It's with a heavy heart that I/my family can no longer care for these two sibling rabbits (images from when they were in a temporary cage during cleaning last week). We got hit with sudden financial struggles not long after making the decision to keep them, which caught us off-guard. They're 16 weeks old and we've had them for 8 of those weeks, but they've recently been separated because a vet determined that the white one is male and the mixed one is female. There's been zero signs of nesting behavior. But low-cost spaying/neutering is beyond what we can afford, which we feel really guilty about. We're looking to partially cover the cost for at least neutering the male through an adoption fee. We'd be sincerely grateful for any help, because these young rabbits deserve much better than we can give them.
A couple more notes about them:
– They don't have names yet, since we just figured out their genders. We were tossing around "Rel" and "Milano", but nothing stuck.
– They're pretty docile and play a lot. The mixed rabbit is the more active of the two. Curious sniffers, but whether they like being pet seems to depend on the day. The one with mixed colors is more used to being hand-fed, and likes to wait expectantly to have something shoved in its mouth lol. We've made good progress on that front, and only somewhat for being picked up (it makes them uncomfortable but they're starting to learn it's okay to back out if they don't want to).
– Sometimes they chew on their cage; we realize they need more room to vent their energy, which is why they deserve a better and bigger space where no one will be opposed to letting them run for a bit. Unfortunately I have some family members who would rather keep them in their cage, which isn't right and that's part of why I don't see them living the life they deserve with us.
– They've never gone outdoors, and they haven't been exposed to any other pets or children in the house.
– They're only somewhat litter-trained, and will go in any exposed corner they see fit. If they smell waste from a litterbox and all corners are covered, they'll get the memo and go there.
– They go crazy for toilet paper/towel rolls, but tend to ignore the wood chewing toys we gave them. Usually they'll stop obsessing over whatever chewable thing is in their cage after 2-3 days. They're getting used to puzzle feeders and digging a little to get their meals
– They've just started transitioning to adult rabbit pellets, which we still have a little bit of (as well as hay and a mostly full bag of bedding).
– We hope to give the cage away too along with its food and water containers, but a family member had poor foresight in ordering a wood one. Parts of it are chewed up, but we have 3 litterboxes and food/water containers
The biggest problem here, of course, is that they need to have a spay/neuter secured – we don't feel good at all about our struggle to give them what they need. Once again, we'd really appreciate any guidance.
by SympathyEfficient991