4 months ago, we bought two “female” rabbits from a nearby petstore named Caramel and Vanilla. Now, it’s apparent that Vanilla is MALE. Out of the blue, Caramel had a litter of four in her cage. We never saw any warning signs because Caramel was the one humping first, and we double checked Caramel’s ween wong, and she IS a girl. We’ve never seen Vanilla try to hump until recently, and we just assumed that Vanilla was trying to gain dominance over Caramel. Plus, we could never check Vanilla’s weener because every time we tried,she’d thrash and scratch our arms really bad.
Here are the main areas of concern:
1) One of them isn’t moving much and is looking very feeble. I’ve read that some buns within every litter die.
2) We need to find good homes. Petstore? Last place I’m going to send them! We might be able to keep a few, but I’ll put some on Craiglist just to be sure.
3) We’ve held of on fixing the buns because of the expenses. The closest animal clinic that fixes rabbits charges $230 per fix, so my parents said it was too pricey and that Rabbits don’t need to be fixed. The cheapest place that fixes rabbits charges less than a $100, but it’s in another state four hours away, so it’s undertstandable that my dad would be lazier to drive. I’ve had trouble convincing them for months, but now, my dad is finally convinced that a spay/neuter is necessary. Can they get fixed within a few days? I know Vanilla is, btu Caramel just gave birth. However, she seems as good as new, jumping and binkying around, etc. The place four hours away says that an overnight stay is needed. I’m thinking that since we are going on vacation, we can just leave them there for a week, which brings me to my next point.
4) I won’t know what to tell my friend. Caramel and Vanilla were going to stay at her house, since we are going to Canada for a week on the 26th to visit family. It’s already a big favor to me that she’s going to take them in for free, but to have +4 newborns!? She has no idea how to take care of them! My dad has already bought the tickets to Canada, and we can’t cancel that.
5) I have no idea how to take care of newborns. I’ve only built a nest for Caramel out of a shoebox and hay. I’ve moved her kits in there and covered them with her tufts of fur. Do I just leave them alone? And Caramel really wants to get out of her cage, but Vanilla may try another mating ritual with her. (My buns are normally free roam with lots of running space)
The vacation is complicating things further, especially because there are newborn littlebuns involved.
What are the best options for me right now?
A/N: When will they start t grow fur??
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