SoRexyItHurts
Member
I completely understand the adoption process and screening, questioning etc. However I feel like sometimes people just go tooo far!!
I had filled out an application and talked with a rescue from petfinder and passed the application 1-2-3 no problem got the fosters info etc. I am able to adopt the bunny whenever but I am doing the right thing and waiting for the 2 males to go get neutered adn entered into a rescue program.
Then I saw 2 buns needing a home. They just happened to be rex
So ofcourse I chimed in and wanted to help. I talk to the foster and she seems happy with me but asked me to talk to the lady in charge of the rescue she is fostering for. I say ok and after spending an hour on the phone with her as well she asks me to fill out an application online. OK done! I give my name, my address, my phone#, my vet reffrence, all my info, what I am feeding, how will they be housed, you know all the typical questions usually asked. I fill out everything not missing one thing and send it.
Then I talk to the foster again and she asks me some questions, basically the same questions the rescue asked me when I talked to her on the phone. I answer them again and tell her I am not sure why the rescue wants to know all of this when I just recently told her everything you are asking me but I will tell you again. Everything seems good and the foster loves me. She wants me to come meet the bunnies and adopt them. Then the rescue has more questions she thought of. So I answer them. Then the foster tells me she has more questions from the rescue lady again. *getting tired here* I answer them again although it really had nothing to do with the bunnies.
Now she wants to know my income and if I will be able to afford to care for these bunnies. Hello did you not just check my vet refference? Obviously I can afford vet care if I am on record and recently to boot. I tell her my income and she wants the measurments of my bedroom!! Are you kidding me? I give an estimate anyway but I wasn't about to pull out a measuring tape. I think thats getting a bit personal.
The foster is also getting annoyed and wants to move the adoptin process because she has to move and thinks I am the best home for them. She asks me to come up to visit and possibly adopt. I agree. The rescue says no and I need to answer more questions before I go up and I must call her before I go up to the fosters house. I am thinking to myself what could she possibly ask me that I havent already told.
Now she wants refferences. I gave her the vet refference. She wants other refferences. I offer a friends and I am told specifically she wants my sisters # (cause she has done bunny rescue) and she wants the wildlife centers # and wherever I work.
Not for nothing but I don't want everyone harrased and questioned about me adopting a pair of bunnies. What are they going to tellher about me they do not already know or that my friend can't. Not only that but the person I volunteer for and apprentice for at the center has been going through way to much and recently just lost her cat to kidney failure. We are going through a dilema right now too with too many raccoons at once and she has to much on her mind to get bagered about me adopting bunnies. I think thats where I draw the line. I am now just saddened and feel as though no matter what answer I give this lady is determined to have another question etc. She really seems to me as if she is trying her hardest to find a reason not to adopt them out and keep them herself. I feel like I am just wasting my time and being overwhelmed by her questioning me. All I wanted to do was give 2 bunnies a wonderful home and I swear I provided enough info and welcoming to my house to do so.
When does questioning really just become invasion of privacy?
I had filled out an application and talked with a rescue from petfinder and passed the application 1-2-3 no problem got the fosters info etc. I am able to adopt the bunny whenever but I am doing the right thing and waiting for the 2 males to go get neutered adn entered into a rescue program.
Then I saw 2 buns needing a home. They just happened to be rex
So ofcourse I chimed in and wanted to help. I talk to the foster and she seems happy with me but asked me to talk to the lady in charge of the rescue she is fostering for. I say ok and after spending an hour on the phone with her as well she asks me to fill out an application online. OK done! I give my name, my address, my phone#, my vet reffrence, all my info, what I am feeding, how will they be housed, you know all the typical questions usually asked. I fill out everything not missing one thing and send it. Then I talk to the foster again and she asks me some questions, basically the same questions the rescue asked me when I talked to her on the phone. I answer them again and tell her I am not sure why the rescue wants to know all of this when I just recently told her everything you are asking me but I will tell you again. Everything seems good and the foster loves me. She wants me to come meet the bunnies and adopt them. Then the rescue has more questions she thought of. So I answer them. Then the foster tells me she has more questions from the rescue lady again. *getting tired here* I answer them again although it really had nothing to do with the bunnies.
Now she wants to know my income and if I will be able to afford to care for these bunnies. Hello did you not just check my vet refference? Obviously I can afford vet care if I am on record and recently to boot. I tell her my income and she wants the measurments of my bedroom!! Are you kidding me? I give an estimate anyway but I wasn't about to pull out a measuring tape. I think thats getting a bit personal.
The foster is also getting annoyed and wants to move the adoptin process because she has to move and thinks I am the best home for them. She asks me to come up to visit and possibly adopt. I agree. The rescue says no and I need to answer more questions before I go up and I must call her before I go up to the fosters house. I am thinking to myself what could she possibly ask me that I havent already told.
Now she wants refferences. I gave her the vet refference. She wants other refferences. I offer a friends and I am told specifically she wants my sisters # (cause she has done bunny rescue) and she wants the wildlife centers # and wherever I work.
Not for nothing but I don't want everyone harrased and questioned about me adopting a pair of bunnies. What are they going to tellher about me they do not already know or that my friend can't. Not only that but the person I volunteer for and apprentice for at the center has been going through way to much and recently just lost her cat to kidney failure. We are going through a dilema right now too with too many raccoons at once and she has to much on her mind to get bagered about me adopting bunnies. I think thats where I draw the line. I am now just saddened and feel as though no matter what answer I give this lady is determined to have another question etc. She really seems to me as if she is trying her hardest to find a reason not to adopt them out and keep them herself. I feel like I am just wasting my time and being overwhelmed by her questioning me. All I wanted to do was give 2 bunnies a wonderful home and I swear I provided enough info and welcoming to my house to do so.
When does questioning really just become invasion of privacy?
