Foster Bun

We've had a variety of foster animals from A.'s clinic staying at our place over the last 18 months or so. Some have been with us a couple of times. Last week, Gnasher the rabbit came back again, to be fostered by us for an indefinite period (she was with us in January and again in March).

As you may or may not recall, Gnasher has some pretty serious behavioural issues (i.e. she snorts/growls when approached, is aggressive, and bites with little provocation). Unfortunately, having been in the clinic for almost a year now, confined to a small animal carrier, she has only gotten worse. She's the only rabbit in the clinic at the moment, and since she's been there for ages - and we now have a large empty cage which used to house our guinea pig - A. thought we should foster her for a while. She'll have a better quality of life, with a larger cage and opportunities to exercise outside the cage every day (she's quite overweight at the moment, from being overfed by the girls who work at the clinic). And hopefully, with time and patience, we might be able to do something about her aggressive behaviour. As it stands, I can't imagine anyone wanting to adopt her - she's really quite vicious when approached, and has already taken a few chunks out of me. The only way I can pick her up is to throw a towel over her first. I need to get myself a pair of leather gauntlet gloves, in order to handle her!

How long she will stay with us really depends on whether, and how quickly, we can alter her behaviour. If she had a better temperament, A. could probably find a good home for her in fairly short order. But we'll see how it goes.