点评:Really disappointed with my experience at this rescue. Got in contact with them about a solo bunny on their website and had some emails backwards and forwards explaining our set up and that we were looking to bond our female bunny. We provided ID and photos etc and I felt happy with the checks they were carrying out.
They do not offer bonding or the ability to bring your current bunny to "speed date" any rabbits available and we were sent a contract prior to meeting him and told we could take him the same day and he was removed from their website before we had even seen him.
We visited and thought they had a really fantastic set up for the rescue bunnies. Lots of space unlike other rescues where we've seen rabbits squashed into a hutch and stacked up. And the staff were very friendly and helpful on this visit.
We were told he was vaccinated and neutered and given his medical check up info as well as 4 weeks insurance and a voucher for a free hay box.
We got him home and housed him seperately from our girl and after a day and a half we put him with her in a neutral space to start bonding and he immediately attacked her causing minor injury. Rabbits can be aggressive, we knew this, and we decided maybe he needed more time to settle before we tried bonding so kept them housed seperately as per their guidelines.
Overnight at some point he managed to fully break down the wall of the enclosure and attack our girl to the point she is now on antibiotics. This break out is not the rescues fault but had we known the full information he would not have been side by side with her.
I emailed the rescue to double check his neutering status as lots of his behaviour was not that of a neutered male and they confirmed he was but only told us at this point that he was only done 2 weeks ago. We were then advised to wait until week 4 to bond them. This is BAD advice and if you research rabbit bonding at all it is always stated that it should be 8 weeks minimum and upto 12 for hormones to settle. We got an apology but had I not emailed would we have even been told at all?
We spoke to our rabbit savvy vet who recommended we end this bond attempt as it was now not going to work due to how stressed our girl was (she was not eating or pooing normally) and the Injuries she has sustained.
We reluctantly took him back to the rescue after a week which was a really difficult and emotional thing for us to have to do, not to mention over an hour's drive each way, we had to fill in a generic form with a young man who clearly knew nothing about rabbits, we explained the problems and asked them to keep the rabbit safe and houses until he has had time to recover before re homing him and we literally saw the older women in the office rolling their eyes at us.
The rabbit was a lovely affectionate boy to us but he was put in a risky unfair situation by the rescue by not providing accurate medical history and putting both rabbits at risk.
Rabbits are a bit of a specialist subject and I highly recommend you go to a rabbit rescue and not a mixed animal place like this because they seem to have very limited rabbit knowledge and didn't want to listen to any help or advice from someone who's had rabbits over a decade.
We have decided to ask for a refund of our adoption fees as they did not offer this when we dropped him off and it was made pretty clear they would be re homing him asap regardless of his neutering recovery time.
翻译:我对这次救援的经历感到非常失望。我们就他们网站上的一只单独的兔子与他们联系,并收到了一些电子邮件来解释我们的设置以及我们希望与我们的雌性兔子建立联系。我们提供了身份证件和照片等,我对他们进行的检查感到满意。
他们不提供联系或能力让你现在的兔子“快速约会”任何可用的兔子,我们在见到他之前收到了一份合同,并告诉我们可以在同一天带他,但在我们之前他就从他们的网站上删除了。甚至见过他。
我们参观了,认为他们为救援兔子做了一个非常棒的设置。与其他救援行动不同的是,这里有很多空间,我们在其他救援行动中看到兔子被挤进笼子里并堆放起来。这次访问的工作人员非常友好和乐于助人。
我们被告知他已接种疫苗和绝育,并获得了体检信息以及 4 周的保险和一张免费干草箱的优惠券。
我们把他带回家,与我们的女孩分开安置,一天半后,我们把他和她放在一个中立的空间里,开始建立联系,他立即攻击了她,造成了轻伤。兔子可能具有攻击性,我们知道这一点,我们认为在我们尝试建立联系之前,他可能需要更多时间来安定下来,因此按照他们的指导方针将它们分开饲养。
一夜之间,他设法完全打破了围栏的墙壁并攻击了我们的女孩,以至于她现在正在服用抗生素。这次爆发不是救援的错误,但如果我们知道完整的信息,他就不会和她并肩作战了。
我给救援人员发了电子邮件,仔细检查了他的绝育状态,因为他的很多行为都不是绝育男性的行为,他们确认他是绝育男性,但此时只告诉我们他两周前才完成。然后我们被建议等到第四周再将它们粘合在一起。这是一个糟糕的建议,如果你研究兔子的亲密关系,总是会说激素稳定需要至少 8 周、最多 12 周。我们得到了道歉,但如果我没有发电子邮件,我们会被告知吗?
我们与精通兔子的兽医进行了交谈,他建议我们结束这种结合尝试,因为由于我们的女孩压力太大(她没有正常进食或排便)以及她所受的伤害,现在这种结合尝试已经行不通了。
一周后我们不情愿地把他带回救援处,这对我们来说确实是一件非常困难和情绪化的事情,更不用说单程一个多小时的车程,我们必须和一个年轻人一起填写一份通用表格,他清楚地知道我们对兔子一无所知,我们解释了问题,并要求他们保护兔子的安全和房子,直到他有时间康复,然后再重新安置他,我们确实看到办公室里的年长妇女对我们翻白眼。
这只兔子对我们来说是一个可爱又深情的男孩,但由于他没有提供准确的病史,使两只兔子都处于危险之中,救援行动将他置于危险的不公平境地。
兔子是一个有点专业的话题,我强烈建议你去兔子救援中心,而不是像这样的混合动物场所,因为他们对兔子的了解似乎非常有限,并且不想听任何来自兔子的帮助或建议。养兔子十多年了。
我们决定要求退还我们的收养费,因为当我们把他送走时,他们没有提供这一服务,而且很明显,无论他的绝育恢复时间如何,他们都会尽快重新安置他。