Daughter doesn't look after her rabbit. Best way to rehome?

[TheodoraLily]

Hi my daughter is 12 and doesn't look after her rabbit. She has even got to the point of lying and saying she has changed water/fed when she hasn't. The poor rabbit never comes out of his hutch.

Best way to rehome?

Good grief bran. Do not set the rabbit free in a field. What terrible advice.

Bran, it is not a wild rabbit so the wild rabbit fact is totally irrelevant. It needs to be rehomed, to someone who can care for it. I've kept rabbits for years. All of them are rescues from centres where people dumped them and got bored. Usually bought for children. Lots of them became house rabbits as they are simple to toilet train and very sociable. They do not like being picked up. They are totally unsuitable pets for children.

I despair that there are still people who take on pets with NO IDEA how to look after them properly. Just Google for fgs .Rehome and don't get another living creature to amuse your child that you'll dispose of as soon as it's inconvenient.

How big is the rabbits hutch OP?

Rehome the poor thing and do no get any more pets ever unless you're completely happy to look after it.

I'd also make your DD to donate some of her savings/pocket money to the charity that will help you rehome it.

It's an actual rabbit hutch

http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/pets/heather-rabbit-hutch?utmsource=google&utmmmedium=cpc&utmcampaign=googleeshopping&cmmmc=GoogleeCPCPC--%20googleeshopping--googleeshopping&ita=1976&ito=googleshopping&CAWELAID=120267720000002656&cmmmmc=&ito=GAG48584660781&itc=GAC249808982142&itkw=nil&itaexid=&itawnw=search&itawmt=&itadvc=m&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInKqqg6zU3QIVr7ftCh0gcwG4EAQYAyABEgJdHvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=COHGrYis1N0CFcMR0wodOHsE7w

And it's in that all the time?! How shit for it.

Please tell me it’s not in that 24/7?

Damn that's tiny.

Please tell me it's got a run attached to that as well

Surely the OP cannot be real... Honestly I don't believe anyone is this stupid.

No that's his home. You're making out like he's in a hamster cage. It's a rabbit cage for rabbits? We have a small garden where my daughter is supposed to let him out for a bit but that's what I'm saying, she hasn't been doing that. Which is why I want to find him a new home

So she doesn't let him out and you just leave him cooped up in that?!

Seriously OP did you do any research on rabbits at all before buying him? Jesus.

Personally I feel like this post must be a joke - surely you can't be that cruel/stupid to think keeping a rabbit in a hutch that size is ok?!

Please rehome the rabbit ASAP and never get another pet.

Look it's obvious you are not willing to put any time,money and effort in this poor rabbit,even as far as researching it's needs. I don't see why you're so outraged at your daughters attitude.

Best thing all round is to get in touch with some charities and have them take it.

You’re the adult. If she doesn’t then you have To. That would be fine for the rabbit to sleep in for a few hours but it isn’t suitable for it to live in permanently.

Op you are getting a roasting on here but the sad fact is pets at home etc sell these hutches which really are too small for a rabbit - unless they have a huge run attached at all times. People just aren’t given good advice about rabbits. Yes you should have been and should be letting it out everyday to run about and taking care of it regardless of whatever your dd is doing but it’s clear you didn’t realise the hutch is too small, and no one has told you that you can’t keep rabbits alone. Yep, some research wouldn’t have gone amiss. But now you’re seeking advice about rehoming properly and trying to do the right thing. That’s better than a lot of people. I just hope you manage to rehome him properly and hopefully he can go on to have a good life.

I have an indoor rabbit. He comes out daily for exercise , has fuss and human interaction. I made sure I researched rabbit care and Pets at home advised the same. I can’t believe pets at home staff would be as irresponsible as to suggest the rabbit stays in a hutch without exercise and interaction. He is a very spoiled little bun! Pets are for life not just for a while!

Hutch only? You are incredibly cruel and irresponsible. How would you like to be kept in a prison cell? With just food and water? How is that stimulating? I worked for the RSPCA and my boss personally took on all the many abandoned rabbits, her house and garden was full, she could hardly cope and our funds were stretched to the max. All because people's kids got bored. You did no research? What about common sense re basic animal husbandry?

Poor, poor rabbit I wish people took the ownership of pets much more seriously and had more compassion for the lovely animals they have the privilege of owning.

If you bought him at pets at home see if you can rehome him there. The pets at home near me has a small rescue centre within the store. Please do this ASAP, rabbits should be able to run around (in a run, enclosed garden or living room etc) for AT LEAST 4 hours per day! Keeping him in a hutch 24/7 is unbelievably cruel.

Tbh it doesn't surprise me that Pets at Home are giving out piss poor pet care advice. When I bought hamsters from there I was told that I should add vitamin c drops to their water because they can't make their own. Obviously I know that's bollocks so I just smiled and nodded but I imagine if you didn't know better it would be reasonable to think they were. That being said, there is a wealth of information online so you should have researched proper rabbit care before buying him. Really there is no excuse in the internet age.

That hutch is FAR too small for rabbit to be in full stop, never mind left in there 24/7. Fucking cruel rabbits are terrible pets for children, they have quite complex needs and require a lot of looking after. I also can’t believe you didn’t even do enough research to realise that rabbits should be bought in pairs!

*Reasonable to think they were right.