[Alusdra]

This had me crying so hard, even thinking about it again I'm tearing up. I had a similar experience with my bunny when I was younger; she was someone's Easter present 'dwarf rabbit' and came to us in a 2'x2' wire bottom cage... she was a New Zealand white and larger than many of my friend's dogs. Even with the complete lack of information we had on her, we knew the cage was way too small and Early only went in there at night. Most of the time she hopped around our house or the fenced-in yard until the one day I forgot to bring her in before bedtime. My parents insisted that I go to bed and that they would deal with it. She was killed that night by some animal, we don't know what.

I blame the pet trade more than my parents- we were all victims, I think, but with the internet helping and communities like this one, Early's life in general would be much better and hopefully much longer. I don't think there even were alternatives to the cage we got her in back then.

Thanks for the story- and I can empathize with having a pet die in your arms, though it must have been much worse for how young you were; I was saved that until I was in high school.