Selling Due To Son Having A Rabbit Now!

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I think the key is research, and not only that, but to have a plan-B in place if possible. Research will tell a prospective owner of the common pitfalls of purchasing their pet, as in any aspects of their care or base-nature that do not appeal to them, plus research will generally give a good indication if the particular household is suitable, and of what to expect in he future.
A plan B is wise if this household already feels that a change in circumstance is likely during their pet's life-time. Will the children grow up and spend their time studying or getting a job, or dating or such? Are the children likely to lose interest (the answer is yes it's likely but certainly not inevitable). Are you likely to want to start a family, or buy another kind of pet? Do you have to move around every so often for work? Are you likely to have to look after elderly parents?
If any of these things are likely, have you got a plan B?
Can you keep the new pet separate if they don't get along?
Will you have the time for your pet if you start a family?
Are you happy and willing to take on all of the care if the children either lose interest or get stressed with studies?
Are you likely to be able to find another flat that allows animals if you need to move around regularly?
etc.....

I just wish people would think and plan first..... it would solve so many problems.
 
I know you wouldn't send a child away if your circumstances changed, and I FEEL the same way about pets, but the reality is that should a family hit a tough time or bad situation there is always help available for children, in the form of benefits, housing options, free school meals, NHS health care is free etc.
There's no or very little help for the pets. I do think people should do what they can to keep their pets, and far too many people give them up lightly, and without much effort, but I do get that sometimes it's just not possible to keep them..
 
My local rescue has a programme where if families are going through a bad time (domestic abuse, bad divorce etc) and can't care for your animals they will look after them for you until you get back on your feet and can cope again. It's a wonderful programme that's helped a lot of people who never wanted to be away from their pets but had no choice. It's a nice option if you don't have friends or family to help and don't want to give them away. I don't know if they have this in other rescues or areas.
 
Cavy Kung-Fu said:
My local rescue has a programme where if families are going through a bad time (domestic abuse, bad divorce etc) and can't care for your animals they will look after them for you until you get back on your feet and can cope again. It's a wonderful programme that's helped a lot of people who never wanted to be away from their pets but had no choice. It's a nice option if you don't have friends or family to help and don't want to give them away. I don't know if they have this in other rescues or areas.
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I don't know either, but I think that's really great! :)
 
Critter said:
I know you wouldn't send a child away if your circumstances changed, and I FEEL the same way about pets, but the reality is that should a family hit a tough time or bad situation there is always help available for children, in the form of benefits, housing options, free school meals, NHS health care is free etc.
There's no or very little help for the pets. I do think people should do what they can to keep their pets, and far too many people give them up lightly, and without much effort, but I do get that sometimes it's just not possible to keep them..
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This is so true @Critter. This is the exact position I have found myself in recently and much as I love my 2 boys they understand what is happening at present and that our circumstances will change sooner hopefully rather than later. My beautiful furry babies though have no such understanding and it is very difficult to manage in this tough time but come hell or high water I will. It does anger me that people just assume you will get rid of them as you can no longer afford them. I can't afford the children either for that matter but no-one has suggested they have to go. !

Cavy Kung-Fu said:
My local rescue has a programme where if families are going through a bad time (domestic abuse, bad divorce etc) and can't care for your animals they will look after them for you until you get back on your feet and can cope again. It's a wonderful programme that's helped a lot of people who never wanted to be away from their pets but had no choice. It's a nice option if you don't have friends or family to help and don't want to give them away. I don't know if they have this in other rescues or areas.
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Hi @Cavy Kung-Fu that sounds like a wonderful programme and something that I would be very interested to find out about. Would you mind sending me a PM with the details so that I can contact them to find out how it works and how it is funded etc.

I know you are in England and I am in Scotland however, after experiencing what I am currently I am determined in the New Year to start to help other people who may find themselves (through no fault) of their own in the same heartbreaking situation. I would like to find out whether this is already in place in other rescue centres as I am certainly not aware of this as an option. It certainly sounds like something worthwhile though.
 
Caron's Cavies said:
Hi @Cavy Kung-Fu that sounds like a wonderful programme and something that I would be very interested to find out about. Would you mind sending me a PM with the details so that I can contact them to find out how it works and how it is funded etc.

I know you are in England and I am in Scotland however, after experiencing what I am currently I am determined in the New Year to start to help other people who may find themselves (through no fault) of their own in the same heartbreaking situation. I would like to find out whether this is already in place in other rescue centres as I am certainly not aware of this as an option. It certainly sounds like something worthwhile though.
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After looking into it a bit more I think it might be a UK wide scheme, but probably not well known about. Seems it is predominantly for domestic abuse situations. I shall send you a link to that part of their website if I can figure out pming :D
 
Critter said:
I think the key is research, and not only that, but to have a plan-B in place if possible. Research will tell a prospective owner of the common pitfalls of purchasing their pet, as in any aspects of their care or base-nature that do not appeal to them, plus research will generally give a good indication if the particular household is suitable, and of what to expect in he future.
A plan B is wise if this household already feels that a change in circumstance is likely during their pet's life-time. Will the children grow up and spend their time studying or getting a job, or dating or such? Are the children likely to lose interest (the answer is yes it's likely but certainly not inevitable). Are you likely to want to start a family, or buy another kind of pet? Do you have to move around every so often for work? Are you likely to have to look after elderly parents?
If any of these things are likely, have you got a plan B?
Can you keep the new pet separate if they don't get along?
Will you have the time for your pet if you start a family?
Are you happy and willing to take on all of the care if the children either lose interest or get stressed with studies?
Are you likely to be able to find another flat that allows animals if you need to move around regularly?
etc.....

I just wish people would think and plan first..... it would solve so many problems.
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I've devoted a whole section in my book to this ;) Hopefully it does some good :roll:
 
cavy clicker said:
I've devoted a whole section in my book to this ;) Hopefully it does some good :roll:
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What exactly is your book? I'm very interested in it :) I know I still owe you a picture and sorry for the lateness, it's in the wash atm and been a bit swamped aha and the other pics I have are blurry and rubbish XD

Education is definitely the key in most cases, so things like this could really help!
 
My book aims to educate people all about guinea pigs- from adopting, the problems with breeding & keeping outside, to diets, housing, things to do with them etc. I've devoted a LOT of time to researching and finding out more about them. It will be called "The Complete Guide to Guinea Pig Care." I'm open to suggestions and ideas ;)

I even spent a few grueling weeks making up a food table, looking up heaps of foods and thoroughly researching them to find out their benefits and disadvantages for guinea pigs. I think my eyes are turning square :crazy::lol:

I really, really hope that this book will help others. Looking forward to seeing your pics!
 
Ooh I could really benefit from the food part, the Internet can be so contradictory sometimes and I'm finding that it's hard to figure out a good veggie plan as some sites say something's good and another says that it's bad! :doh:

I live in England but I'd buy your book somehow XD

I'll send the pic in a few days as work's been killer, I'll also bribe one of my piggies to be a model... 2 lettuce leaves per minute should be enough right? :))
 
I agree! I had to do a lot of serious research to double check all of the foods :D I'm looking forward to taking the book to the supermarket with the table page ;)
Looking forward to seeing to pics :nod: It will be published in Createspace, which is amazon owned so it will be easier for member here to get it then me! :lol: :cool: I'm going to order a copy before it goes out just to check that it came out right :tu:
 
I know someone who has bought and then got rid of 3 puppies in 3yrs.
For the first one they were working parents with three young children and surprise, surprise they couldn't cope - it was too big and lively for them. So, after just 3days, puppy number one got palmed off on the woman's parents. Woman's parents couldn't cope with it so they got rid.
Puppy number 2 was identical to the first puppy and given the same name but was male instead of female. He lasted a couple of weeks before being palmed off on her parents again. This one is still with her parents.
Puppy number 3 was got once she'd got 4 young children. He lasted 1.5 weeks before being got rid of through free ads.

What made this terrible thing even worse was all of those puppies were black Labrador's. If you decide one black lab is too big and lively surely common sense would tell you that in all likelyhood they all will be.

I don't get how people can do it.

I have horrendous guilt that I had to give up my ponies. I loved them to pieces but me and my mom both became disabled and couldn't cope anymore. It broke both of our hearts, we always thought at least one of us would be physically able to care for them for their whole lives (even though their breeds have 30-40yr life expectancies and we bought 3 of them at just 18months old). The odds that we'd both have such physical problems must have been miniscule, yet it happened.

Personally I think all pet animal breeding should be regulated - licences to breed (with annual fee), breeders required to provide at least RSPCA minimum size guidelines for all animals in their care, no over breeding allowed and a limit on numbers of animals allowed to be kept. Anyone who has an accidental litter be required to register it as such and if a persons pets keep having accidental litters, then they should be investigated. This would push up prices of animals, stop breeder mills, hopefully make breeders more choosy about who has their animals and hopefully make people think twice before buying and dumping.
 
Thats a good idea! Though, for the moment, breeding should be stopped until the rescues are no longer needed ;)
 
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I went in to pets at home recently to get some emergency hay and saw a rabbit in an 80 cm long cage and two piggies in an 60cm long cage!
 
In pet stores, I think that the chicken coops are best for guinea pigs, guinea pig cages best for rats (if you made the bar space smaller) and dog playpens great for guinea pigs and rabbits ;) No manufacturers ever seem to make them the right size!
 
I just came back from Pets At Home and saw about 10 piggies in a small enclosure, all males and a few of them barely had ears left :( It breaks my heart, I wanted to take them all home but I can't.
 
I need someone to do an undercover mission for me and visit the pet store to take some photos for my guinea pig care book :lol:;) Calling all secret agents! :cool::cool::cool: :))
 
Saw a free add last night which says "male Guinea pigs for sale as my eight year old daughter has breed them and we are over run
 
These people shouldn't have kids or pets, I'm surprised they can even dress themselves in the morning smh.
 
*Sigh* I went into farmlands today to see if they had some good hay. They have a NEW section with all the rubbishy pet stuff! The lady tried to sell me some pine shavings instead of hay!

I told her that pine shavings are not recommended because they cause respiratory problems, and no, I need hay.
 
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