Hi
This may seem like a strange question but it's playing on my mind and these things really eat me up.
So, she's nearly 9 years old, I've had her since she was 4 months and I love her dearly. She's always been very tame and gentle and has the free run of my living room. Though when we converted to laminate flooring, she wouldn't go on it so we had to buy her a large rug measuring about 2 x 1.5 metres.
She has always been toilet trained but has recently started weeing and pooing all over her rug.
The problem I have is that I now have a nearly 5 month old son and I'm worried that when he starts crawling, he's going to crawl all over her rug and end up surrounded by her waste.
She does have abit of arthritis as 9 is a fab age for a rabbit. Even the vet has said she is a very old lady. She has a benign growth under her chin and I'm concerned the pooing and weeing is a sign of a health issue anyway.
But I just feel like I might be ending her life unnecessarily and I'm not sure I will ever forgive myself.
My son is my priority now but my husband can be very unreasonable and I know he will not agree with me putting her down. He will expect me to come up with some fabulous invention that stops our son from being able to access this large area or he would expect me to have my eyes on him 24/7 and stop him everytime he crawls over to her. He would make me feel worse about my decision.
So someone please tell me it's probably the kindest thing to do or that I'm completely evil for considering it x