My dear Buggy is my first rabbit I’ve ever owned. I’ve done a lot of research on how to give him the best care possible, and my family is pretty good at listening for the most part. But when it comes to things like his heat tolerance and noise tolerance, nobody listens to me. He’s a lionhead, so he’s more likely to get overheated. I take this very seriously and make a point of making sure he’s not too hot. My mother, stepdad, and my uncle are all very understanding of this, but the kids are not. I spend the most time with my cousin and my sister, and seeing as it’s summer we all get hot. I have a setup that keeps the room as cool as possible (thanks to my grandmother) and I believe it’s genuinely what’s best for Buggy. But they don’t seem to care about this.
They always switch around my arrangements and don’t think about how it might affect my rabbit. When he’s out of his cage, they’re constantly throwing things like blankets on him despite the heat. It’s very irritating. And they constantly yell or have things turned up all the way when I’ve asked them not to when he’s around since rabbits have more sensitive hearing.
They genuinely don’t care. Sometimes I think maybe I’m overreacting, not everybody has the same soft spot for animals that I’ve always had but it’d be nice if they at least tried to listen. I spend a majority of his time here trying to calm him down because they don’t want to listen to me. What can I do?
by CandleCove_