Caging/Bunny PROBLEM!

[leyley904]

i think your fine with buying a rabbit from a pet store.
this is my opinion. if you buy from a pet store, any pet store, wether your putting money in the store's pocket or not, your saving the animal. you can agree or not, it wont change my opinion. eventually pet stores are going to change becuase of all the petitioners and animal cruelty fines and so forth. the rabbit does have a better chance of being healthy since it was family owned. its great that you want to take her and some of her kits. i dont know how big your rabbit is. but my rabbit loves her cage whcih is about the size of yours. and she doesnt even get as much free range time. shes absolutly perfectly happy. and i know that for a fact. it makes me mad when people try to say your a bad person for SAVING a bunny from those horid places. your doing a good thing. im not saying it isnt good to adopt from a shelter/rescue. that is also wonderful, maybe better. but just becuase that is better doesnt make what your doing a bad choice. and eveyone has their own opinions about bunny looks. if i were getting a bunny to keep for 10 plus years, i would want to think it was cute. its your rabbit, so you should pick it. its a big choice. and its great that you know this rabbit well. so get your rabbit(s) and ignore people who think your doing a bad thing!

and i know you already got this rabbit, considering how old the post is, but i just saw this and wanted to add my opinion, maybe it will make you feel better

[Jennicat]

You're probably on the wrong site, leyley, this site is strongly against pet store purchases. We are not willing to fund abuse for the sake of convenience.

[Wodentoad]

Dang, I just realized how old this post set was. I will make my original post, because it needs to be said to Bunnyluva and others who MUST HAVE certain pets.

"I just want this bunny!"

And "I have this, that, this, that, this, that animal and I WANT MORE!"

Forgive me, but I am a grown woman with a house and a son. My pets are my financial responsibility, and my house is my own. When I was young--never mind how old--I had mice, because I wanted them. I did not know how to care for them from Adam. I was a child, and I did not care for them well. As an adult, I have a zoo of animals myself, in my house. I have all the room I need for my pigs, because I can choose to put them in the living room, and I do not get animals to which I am allergic which allows them room.

I have a rescued dog with special needs (medication, twice daily).
One bought (before we knew better) and two rescued cavies.
Two rescued cockatiels.
Two frogs (bought) who are low maintenance.
A beta. His name is Fishy. That is all.

Each has recommended room or better, best diet that we can offer, and vet care if and when necessary, and this can get expensive. Even now I have to rush out to buy more pellet.

I would LOVE a hamster. LOVE LOVE LOVE! But I know that it is beyond my capacity to care for hamsters properly. One, I have not done enough research, two, I already have a menagerie at home, three, I have a membership to my local zoo to cure my urge to get more pets. There's a limit before it becomes a problem, and as defensive as you are, screaming in a block of pretty well unreadable text that you MUST have this particular very specific pet, I fear you may have reached yours. Please do the grown up and responsible thing, the thing I do, every time I walk out of a pet store without a hamster, and realize your limitations. Love the animals that you have. When they cross the rainbow bridge, then consider letting new ones into your life.

When I got my dog, I wanted a big black dog. I wanted a water dog! I wanted a snuggly mutt. What did I get? I got an 11mo pure bread golden retriever from the local rescue. His previous family bought the AKC pup from a mill, cutest thing ever. But puppies grow up into dogs, and so they tossed him aside. They NEEDED a puppy, and when he was one no longer, he got thrown out in the back yard, neglected, abused, unsocialized. We took him in, trained him, treated his medical condition, and give him great amounts of love. Now he is a sweet, friendly, darling of a dog. You'd never know him from our rescue.

Please do the grown up thing and recognize your limits.

[Paula]

People please pay attention to the dates on these things you choose to reply to. The last post on this thread before today's was over A YEAR AGO. It's likely that the OP isn't even still around and could care less what your opinion might be. Don't drag things up without good reason.

Originally Posted by leyley904

i think your fine with buying a rabbit from a pet store.
this is my opinion. if you buy from a pet store, any pet store, wether your putting money in the store's pocket or not, your saving the animal. you can agree or not, it wont change my opinion.

You might be saving an animal you buy from a pet store but what you're also doing is guaranteeing that another animal (or two) ends up in his place, to face the same conditions and cruelties that animal faced. That is not the case when you adopt and that is the reason that we are pro-adoption, anti-breeder.

Originally Posted by leyley904

i dont know how big your rabbit is. but my rabbit loves her cage whcih is about the size of yours. and she doesnt even get as much free range time. shes absolutly perfectly happy. and i know that for a fact.

Is this the same rabbit you're referring to in this thread? If so, why are you fretting over getting her a bigger cage if you know for a "fact" that she's perfectly happy? And if not, why can't you make a cage that's appropriate for this other bunny that you "saved"?

Originally Posted by leyley904

it makes me mad when people try to say your a bad person for SAVING a bunny from those horid places. your doing a good thing. im not saying it isnt good to adopt from a shelter/rescue. that is also wonderful, maybe better. but just becuase that is better doesnt make what your doing a bad choice.

There is a vast distinction between being a bad person and making a bad decision. It is indeed a bad choice to buy from a breeder or pet store because doing so only perpetuates a cruel cycle of abuse - that same cycle you're able to feel so good about getting a pet store animal out of.