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?

What I want to say to the OP would get me banned. Not worth it since she's fucked off - probably to change back to her regular name.

This is horrendous. You're teaching your daughter the worst message ever, she's bored with the responsibility so you're just getting rid?

Sorry but you sound like an awful person and I sincerely hope you never get another animal. Poor bloody rabbit ☹

OP here is what pets at home say about rabbits www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/pet-talk/choosing-a-pet-small-animal-rabbit

OP has probably decided that "it's only a rabbit" and not worth bothering about.

Oh and letting a domestic rabbit go free in the countryside will indeed give the rabbit a lovely life - for about 24 hours until it gets eaten by a fox or weasel. It will have no natural survival instincts passed down from its parents. It's the equivalent of dumping a 10 yr old child in the jungle and expecting it to be fine. You could argue that it might actually be slightly less cruel than leaving it to rot in a tiny cage for the next ten years, as at least it wouldn't suffer for years, but it's still a stupid and cruel thing to do!

They are very nice in a stew with dumplings.

Well I've learned a lot about rabbits at least misses point of thread

If people have learned Unihorn that's good news for future rabbits. So is a good side to the thread.🙂

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. But surely the answer isn’t to get rid of the rabbit but to make sure your daughter looks after it. You remind her that she wanted a rabbit and made a commitment and now has to look after it. You explain the reasons why it’s cruel not to let it out etc then remove screen time/going out with friends or whatever methods you usually use until after she has fed/let the rabbit out. Obviously in the meantime, you need to let it out.etc.

@TheodoraLily I'm sorry you're getting such a drubbing on here. Do try the RSPCA for rehoming advice or try Googling for rabbit rescues near you. You've tried something and it didn't work. You can't know that you don't know something or have been given the wrong information. I hope you find somewhere for your rabbit

I got a rabbit when I was twelve (with a guinea pig - in those days it was recommended). My parents knew nothing about rabbits, but they knew about responsibility - I was taught that you do not sit down to breakfast until those dependent on you - ie your pets - have been attended to. I got up early every day to feed and water them, and open up their hutch so they had access to their run (which was 8 feet square by the way - even thirty odd years ago and with only a thin paperback ‘Guide to rabbit keeping’ we were enlightened enough to realise that rabbits need proper space). A 12 year old is perfectly capable of looking after a rabbit IF they are taught responsibility by their parents.

Apologies for the lack of paragraphs - suddenly it won’t let me put them in.

Poor rabbit, I can’t believe anyone would leave any animal in a cage like that all day. I dread to think last time it was let out

Holy shit this is a depressing thread

How can people be so dense as to basic animal welfare, and so lazy about their responsibility for pets they buy for a child?

Just appalling

I hope OP is utterly ashamed of the horrible life they've inflicted on that poor bunny

Neither you nor your DD are fit to look after an animal. But at least she has the excuse of being a child.

This makes me really really angry.

Those rabbit hutches are ridiculous and they should never be shut in those or a cage. Pets At Home are known for selling homes too small for Guineas and rabbits, the sizes go against the guidelines given my many rehoming shelters.

They should be free to binky, run around and play not shut in a hutch. What's wrong with you? Rabbits should always be in pairs, did you just take pets at homes word and do no research yourself? Rabbits are one of the worst pets for children as they need constant care and attention and you've got some poor animal shut in a tiny hutch. I doubt the poor thing has any toys or any kind of stimulation does it?b

My rabbits don't have any cage or hutch, are free to run around our entire house and garden and sleep on my bed.

Take that poor rabbit to your nearest shelter ASAP and never have a pet again.

Our two rabbits are in a chicken coop as it's much larger and means they stay outside all year round. They also potter in and out of the house/garden when they're in the mood.

@TheodoraLily Pets at Home own website says they should always be in pairs and the owners need to spend plenty of time interacting with them.

You've got a sad, lonely rabbit cooped up living a miserable life by itself. I'm a 3 hour drive from you and will come and rescue you your rabbit to live with my 2.

Poor bunny

This thread has made me want to buy a shed and a chicken coop and fill them with rescue rabbits.

Our local Pets at Home has a big sign advising that rabbits like to live in pairs. Doesn't yours?

Girls got guineapig I did everything

Buy the rabbit a big run
Then let it out
If your daughter doesn't that you have too kids get bored easily

My ds pestered for us to have a dog for years. He would walk it, feed it, pick up poo. I got us a dog 3 years ago. He walks him once in a blue moon, walks past his empty water bowl and has picked up about 3 poos. He is our family dog. Any caring he doesn't do (!?!!) I do. All of it. That's what an adult does who's responsible for an animal.

My daughter has been asking for a hamster for years. I know that despite her pleads it
would fall to me so i said no. Im only getting pets that I want and am ok to look after