now?
Again, I'm sorry for going on, and I know you were not just talking about me, but I just wanted to clarify things.
I do agree that a pet should not be just left up the garden to play with only when it's warm, but believe me I've been up playing with my fuzzies even when it's been snowing.

I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but I wanted to clear things up.

[Cecelia]

Thanks Brianne that's cool about your rabbits. Dutch mixes are the best . That's what Sugarbaby is.Darla is doing fine but I think she's bored being back in her hutch.