Hi there, and please help me with a survey about pet rabbits?

curiouscarrot · Jun 21, 2013

Done it. That wasn't so bad, I thought you were going to go through each of them. I don't know enough about my budgies. They're neglected! I'm supposed to be doing something about their feathers? Better get to the budgie forum, tout de suite.

My pets are costing me a fortune.

tjhowell · Jun 22, 2013

Troller said:
Done. I felt the survey was well thought out and liked it because it gave me a better perspective of what I'm doing and just how much Ive dedicated to my little beasties.

Thanks very much. It is nice once in a while to think carefully about this kind of stuff. It gives us a different perspective

tjhowell · Jun 22, 2013

curiouscarrot said:
Thanks, the instructions suggest it dumps everything if you close out of it. I meant when do you close off the survey to start collating the results? When do I need to do it by for it to count?

ah OK I'm with you. I'll be keeping it open until at least 2nd July, so if you can manage to get it done by the end of this month, that'd be great

I just noticed your later post. Thanks for doing it for us.

And thanks to everyone else who has completed it, too. Rabbits have been the hardest species to get data on so your assistance has been a HUGE help to us

curiouscarrot · Jun 22, 2013

It must be hard to get respondents from all over. I suspect that those who join forums may have higher ownership rates and higher "indulgence levels" than others.

Some things are quite fixed and others variable. My dog who got surveyed is my "problem" dog, my other dog wouldn't get any of the same things recorded. After coming back from City Farmers another $100 lighter, I strongly suspect I underestimated the costs, too.

tjhowell · Jun 23, 2013

curiouscarrot said:
It must be hard to get respondents from all over. I suspect that those who join forums may have higher ownership rates and higher "indulgence levels" than others.

Some things are quite fixed and others variable. My dog who got surveyed is my "problem" dog, my other dog wouldn't get any of the same things recorded. After coming back from City Farmers another $100 lighter, I strongly suspect I underestimated the costs, too.

No question that the forum goers are probably much more interested and engaged pet owners than the majority, but that's one of the things we'll be looking at in the survey results.

I think it's probably for the best that we under-estimate the costs -- better not to think about that sort of thing!:nerves1

curiouscarrot · Jun 23, 2013

tjhowell said:
better not to think about that sort of thing!:nerves1

Too late. After the survey, I've been really creeped out. As I feed my cat his twice daily medication and feed him his prescription food, I'm suddenly thinking about the cost.....