All we are saying is, what if your parents toldyou no when the rabbit got sick? What if the bill was in the THOUSANDSof dollars. Would your parents have that much money all at once, andwould they be willing to lend it to you? Not many would. There wasanother member on here whose rabbit got sick, and in the end herparents wouldn't help pay for the vet and the rabbit ended up dying.
Relying on parents to HELP is one thing, expecting them to shell outhundreds, maybe thousands of dollars, on your animal is another. Careof a rabbit alone costs a good bit of money. Quality food, lots of hayand piles of vegetables add up.
If a vet bill arose, it wouldn't just be $200 to $400 dollars in amajor emergency. Things like GI Stasis are all too common, which iswhat my rabbit had. Bills for GI stasis, especially when surgery isinvolved, can add up to thousands of dollars. It would be the vetvisit, the examination, the x-rays, the surgery, the medicine, theafter care costs... my bill right now is close to $1,000 and he's only2 years old. Who knows, God forbid, if something else were to happen.You have to think about these things BEFORE taking on theresponsibility of an animal. It's called being responsible. Saying "Oh,my parents will pay for it and I'll pay them back," is not responsible.It's relying on other people and hoping they pay bills for your animal.
The entire point of everyone's replies here is that we care about thehealth and well-being of the animal. The only reason people arequestioning is because you've already gotten rid of two animals becausethey weren't good enough for you or up to your standards. That clicks alight bulb is a lot of member's heads here that maybe your notresponsible enough for a rabbit, or the responsibility that comes withit. It's not being rude, it's being honest.
