Help please! Need to Rehome continental giant in UK

[AnnaW]

Hi everyone,
As some of you may know, I have a continental giant Baby, Barney the angora and Belle my little 3 legged lop. We lost my sweet little Belle bun last week, she fell fast asleep in the sun in her cage and went off to the rainbow bridge … I couldn’t have asked for more for her.
Anyway, I have a continental giant who I was planning on bonding with Barney but they HATE each other. He hasn’t been castrated yet but he absolutely hates Barney and I cannot put them together under any circumstances.
This leaves me in the unhappy state of having to put the continental giant in the garden as we have no space for him to live separately in the house he is a really friendly big boy and would love to be a house bunny, I will add pictures when I’m home from work.

Can anyone help?
We are in Essex, UK.
Love Anna, barney and baby X

[Bam]

AnnaW, I’m so sorry to hear about Belle and about the problems between Barney and Baby.

We don’t allow using the BB forums as a resource to rehome home tyour bunny. You are very welcome to ask about how to deal with some of the challenges that are making you consider rehoming. Our main goal will be to find solutions so you can keep your bunny.

[AnnaW]

I have to say after being a member of this forum for many many years, I find that hugely disappointing. I understand now allowing talk of breeding etc as that is unnecessary, but sometimes rehoming is entirely necessary and absolutely what is best for the animal. I posted on here because I want Baby to go to a loving knowledgable home so that I’m not concerned that he won’t be cared for, and to someone I could keep in touch with … Rather than have to post him elsewhere which could result in him being kept in a hutch at the bottom of someone’s garden. I really am very disappointed, to be re homed as a playful house bunny is what’s best for Baby, not living outside which is our current situation and cannot be rectified as we have no space for a large continental in our new house (after having to move extremely unexpectedly and at short notice) and he cannot be free range as he attacks Barney. I wish there were other solutions but there aren’t I hoped that binky bunny would make a very hard decision somewhat easier if I knew he was going to a knowledgable home

[jerseygirl]

Hi Anna

I just first wanted to say how sorry am about Belle. I know she was dearly loved. Binky free Belle! I hope your Biscuit is looking out for her.

As to rehoming, please don’t take bams post above as a judgement for rehoming Baby. It was not intended that way AT ALL. Because you have been a long term member is why your original post was allowed at all. We just have to be very careful that Binky Bunny does not become a place of advertising.  I hope you understand.

You can certainly discuss the need to rehome a rabbit and ask for advice of where to advertise, just not directly advertise on here. Your post doesn’t really read as a direct advertisement, which is why it hasn’t been deleted or locked. It is the moderators duty to clarify on the forum rules to the original poster but also newer and future members that may be reading. That is all.  I hope I’m making sense. 

[tobyluv]

I’m sorry about the loss of Belle. Do you think the fact that Baby hasn’t been neutered could be a reason why he hates Barney and attacks him? He’s being ruled by his hormones now, and he might feel differently about Barney after his surgery and a little time has passed. If you are not able to get them together, I hope that you can find a good home for Baby.

[BinkyBunny]

Hi Anna,

Thank you Bam, and thank you JerseyGirl for clarifying. IAs it is true this is not a judgment on you. I’m very sorry if you felt that way. We understand how difficult this must be.  The “No Rehoming Posts” rule has been in place even before this very understandably difficult decision you are making. It has prevented the forum from becoming a Craigslist like resource.

When a member must rehome their bunny, we can help in providing some tips so your bunny can end up with a new loving forever home.
Here are some previous posts of members who had to rehome:

https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/124486/Default.aspx
https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/126324/Default.aspx

And this is a good article from the House Rabbit Society with rehoming advice.
http://www.rabbit.org/adoption/finding-a-new-home.html

[BinkyBunny]

Tobyluv makes a very good point. I missed that he hadn’t been neutered! I read it just that opposite that he had been. Reading too fast.
That could be a possibility as hormones can definitely make bunnies territorial.

[AnnaW]

Hi all – thanks for the replies. I didn’t take the post as an attack, I just feel disappointed that a well known (non serial bunny rehoming) member couldnt come to the forum to find a knowledgable home for my boy. I spoke to my vet about neutering and she said that often they are aggressive un neutered but not to the extent of trying to kill him, and thinks that if he is showing that much aggression it might be that he is just a single bunny type of boy rather than wanting friends. X

[Bam]

Anna, I’m sorry if I came off as judgemental. I absolutely never meant to be. I know you are a long-standing member and a terrific bunny-parent and that you’d not consider rehoming your beautiful Baby unless you deemed it the last resort. I want you to get as many useful tips about rehoming from members as possible. We just have rules against direct advertisement as Jersey says, for the reasons she also mentions.

I’m completely sympathetic to your situation, I have two boy buns who hate each other but with the HUGE difference that my buns are tiny and my apt is easily divided with a simple DIY gate – otherwise I’d have had to rehome the bun that came last. My buns are tiny but still fought and hurt each other during bonding-efforts. Your boys are big boys and can do considerable damage. That’s of course not an acceptable situation in a household.

[BinkyBunny]

Anna — I can understand your disappointment. I do know of a several members who have had bunnies hate each other and then ended up bonding, and it wasn’t smooth sailing. I have had the wide range of bonding experiences with different bunnies: bonding quickly, taking many months to bond to never bonding. And they were all spayed/neutered. Others who have been through something similar to your situation may offer their experiences. Check out the links and let us know if you need any further tips/advice. We know this is not easy.

 Keep us updated. 

 

[AnnaW]

Thanks all. Barney is very depressed having just lost his wife Belle bun, and I am heartbroken on his behalf I can’t put him through the stress again as Baby is at least 4 times his size … He physically shakes when he even sees Baby he’s that frightened of him can’t put my little Barney through that but also don’t want Baby living in the garden when he’d make a great house rabbit X

[AnnaW]

PS sorry if I came across defensive, having a rough time but didn’t intend to take it out on anyone xx

[Bam]

I don’t think you were very defensive, but I am very sorry that I added to your stress.

[AnnaW]

No need to apologise Bam X

[Bam]

Thank you 

[LittlePuffyTail]

I just want to add my most sincere condolences on the loss of your Belle. ((((Binky Free Beautiful Belle)))))

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