Friday, May 8, 2009

My parents are contemplating giving my rabbits away! Help!?

Nobody is willing to take them in so they'll be caged for the rest of their lives. I dont lock them up in a cage. Should i euthanize them instead?
Answers:
Well, why don't you compromise? Get them a large safe cage, and just let them out for exercise every day. Maybe your parents don't like the rabbits running loose and damaging things? What is the reason? Rabbits may not do well outside if exposed to hot temperature or other animals that could hurt them.
And vets do NOT euthanize rabbits that way as stated above! That is horrible! At our hospital rabbits are anesthetized first, which is gentle and fast, then they are given an injection that only takes a few seconds to work. They are asleep and never knew what happened.
tell them noooooooooooo
NO! do not euthanize your bunnies! do you really think death is better than finding some one else to care and love them? if so, then you are SICK...contact a rabbit rescue organization to take your poor bunnies and give them to some one that will love them and care for them
Your parents have their reasons...discuss maybe some other options, and in the meanwhile, look for a nice home, maybe an ad in the paper or the internet. Euthanizing rabbits is an awful process. I work in an animal hospital, and I had to help put one down. The vet had to inject the beuthanasia directly into the heart, and it takes rabbits to die that way for about a half hour. The rabbit screamed the whole time. Do you really want that to happen, because you can't have them? Don't be selfish- at the least, contact animal control and take them to the shelter.
I'm afraid I don't really understand. First you say your parents want to give your rabbits away, then you say they want to put them in a cage outside, which you are against. I'm not clear on what the actual problem your parents have with your rabbits is. If I knew that, I might be able to suggest ways you could correct it so that they might let you keep the rabbits or keep them indoors, whichever the issue is.
I do not believe that you should euthanize the rabbits just because you are afraid that they might be abused in their new home. If you can't work something out with your parents where you can keep the rabbits and you really can't find a good home for them after trying every option, try to locate a no-kill shelter in your area and see if they can take the rabbits or direct you to someone who can. Killing you rabbits, even humanely, just to keep them from possibly being abused is not responsible.

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