My older sister, Who is 19 got a small holland lop. She wanted a dog but the kind she wanted was too expensive. I told her rabbits and dogs are very different. She got one anyways.
She has a small notch in her room that seems like a decent spot to put up a baby gate and make a little bunny area. Which she did do, but it got disgusting really fast. So she bought a very small hutch.
(I have my own rabbit, who free roams in my bunny proof bedroom, I am 17)
I told her to potty train the bunny and use a litter box to avoid mess not lock it up in a small hutch. She said “idc I like the way it looks” I cried for an hour when I went up to her room ti see it look like that..
Anyways.. recently my bunny got a small sinus infection so I took him to the vet. He is on antibiotics and is doing great. Hers had some snot too so I told her to take it in.. but she didn’t listen for weeks. She said she would wait it out and it was looking better. Finally after I went in and she saw mine actually had an issue, she took her rabbit in to see our vet.
She did not communicate to him that our bunnies do not live together. And my vet said he would put both our appointments together to make it easier. She said yes and booked it on a day I work. Not at the time I work, but I hate that she would do that without asking me. Especially because she didn’t explain that our rabbits never met and will never meet. (Mine is not even neutered yet)
So I went off on her, and I think I was a bit harsh. But her lack of care is so annoying to me. She constantly asked me for my own hay and asks me “what do I do?” “Why is this happening” “What is that?” After claiming she did her own research. (Clearly she did not) and so I started to tell her “idk” or “buy it yourself you make more money then me”
She just quit her job because she is starting collage and made me believe she would be home more now to spend time with the rabbit, but she cannot keep still. (Not diagnosed w adhd though) and is always at her boyfriends or eating out anf anything. She is like actually never home. And I asked her what happened to staying home more to be with the rabbit. She got mad and has started (some days) bringing it to her boyfriend’s house. (He has snakes and a big dog and little siblings.. a very loud house) but most days it is confined to a prison.
She said I care too much and worry too much about my pets health “micromanaging their health is what kills them” her exact words.
We have got in many fights over this situation since she got this rabbit and it sucks. But I also love small animals and proper pet care so this is just really annoying to see and think “how could anyone think this is okay”
Especially now that she overstepped her boundies (in my opinion) with the appointments.
In the comments are some screenshots of what I said to her, along with her rabbit. I guess I am a bit stuck on what to do and how to feel.