I feel conflicted too – since the bunnies are not having a very good life in the pet store. However… I don’t like the idea of supporting stores who sell pets – because if you buy one, they’ll simply order another one and the cycle continues. From your other post, it really doesn’t sound like now would be a good time to bring another bunny into the house – do the already issues going on with Nick and feeling like you don’t have as much time to spend with Lulla. You’re right – bonding two girls is tough and you’d also need to have the store bunny spayed before you could even think about bonding them. Since your time is already so limited, you’d need to divide it further to spend time with both bunnies and bonding is also very time consuming. I know you are kind hearted and really wish to help the store bunnies, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s a great idea right now for you or Lulla.

Well it is heartbreaking.  I have said this in prior posts but there is a bun in a local pet store here that is in the same situation.  Too small of a cage, been there since July, not getting hay.  I feel he needs rescuing too.  I know supporting the pet store is BAD BUT I feel the same as you.  I would want to get one of those two buns outta there.  As far as them not getting along with others?  Look at their situation.  Cooped up in a tiny cage – I would be grumpy too.  I don’t think you can really tell from that situation what their true personalities are.  Many rabbits at the rescue where I got Edson also had that stigma and turned out to be incredibly wonderful buns.  They just never get a chance to develop their personalities in prison.  Go with your gut.  Nick will get over it.  Yeah he might be mad but that wouldn’t stop me!  And maybe Lulla love the company, who knows.

Are they really spayed?  Most pet stores seem to lie about this.  If so,  that would be great.  Why do these dang pet stores even sell rabbits!  They just can’t be that profitable since they seem to be there for months on end.

how much are they selling the bunnies for?  i wonder how old they are if they’ve truly been spayed.  and if they’ve developed a dewlap, that usually doesn’t happen (as i understand it) if they have been spayed.  BEFORE “rescuing” one of those buns, i would ask to see paperwork (and get a copy) from the vet that spayed her.  at least this way you could pursue legal action if it turned out to be false.  they should not be able to be getting away with this crap of selling unaltered bunnies as spayed.

*nods head* I know that’s what this petstore is saying it was doing, trying out a pilot program of selling spayed/neutered dwarf rabbits…But I feel in my gut these rabbits are not fixed. Let us know what they say about providing this paperwork!!

i am glad to hear that the buns are that expensive.  that means pretty certainly that they are altered.  if they’re selling them for 20 or 30 bucks and saying they are altered… they’re lying.  for 100 bucks you’re paying about 10 dollars for the bun and 90 for the surgery.  the second problem… there is also the consideration if the surgery was done correctly… 

if they seem grouchy and are both female and the two buns are together at the minute it doesnt really sound like a good idea if they are together in a small cage at least they have company the other could be stuck there for months before and if someone buys it and as you say females are harder to bond plus if they couldnt bond with other bunnies then the chances they wont get on will be low – sorry

Oh dear, I’ve been watching these threads and there is something that I think needs to be said, even though it may sound harsh. Sorry!

I am living proof that bunnies are terribly irresistible and if I could I’d have a whole burrowful of my own-IF I didn’t already have so many pets/people to care for already. This being said, as sad as this situation is, I think you should also consider the fact that it sounds like your own bun is already in a place where one person is apparently not happy about it and you are having trouble with attention for the bunny you have. If you were on your own and had the finances and other resources to give one of these bunnies a place to go and your bunny a needed companion, well that might be different because there is less weighing against you. You don’t want to rescue the bunny from a store and then it is in another stressful situation, that won’t be good for you, your bf OR your bun.

Could there be someone you know in your area that you could steer towards one of these two lovelies who’d be willing to foster or take on one or both of them? A friend or family member? Perhaps that would be better in the long run.

If I sound like a mom, well, I am one ^^ and my kids get lectures all the time about thinking long term. I don’t mean to preach here, just giving another point of view. You sound like a great bunny mom and I know you want what’s best for your bun. I am sure you’ll make the right decision.

My local large pet store has those bloody tanks out on their floor still with “New friends coming soon” signs on them…I can only dread that this must be the new bunnies for the Easter season. I agree with knowltons, what on earth do they stock them for if all they do is suffer until they wind up at the shelter to be put down or out on the road by folks who buy them and then think, “Eh…too much for me to handle, it’ll take care of itself out here.”

There’s got to be some way to work this out for the good of all concerned.

Well, in that case, one could look at this then as the opportunity you have been waiting for. And I hope I didn’t upset you with my post, I just would like to see this be an easy transition for you all. ^^
Heehee…stuff being moved to the basement, now THAT is something I can empathize with. Hubby is very big on collecting Alaskan memorabilia, so since it was beginning to crowd us out, he turned his business into a museum and now visitors can look at his collection for a fee!

Now, as long as he doesn’t suggest that I do the same thing with all my stuffed animals, I am in good shape! 0.o

I have a friend who collects Star Wars (or at least she did before she moved to Los Angeles), now she collects Pirates of the Caribbean things (especially anything to do with Johnny Depp).

I sure hope things work out well for you. And for the two little buns. They sound perfectly adorable (hey, have you ever seen a bun that wasn’t?) and I kind of have to chuckle about the one that you said looks like the bun you have. Lulla may think she’s looking in a mirror if she sees that one! ^^