Rehoming Babies

[Roberta]

*Sigh* It’s bad enough having an oops litter, even worse having two… But just when you think the stress from that is bad enough then you have to go through the grief of waving goodbye as you send them off to forever homes with strangers.

I made it through the first litter OK, mainly because the second litter had arrived and I knew it was vital that I find good homes so that I could focus on getting homes for the next litter and not be worried about babies having babies.

Well, this afternoon another couple arrived to adopt and instead of taking Blossom or Pipi they saw Aegle (Radiance and Light, Iggy for short) who I had intended to keep, and fell in love. Dilemma, risk losing a good forever home for little Mr Aegle who would have to be separated for weeks from his Mummy and Siblings as he is a boy and ready to make babies of his own or let him go and focus on the fact that at least now with Pipi and Blossom and Mummy pepper there was no chance that any more babies could arrive.

So hard, I don’t know how people can intentionally put themselves through this. I miss my little boy so much and all his siblings, Teddy, Peter, Bollinger, Norbett, Nermal, Bandit, Rebel, Cally, Buddy and now Aegle (Iggy). I had to take deep breaths so I not would race outside throw myself on their car and wrestle the pet carrier from them. I still have little Pipi and Blossom for now. worst case scenario I will have to find the money to spay them and their Mummy but atleast there will not be any more litters

This is little Aegle

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[Beka27]

Aw, I’m sorry. I agree with your sentiment, why would people “intentionally” put themselves through this? Hopefully you can rest assured that they’ve all gone to good, loving homes. You gave them a good, strong start at life. I know I would have had a hard time saying goodbye too. :o(

[BunnyDuck]

I know exactly how you feel. I had a accident litter in October and she had three little ones. We went through stages of giving them all away, wanting to keep all of them and then finally decided to keep one. I had already planned on the one I was going to keep, but when my husbands friend came over to collect them she fell in love with that one. I was so hard to see them go, I had fallen so in love with them.

I’m happy I kept one though and he was finally neutered on Thursday. I still really miss the other two. What didn’t help is the week after my husbands friend took them, she gave them to someone else. That was really hard too. But I recently found out that the person they went to is actually a veterinarian, so I feel much better about it. I could never intentionally do that again though. Even though I loved seeing them from birth and growing up, doing silly little baby things. I could never so that again.

It does get better though. Promise.

[Stickerbunny]

Yeah, after raising them, you do get attached. Glad they are finding good homes though! Are any of them sending you updates to let you know how the babies are doing?

[bunnyfriend]

Well I really commend you for doing that I’m sorry that it’s so sad though, that must be tough.

[Roberta]

Yes, I have been lucky with the new Bunny parents. I am getting updates. The most recent from Cally’s mum who has advised that she has taken over the house and claimed ownership of the cat. They were all raised around cats and used to play with Billy when he joined them in the play pen.

Thats Billy with Blossom and Mummy Pepper. The others were in the pic too but they were being silly and tumbled off the day bed just before I took the shot. At first I thought it was Cally but Bloss has a distinct grey ring around her muzzle.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Awww sorry. It was hard, but you did find a great home, and better to let them choose and fall in love. Sorry you had to go through that

[LBJ10]

That really sucks, I can’t imagine how hard that would be. Even though it was unintentional, you still get so attached.That’s why I don’t understand intentional breeding. I mean, I know that people who do it are out to make a profit. But I would get way too attached and wouldn’t make any money. I would want to keep them all.

[jerseygirl]

Ah! I really feel for you. I’m actually feeling this today regarding a dog. Animals get into your heart way too fast!

You have done so well by the babies making sure they go to good homes as best you can.
It would be really hard. You watch them rapidly develop from day one so how could anyone not become attached? I think something that really does help is getting those updates. I’m glad to here you do hear back from the new owners.

That is something that is helping me with the foster rabbits I have going to their new homes. Not the same as I haven’t had them as long as you had the babies nor bonded with them in the same way. You might be surprised how well the buns adapt in the new home and they don’t seem to grieve for their littermates. At some point they very well could have began fighting with them actually.

Another thing that might help is knowing there’s a whole new batch of rabbits slaves now due to their powerful influence. And if those people are anything like us, they’ll always be rabbit slaves so future needy rabbits will get homes with them. And they’ll become advocates for rabbits because they’re so deeply under their spell/

I can believe how small Pepper looks there. She looks like one of the kits!

p.s. I’ve been meaning to PM you about the info pack you put together to go with the buns to their new homes. Pls check you messages. : )

[LittlePuffyTail]

Hugs to you. That must be incredibly hard letting such adorable little babies go. Bunnies really have a way of stealing your heart.

I love the pic with the kitty.

Did you refer the new bunny parents to BB?

[peppypoo]

I completely agree! Only makes me wonder more what kind of people could breed their pets continually…they obviously care a lot more about the profit than the babies themselves if they can just let the babies go like that . Kudos, though, for all the hard work on behalf of the cuties! I feel like there are so many people out there who wouldn’t care nearly as much about taking precious care of accidental litters and making sure they all go to good homes.

[Roberta]

All babies have gone with a copy of the fact sheets Jersey Girl mentioned giving advice on food shelter vaccinations health vets and links, including the link to Binky Bunny which I have recommended highly to them so hopefully some will join.

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