Kenzierey
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So I got a breeding trio on the 15th. Some Cali Does and an American Chin Junior Buck. The guy I got them from was apparently some amazing breeder who's "rabbits show very well and everyone goes to him from different places in the country". He charged a pretty penny and I do not even know why I went along with it. He kind of tricked me into buying them.. I asked a couple times over the phone how much the rabbits were going to cost and he would always dance around the subject.."uhhh it depends on how many you buy..blah blah BS." I should not have even gotten these rabbits in the first place. I should have just waited for some cheapo meat mutts but I really wanted some great producers. And there has been NO meat breeds around. But he was extremely pushy and honestly a little scary. When we got there and he told us how much they were (I am embarrassed to say $50) we quickly changed our minds and told him we did not want the rabbits. He instantly kind of flipped and was like "you said on the phone you would take two girls I have had people asking from all over for them and I held them for you, you have to take the two girls!" (No I didn't promise).. Now I am a 21 year old girl and this was a (probably 40 year old) man basically yelling at me to take them. So I so foolishly agreed.
Then he goes to take them out of there cage..By the ears. Just yanks them out and tossed both the does in some of his bucks' cages to get them bred for me and start them off. One of them would not take. One did. The one that would not take was making so much noise and grunting and she was obviously miserable.
We got them home and set up in the cages...They were terrified obviously.. So I gave them time to settle in. Days later, the one that did not take to being bred was still grunting and making weird noises whenever we were near. And if we touched her she would harden up like a basketball and just grunt grunt grunt away.
By the end of the week she was starting to calm down and not freak out when we touched her.
Then one day I went in her cage to spot clean and when I stuck my hands in there, she charged me. With her front feet and mouth. I was able to pull my hands away in time... I went and told my boyfriend and he didn't believe me so he tested it out. Put his hand in, didn't move it at all and she charged him as well and grabbed his hand and bit. He was bleeding pretty badly.
We thought it was a fluke, maybe something had her on edge or scared her. But nope, it's now days later and she has gotten so bad that when we even just walk into the rabbitry now she immediately charges at me from inside of her cage. She blocks the door and won't let anyone come near. She is scary as hell and I am now done with even trying to feed her. I make my boyfriend do it. She keeps getting worse and worse. We have tried not moving when she attacks (well my boyfriend has, screw that) and she just would repeatedly attack his hand and not seem to back off. We tried making a noise to scare her a little when she would attack. That seems to make her absolutely insane. She looks like she is gonna jump out of the cage at your face when you try to make a noise.
I do not know what to do...If this was any other rabbit who didn't cost so much freaking money then she would have been gone by now... I have been trying to decide what to do for a while now. Every time I go to text the guy to ask for my money back and bring her back to him, I get nervous and delete it. I don't think he would take kindly to that at all. And It's probably almost worth it to not ever have to deal with this man again. I feel jipped and very stupid but I also know that this will be a very good learning experience for me. So I am trying to keep that in the back of my mind.
So she very well might be our first rabbit dinner on our little farm. I really really hate to just lose out on that money but then I think again how I would drop $50 bucks on a dinner or at the bar so quickly and not even think about it...and at least I will be learning something and getting a good meal out of her.
I am thinking that this would actually be a perfect first slaughter because I sort of hate this rabbit. I know that sounds mean and I have never "hated" an animal before but yeah I think I am starting to hate her. LOL Even though I do feel bad for her..
As for the other two, the preggo one is super sweet and great and the boy is the cutest thing ever. He is so sweet. But an amazing escape artist. We have to make him a new cage this weekend but nearly everyday we go out there he is out of his cage. Good thing hes a good lil' boy and just chills around the barn... I do notice that these rabbits are terrified when you go to touch their heads. The breeder would seriously yank on their ears so I am really not surprised. But it makes me sad every time I see them flinch like that. The two nice ones are slowly coming out of that though and are warming up to us very quickly. So at least there is some good coming out of this awful experience.
Then he goes to take them out of there cage..By the ears. Just yanks them out and tossed both the does in some of his bucks' cages to get them bred for me and start them off. One of them would not take. One did. The one that would not take was making so much noise and grunting and she was obviously miserable.
We got them home and set up in the cages...They were terrified obviously.. So I gave them time to settle in. Days later, the one that did not take to being bred was still grunting and making weird noises whenever we were near. And if we touched her she would harden up like a basketball and just grunt grunt grunt away.
By the end of the week she was starting to calm down and not freak out when we touched her.
Then one day I went in her cage to spot clean and when I stuck my hands in there, she charged me. With her front feet and mouth. I was able to pull my hands away in time... I went and told my boyfriend and he didn't believe me so he tested it out. Put his hand in, didn't move it at all and she charged him as well and grabbed his hand and bit. He was bleeding pretty badly.
We thought it was a fluke, maybe something had her on edge or scared her. But nope, it's now days later and she has gotten so bad that when we even just walk into the rabbitry now she immediately charges at me from inside of her cage. She blocks the door and won't let anyone come near. She is scary as hell and I am now done with even trying to feed her. I make my boyfriend do it. She keeps getting worse and worse. We have tried not moving when she attacks (well my boyfriend has, screw that) and she just would repeatedly attack his hand and not seem to back off. We tried making a noise to scare her a little when she would attack. That seems to make her absolutely insane. She looks like she is gonna jump out of the cage at your face when you try to make a noise.
I do not know what to do...If this was any other rabbit who didn't cost so much freaking money then she would have been gone by now... I have been trying to decide what to do for a while now. Every time I go to text the guy to ask for my money back and bring her back to him, I get nervous and delete it. I don't think he would take kindly to that at all. And It's probably almost worth it to not ever have to deal with this man again. I feel jipped and very stupid but I also know that this will be a very good learning experience for me. So I am trying to keep that in the back of my mind.
So she very well might be our first rabbit dinner on our little farm. I really really hate to just lose out on that money but then I think again how I would drop $50 bucks on a dinner or at the bar so quickly and not even think about it...and at least I will be learning something and getting a good meal out of her.
I am thinking that this would actually be a perfect first slaughter because I sort of hate this rabbit. I know that sounds mean and I have never "hated" an animal before but yeah I think I am starting to hate her. LOL Even though I do feel bad for her..
As for the other two, the preggo one is super sweet and great and the boy is the cutest thing ever. He is so sweet. But an amazing escape artist. We have to make him a new cage this weekend but nearly everyday we go out there he is out of his cage. Good thing hes a good lil' boy and just chills around the barn... I do notice that these rabbits are terrified when you go to touch their heads. The breeder would seriously yank on their ears so I am really not surprised. But it makes me sad every time I see them flinch like that. The two nice ones are slowly coming out of that though and are warming up to us very quickly. So at least there is some good coming out of this awful experience.