Rabbit woes

I do love George but I’ll admit we’re reaching breaking point. It seems cruel to shut her away and we have no room for increased secured run space.

I’m hopeful that her litter habits will improve after spaying but at the moment they’re driving us mad – she clearly knows what the tray is for and will only leave a few pellets outside of it. Despite this, she’s intent on marking our bed. Short of shutting her in her cage or constantly supervising her we can’t keep her from toileting on our bed.

This means we’re constantly in a cycle of taking the sheets off the bed for a wash and have to put our pillows and duvet out of reach whenever we go anywhere.

We don’t have enough sheets for the amount we go through – so some of the time we just have to spray on white vinegar and leave it to dry.

It might improve once she’s spayed but I’m not sure we would cope with the mess from all the marking from bonding rabbits and it seems cruel to keep her alone. Our flat seems constantly dirty and smelly.

Mr Roger seemed content with being alone, but ever since Fred passed George has been really clingy.

We are very near rehoming her, and I feel terrible about it (if only we had a separate room for her). I think one of the main things holding me back, aside from the fact she’s adorable, is that I don’t think I could ensure she was housed in bigger living conditions and bonded to a friend.

The positives are she’s a very loving bunny, she’s naughty but we knew she would be and until January my schedule is very light, so she could be out of lots of the time.

But something just seems wrong. I don’t know. I don’t even like being pet-less and I feel like I should have pre-empted this.